Events

The event menu from the second game.

“	A blank space on the Adventure Notes Event Page means that some adventures have yet to be tried. How many adventures are there? I'd like to try them all.	”
—Resident of the Circus Town

Events are a major part of the Tomba! series. By talking or interacting with some people or items in the series can active an event. After the event has been activated, it can be cleared. If all the primary and secondary events in the second game are cleared, an extra ending cutscene will play before the credits start rolling.

The events can be anything from delivering items to ride a vehicle under a given time limit. Every event has some kind of reward for being cleared and sometimes for being activated. Adventure Points is gained in every event, but even items can be obtained, i.e. weapons, equipment and Charity Wings.

There are some events that cannot be completed; if the curse of an area is broken or an object is broken, some events that has a connection with the curse may remain unsolved. An example is the Where The Barrel Rolls... event, where Tomba must hit the spiked barrel in Wobbly Wharf to remove the spikes without breaking it. If it breaks, the event can nether be activated or cleared.

In the first game, there is 130 events to find; while in the second game, there is 133 events plus another four additional events.

Types of events

Primary events

These events are activated and cleared automatically during the progress of the game. They cannot be skipped in any way and must be cleared in order to progress. Most primary events do not give Tomba any Adventure Points for activating or clearing them.

Secondary events

In contrast to primary events, these events can be skipped because they do not belong to the main story. They don't differ from the primary events in any other way, with the exception of Tomba almost always getting Adventure Points when activating and clearing them.

The main advantage of clearing secondary events is to get the rewards; such as the Mermaid Scale that prevents damage from falling into water, powerful weapons from the mythical towers, get more vitality points for helping out Charles, or simply getting information about where the Evil Pig Gates are located.

Additional events

Just like the secondary events; the additional events can be skipped as well as the are not associated with the main story. They can be unlocked in the Mini Temple if a save file from the first game is on the same Memory Card. Note that the save file must contain Hide and Go Seek, A Lost Child, The Cute Witch and The 100 Year Old Wise Man cleared.

In order to unlock the additional events inside the Mini Temple, following events must be cleared:

• Chick from an Egg
• Where is the Bird's Nest?
• Feed the Chicks
• With the Nishiki Bird
• Nishiki Bird Servants