Along those lines, Mischief Makers for the N64. A very good side-scrolling platformer, where at one point you play a dodge ball game against a small, helpless cat, and on the next stage you're riding the cat in a fight against a giant tank that you defeat by catching its bullets and throwing them back at it.
When Goemon blew that conch and the giant mech appeared I laughed because it was going to be that type of game
Along those lines, Mischief Makers for the N64. A very good side-scrolling platformer, where at one point you play a dodge ball game against a small, helpless cat, and on the next stage you're riding the cat in a fight against a giant tank that you defeat by catching its bullets and throwing them back at it.
Five year old me was completely baffled.