![]() PlotEarly in the morning, the Wild 9 (a small group of nine teenage freedom-fighters) is attacked by the evil Lord Karn's Elite Shock-troopers. It makes use of dynamic camera angles similar to games like Klonoa or Viewtiful Joe. ![]() Even though it has 3D graphics, Wild 9 is a side-scrolling platformer. Several of the Wild 9 members are 'failed' or escaped experiments from Karn's army. The game takes place in the Andromeda Galaxy, which is dominated by Karn - a huge entity with a face the size of a large city. Generally, this means slamming enemy robots into the ground or tossing them into a myriad of deathtraps that abound in the levels. This powerful weapon allows Wex to grab objects and foes at short range, and move them about with ease. Wild 9 is one of those games that purports to have a unique concept behind it, yet falls flat in its implementation.You play as Wex Major, the leader of a misfit team of rebels called "Wild 9," and is the only person capable of wielding The Rig. The bosses and flying levels break up the basic gameplay nicely, but the parts that connect in between those are dull. Really, bashing an enemy against an obstacle multiple times turns old after the first few tries, especially with the rig controls being as loose as they are. The whole play mechanic of using the rig to move objects and enemies about may seem pretty interesting at first, but soon gets rather tiring. Luckily, the game can be played with the sound turned all the way down without affecting play.īut all of those detractions could be ancillary with decent gameplay, but in this case it doesn't save the rest of the game. Delivered in a nasal surfer tone that makes people think disparaging things about California, the main character's comments sound like a 40-year-old ad exec's idea of what "the kids" think is "cool" "these days." "Wex-cellent?" Please. The voice-overs also detract from the audio side, being some of the most abrasive heard in a long time. At worst, it demands your attention with crescendos of gut-wrenching cheese '80s power chords. Wex, for example, stomps through the game like a big-booted ogre galloping through that cheapo '80s Tom & Jerry cartoon series.Īt best, Wild 9's soundtrack is an easily ignorable background element. The animation also seems clunky and basic for all the characters, except the bosses. ![]() The graphics in Wild 9 look like a mix of Pandemonium and Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle, giving it a pretty dated appearance, save for some more modern-looking backgrounds. ![]() Otherwise, it's pretty standard platform-game fare, with running, jumping, and occasionally shooting. There are also instances where you have to harness keys and other items with the device as well. This is actually a large part of the gameplay, as you have to destroy obstacles (propellers, electric signs, flame spouts, etc.) using your opponents' bodies as clubs or, other times, spill them into a spiked pit so that you can use them as a stepping stone to pass by unscathed. ![]() This comes into play mostly when confronting enemies, whom Wex can beat into the ground by snagging and throwing them with the beam, dropping them into grinders, and so on. To help you on this quest is a device called the rig and the glove, which allows Wex to grab objects using an extended energy beam and slam them about or swing along. Your goal is to travel from planet to planet within this star system, freeing the members of the rebel group you've fallen in with, the Wild 9 (which includes Nitro, the human bomb the voluminous Volstagg the many-pocketed Pokkit and five others), and then destroying Karn. The latest platform game from the house that Earthworm Jim built puts you in the shoes of Wex Major, a teenage boy who lands far away from home, into a galaxy enslaved by the evil overlord Karn. ![]()
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