Kwirk - Legacy

Legacy

Kwirk’s only appearance outside of the Game Boy game, was on television was in the show Video Power, as part of a 15-minute cartoon short called The Power Team, which featured characters from Acclaim games. He usually went berserk whenever anyone calls him a "to-MAH-to" and not a "to-MAY-to".

On November 16, 1990, Kwirk got a Japan-only Famicom Disk System version titled Puzzle Boys (パズルボーイズ?). As with the Japanese release of Puzzle Boy, Kwirk didn't appear in it.

Next, a gaiden to Puzzle Boys called Spud's Adventure, known as Totsugeki! Valetions (突撃ばれいしょんず?), was released for the Game Boy on January 25, 1991. Unlike Kwirk, in the US Spud's Adventure was published by Atlus instead of Acclaim Entertainment, due to Acclaim losing their license in publishing Atlus's Puzzle Boy series of games. Unlike Kwirk, Atlus did not change the protagonist into a tomato, but left him as his original character of a potato, translating his name as "Spud."

Next, Puzzle Boys was ported to the PCEngine on February 22, 1991. Again, it was only released in Japan.

This game later got a proper sequel in the US titled Amazing Tater (known in Japan as Puzzle Boy II) for the Game Boy. Like Spud's Adventure, the protagonist remains a potato called "Spud."