History VideoGame / MightyGoose

--> ''Let Loose the Goose!''

An intergalactic criminal called the Void King is on the run, with his minions seizing control of various planets, and it's up to the galaxy's best BountyHunter, Mighty Goose, to stop him. Players will take control of Goose and his arsenal of weapons to kick ass across numerous levels while dealing with the Void King's legion of minions, hijacking enemy vehicles for himself and gain assistance from allies opposing the Void King. Unlike the old games that inspires it, though, ''Mighty Goose'' averts having the player protagonist being a OneHitPointWonder by allowing four hits before requiring a respawn.

The game is made available for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and UsefulNotes/XboxOne.

!! This Goose is ready to Cook!
* AcrophobicBird: A semi-justified example with the titular character, because instead of wings, Mighty Goose have robotic appendages installed in both arms and legs. Which is likely too heavy for him to fly with.
* AirborneMooks: Robots on {{Jet pack}}s or hover-pods and giant flying insects are enemies that attacks Goose from above. They tend to show up a lot in outdoor areas, especially places where the ceiling isn't visible onscreen.
* ArmCannon: Mighty Goose's default weapon attached to his left arm, which can be equipped with all sorts of weaponry and power-ups.
* AssistCharacter: The game have more than one of these, which is referred in-game as "Companions".
** Right off the first level, Goose can obtain backup from Regular Duck, who attacks by farting {{Projeggtile}} egg-bombs. Which he somehow seems to have an unlimited supply of.
** Colonel Vark, a PigMan supporting character who can perfrom a WrenchWhack when enemies are close enough. His wrench can perform some surprisingly heavy damage despite being, well, a ''wrench''.
** The underground mines have numerous rabbit miners who can help Goose attack giant insect enemies, though they aren't nearly as competent.
* BeneathTheEarth: The mines level set under the desert have Mighty Goose investigating a distress signal from the rabbit miners. And then it turns out there's an infestation of giant insects.

* BigCreepyCrawlies: The desert levels and mines halfway through are populated by gigantic insects. The mines even have insect eggs [[SmashedEggsHatching which spawns insect enemies]] upon being shot at.
* CameraAbuse:
** Occasionally when Goose is starting to get overwhelmed by enemies, the gameplay screen will visibly turn red. And the lens starts cracking near the edges... (though it fixes itself once Goose kills everyone).
** The fifth stage starts on a barren alien world, with a random mole in the middle of the screen. Then Mighty Goose's spaceship lands within the area, causing the mole to hit the camera.
* ChainLightning: The LightningGun power-up Goose collects rather late in the game have this ability, firing orbs of electric energy with a trail of lightnng across the screen. And when fired consecutively the gun discharges a lightning bolt that goes from one orb to another, frying enemies along the way.
* ChaseFight: The penultimate battle between Mighty Goose and Raven, which have Goose's mono-wheel tank fighting Raven's jet fighter who tries dropping bombs from above as both vehicles moves along at full speed. And Raven, being a FlunkyBoss, have several robots on similar monowheel tanks backing him up.

* CreepyCentipedes: The boss of the mines is a gigantic centipede who is so huge, Goose spends the entirety of the battle fighting it's ''head''.
* CreepyCrows: Raven is one of Mighty Goose's major nemesis and a RecurringBoss opposing Goose.
* CrewOfOne: Goose can sometimes capture enemy tanks to ride in battle. In a manner reminiscent to ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'' (one of this game's major inspirations) the tank is a small one-seater armed to the teeth with a vulcan gun and cannons, which Goose can use to kick ass until it gets damaged beyond repair.

* DashAttack: Goose have a charging tackle that allows him to zip along the screen in a straight line for avoiding attacks.

* HeroicMime: Don't expect Goose to say a single word during gameplay, save for squawking or honking. Which seems odd since various [=NPCs=] does have ability of speech and can communicate with Goose despite being animals.

* InvulnerableCivilians: The rabbit miners in the underground stage can't be harmed or killed in any way. They ''do'' appear to keel over after getting chomped by giant insects, but their bodies quickly gets up after a few seconds.
* JetPack:
** In cases where Mighty Goose's partners - Regular Duck or Colonel Vark - couldn't catch up with him in platforming areas, the moment Goose loose them offscreen they will quickly flies up behind him on shoulder-mounted twin jetpacks.

* LimitBreak: Achieving one literally coats Mighty Goose in flames as his onscreen avatar gains GlowingEyes of energy. In this mode he can inflict multiple damage as he fires away, until his power meter drains off.

* MechaMooks: Most of the game's low-tier enemies appears to be robotic or mechanical, and at no point is it revealed whether they're alive or not.

** Robot dispensers, square-shaped facilities which constantly dispense robots until they're destroyed. The game have a habit of putting them side-by-side, facing Goose so he'll be preoccupied by enemy mooks coming from both left and right.
** There are giant blue insect pods which release swarms and swarms of the smallest insect-based enemy, that keeps spawning enemies until Goose destroy them.

* PostDefeatExplosionChain: Defeat bosses blow up repeatedly.

* ShieldBearingMook: Sometimes the game will throw a few robot soldiers armed with riot shields, usually seen leading lesser, unshielded robots so they can take cover from behind the shields. These enemies still goes down easily with the help of explosives though.

* ThreePointLanding: How Goose lands into the area at the beginning of several stages that ''doesn't'' have a spaceship / aircraft dropping him off.