Bound High (aka: Bounce High)

In full 3-D motion, Chalvo, the bouncing robot, travels through space in pursuit of alien invaders that threaten the peaceful inhabitants of Earth Angling from above, players control Chalvo, who must land on enemies to destroy them, but carefully avoiding the deep crevices, sharp spikes and highly charged electric "shockers" that cause Chalvo's demise.

Manufacturer: Nintendo (Nihon System Supply) ---> Titan's B.H. page
Serial#: VUE-P-VBHE
Genre: 3-D Action/puzzler
Game has no backupcapacity but can be saved by means of passwords
Options in the game: 4 modes: Adventure, Score Attack, Random, Pocket and Cushion + you can practice each of the 4 modes
Memory: 16 Megabits
Number of Players: One (1)
ESRB Rating: Kids to Adults, Ages 6+
Suggested Retail Price was: US$34.95 in America & ¥5300 in Japan
Planned release date: 26 August 1996 in America & 23 February 1996 in Japan 
(Unique bouncing ball game, Bound High, to be released in August)

Features:
Four modes of game play Score Attack in which players strive to achieve the highest scores in the Universe.
Adventure mode utilizes unique platform configurations and "guardian characters".
Random play in with Chalvo is challenged with varying levels of difficulty.
Pocket and Cushion combines miniature golf and billiards. Players strategically move Chalvo through a pool game by landing on and then bouncing balls into pockets while keeping track of the time limit.

Challenging scenarios provide players with hours of exciting game play -- and learning.
Chalvo's positioning technique takes practice.
Players can practice all four modes of game play to master bouncing Chalvo for total demolition of the alien enemy.

The above information was taken from a fact sheet from an American Electronics Entertainment Expo (E3) press kit in 1996 (headline was "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE") which was handed out by:
Michael Puccini (213) 623-4200
Eileen Tanner (509) 628-1993
Booth #8417, South Hall

Following are some of Chalvo's enemies:

Were to have been released in both Japan and America.

*Even Nintendo's own game-testers were having battery problems with this robot.

*Ouch! All that bouncing just gotta hurt, it's a bleeding job, but someone's got to do it!

*Chalvo get's an electric shock.

*Puzzling in deep space; I'm feeling the need for extra oxygen already!

*Let me guess... kill the snake, KILL THE SNAKE!

*I wonder how many points an alien grandma would be worth?

Is the existence of a prototype confirmed: YES…
... A Demo/Proto has been seen at Shoshinkai & E3.

As for Shoshinkai / Space World 1995, this was confirmed by the US Nintendo Power magazine journalists who wrote the game was on show in Japan, and I quote:

"Bound High from Japan System was one featured game that rocked."

Also George Palamara from Japan gives an eye-witness account: "I actually got to play this at the FAMICOM SPACEWORLD '95 and it was one fun game! Your character seemed to sit atop a large ball that bounced high over the play field. The object was to land on and eliminate the squares that made up the play field, and also to land on enemies that could kill you if you were otherwise too close. The 3D effect in this game was fantastic, you really felt like you were bouncing 50 or 100 ft above the play field. From there you could steer your 'ball' down over a tile or enemy. I almost cried when it seemed obvious that the VB was dead and that this game would never be released".

... Waz from Japan says: It is the surprise to the sale schedule software being more than the software which actually has been sold. Nihon System Supply was developing the software "BOUND HIGH", it's result is good. So Nintendo remade and tried to put on the market. But it couldn't. It is regretted.