History VideoGame / Wild9

''Wild 9'' is a TwoAndAHalfD action platformer developed by Creator/ShinyEntertainment for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation and released by Creator/InterplayEntertainment in 1998. Their idea was to make a game similar to ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim'', which they mostly succeeded with on the gameplay and atmosphere.

* RecycledSoundtrack: ''{{VideoGame/MDK}}'' "Facing The Inevitable", "Grenich Time", "Vengeful Alien" and ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim'' "Falling" all make a reappearance here. Justified in that the game's other music was composed by Tommy Tallarico.

* AndIMustScream: Nitro is allergic to literally everything, and even when he's inside his protective suit, his allergies can still manifest themselves in an [[SneezeOfDoom explosive sneeze.]] But as useful as he is in the stage he's found in, he's still in that suit. Stuck. ''Forever.'' '''''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Allergic.]]'''''

%%* SneezeOfDoom: Nitro's specialty

* AsteroidThicket: Light Armada
* BubblegloopSwamp: Quagmire Run and Drench

* EscortMission: Crystal Mine

* SneezeOfDoom: Nitro's specialty
* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Mach 9

* BalefulPolymorph: Volstagg, the team's strongman, was once a prince, heir to a kingdom on his home planet. While away from the castle, Karn's bio-engineers captured him, turning him into a hulking beast with amazing strength and speed. He seeks revenge on Karn for this, and the destruction of his kingdom.

* RecycledSoundtrack: In the levels Beast Engine and Beast Ride, there's music from MDK and Earthworm Jim's "Use Your Head". Justified in that the game's other music was composed by Tommy Tallarico.

* '''VideoGameCrueltyPotential'''

At its core, Wild9 is about a guy named Wex with a rather unspecified weapon called the "RIG", an arm-mounted [[BuffySpeak tractor beam-like electric lasso thingy]] and is the only one capable of using it. With it, Wex can pick up and move objects, activate certain machinery, swing from it like a rope, and fire missles and grenades, provided he's picked some up. The most unique feature of the RIG, and the game in general, is its ability to pick up enemies. This allows you to move them around, but most importantly, [[TheJoysOfTorturingMooks smash them against the floor, drag them along the ground, toss them off cliffs, put them inside death machines, decapitate them, lop them in half, jam them into moving fans, shove them into huge grinders, get them caught in gears, impale them on spikes, shove them inside death machines...]]

!!Wild9 provide examples of:

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Big time with the description of Karn in the manual and on the box. Despite apparently having a "face the size of New York", when you actually fight him he's only about three times as tall as Wex himself, and is [[{{Cephalothorax}} basically]] ''[[{{Cephalothorax}} all]]'' [[{{Cephalothorax}} face.]]

...But that's just AllInTheManual.

''Wild9'' is a TwoAndAHalfD action platformer developed by Creator/ShinyEntertainment for the PlayStation and released by Creator/InterplayEntertainment in 1998. Their idea was to make a game similar to ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim'', which they mostly succeeded with on the gameplay and atmosphere.

The game is set in the distant future, and the evil [[BigBad Karn]] has taken over the Andromeda Galaxy. The only ones left to oppose him are the Wild9, a group of orphaned, teenage mutants, all with their own special abilities and talents. Led by Wex Major, user of the "RIG" and "Great Champion", they fight against the tyranny of Karn and his minions.

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[[caption-width-right:314:The slogan says ''"torture your enemies"''... [[TheJoysOfTorturingMooks it's pretty clear what this game is about]]]]

* TheAlcatraz: Gulag combined with TailorMadePrison for the captive: Nitro
* TheYoshi: Beast Engine, who can roar at enemies, and pick them up in its mouth.

''Wild9'' is a 2½D action platformer developed by Creator/ShinyEntertainment for the PS1. Their idea was to make a game similar to ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim'', which they mostly succeeded with on the gameplay and atmosphere, but obviously [[NeedsMoreLove did not when it came to popularity]]. Possibly due to it being released in 1998, alongside a [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid slew]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime of]] [[StarCraft big]] [[VideoGame/HalfLife1 games]], it was sadly overlooked and passed off by most reviewers as mediocre.

{{Wild9}} is a 2½D action platformer developed by Creator/ShinyEntertainment for the PS1. Their idea was to make a game similar to ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim'', which they mostly succeeded with on the gameplay and atmosphere, but obviously [[NeedsMoreLove did not when it came to popularity]]. Possibly due to it being released in 1998, alongside a [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid slew]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime of]] [[StarCraft big]] [[HalfLife games]], it was sadly overlooked and passed off by most reviewers as mediocre.

The game is set in the distant future, and the evil [[BigBad Karn]] has taken over the Andromeda Galaxy. The only ones left to oppose him are the Wild 9, a group of orphaned, teenage mutants, all with their own special abilities and talents. Led by Wex Major, user of the "RIG" and "Great Champion", they fight against the tyranny of Karn and his minions.