[8] The GBA version was titled Aero The Acro-Bat - Rascal Rival Revenge in Europe and Acrobat Kid[b] in Japan.

The Super NES version of the game was released on the Wii's Virtual Console in the PAL region and North America in July 2010.

In 2024, the Super NES version was re-released in August for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S,[10] alongside a new localization in Japanese made by Shinyuden as Aero: Acrobat Kid[c] for the Nintendo Switch users in Japan,[11] while the GBA version was re-released for the same platforms in November.

A spoiled, rich kid named Edgar Ektor was a regular attendant at The World of Amusement Circus and Funpark, but was banned after a failed prank almost killed a lion.

Aero the Acro-Bat is the circus' greatest star and the only hope for rescuing the performers (including his girlfriend Aeriel) and putting a stop to Edgar's evil schemes.

The concept included a mission objective feature, which was not added in the original release, but it was implemented and modified in the Game Boy Advance version.

He had intended to start up a sequel to the second game titled "Aero the Acrobat 3D" to be released on PlayStation to complete the series as a trilogy, but this concept never reached development, as Universal turned their attention to Crash Bandicoot.

With no success in starting a new Acro-Bat game, Siller bought back Aero as he left Universal.

[20] By late 1993, Sunsoft was giving away free copies of the Super NES or Genesis version of the game to the first 100 people that sent them a 3x5 postcard to their address.

They criticized the absence of the exceptionally good music of the Super NES version but held it to still be an excellent game with its large, challenging levels.