Gaming Age writes: "I had remembered seeing some screenshots of Tornado prior to sitting down with a review copy, but I didn't realize how much of the game mirrored, or at least attempted to mirror, Katamari Damacy until I actually played it. It's not quite a complete clone of Namco's popular ball rolling prince sim, but I'd definitely say that the game owes its existence to the popularity of that title.
In Tornado you'll take control of one of six unlockable animal creatures that can use a tornado machine to suck up pieces of Earth that had been stolen by some evil alien guy. There's a little bit of a plot, and most of the characters are unlocked by playing the single player game. Each section you take back is divided into levels, starting with England, moving onto France, and so on. There are little identifiable landmarks associated with each location as well, as a way to let you know where the heck you're at within the game".
From the review: "In Tornado, you play as cats who create, you guessed it, tornadoes. These cats are a part of the Cleanup Crew, who use tornadoes to clean up stuff and fling it into space.. A mysterious person, known only as Prince, used his Black Hole Device to steal everything on Earth and transported it to Planet 69. And since they were working on Earth, he also ended up transporting the Cleanup Crew too."
In Tornado you set out to restore all of Earth's buildings, vehicles, inhabitants and other obscure objects that have been stolen by the envious Prince using his mischievous "Black Hole Device."
With a pack of cool characters, multiplayer challenges and a fun twist on gaming action, Tornado has potential. Unfortunately, a fistfull of frustrating issues knock the A+ fun-factor out of it, but once you get the hang of things it's a decent game that can get you hooked. Plus, riding a tornado through downtown and sending buildings flying as you pitch lightning at King Kong = awesome!
