Rocket Knight

The game was released on May 12, 2010 on all platforms, with the exception of the PlayStation 3 release in North America, which was released on May 18, 2010. Rocket Knight is a revival of the Sparkster series, which first began with Rocket Knight Adventures. There are other tweaks, such as Sparkster only bouncing off walls when he hits them at a 45 degree angle. He is also able to shoot short range projectiles and perform a drill attack which allows him to break through certain surfaces. Sparkster, upon his return from fighting the Gedol empire in Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2, is surprised to find that the Devotindos empire, the pigs that he had fought previously in Rocket Knight Adventures, had taken up residence in the Kingdom of Zephyrus along with the opossums inhabitants under permission granted by the Zephyrus king performed to the General Sweinhart, a war veteran from the previous war between Zepyrus and Devotindos. Sparkster is surprised to find the pigs fighting alongside the possums against an army of wolves, with Sparkster's nemesis, Axel Gear, acting as Rocket Knight in his absence. Hulett claims, "it was really a matter of reworking the concept – making the right pitch at the right time," with various recent franchise revivals receiving positive responses at the time.