Line #12 VideoGame/ArdyLightfoot


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3	''Ardy Lightfoot'' is a PlatformGame developed for the Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem, published by ASCII in Japan in 1993 and in the Western world by Creator/TitusSoftware a year later.
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5	A sacred rainbow is shattered into seven {{Mineral MacGuffin}} fragments which, when collected, can grant a person one wish. With one of the fragments in possession, Visconti searches for the remaining six. Our hero [[TheHero Ardy Lightfoot]] and his RidiculouslyCuteCritter Pec find a tablet containing the history of the sacred rainbow. Afterwards, they set out on a quest to retrieve the pieces of the rainbow and must stop Visconti from his tyrannical reign. Though the game has a plot and cutscenes, there's no dialogue.
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8	!!This game provides examples of:
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10	* AbortedArc: The [[spoiler:"To Be Continued..." phrase]] at the end implies that there's supposed to be a sequel. There never was.
11	* TheAce: Don Jacoby
12	* ActionPrologue: The game opens with Ardy and Pec finding the tablet in a cave.
13	* AutoScrollingLevel: Scene 15, which takes place on the fourth gate of the castle where Ardy has to avoid electrified arrows.
14	* BackFromTheDead: At the end of the game, [[spoiler:Nina]] is revived thanks to the power of the fragments.
15	* BigBad: Visconti is the main antagonist of the game.
16	* BigDamnHeroes: In the final level, [[spoiler:Don Jacoby]] intervenes to stop Visconti's attacks but gets knocked out. He survives, however.
17	* {{Bowdlerize}}: The U.S. version scrubs out one of the characters smoking, and edits Catry's death (see below).
18	* CartoonCreature: It's a little unclear what species Ardy is exactly, but he looks mostly like a cat.
19	* DamselInDistress: Nina gets kidnapped by Beecroft on Visconti's orders towards the end of the game.
20	* DefeatMeansFriendship: Gilson the pirate owl, who becomes your ally as soon as you defeat him.
21	* DependingOnTheArtist: There are two official designs for Ardy, a simple, cartoony design used by the game and cover art, and a more complex, manga-esque design used by the manual and the comic in the Super Famicom version.
22	* TheDragon: Beecroft is Visconti's second-in-command.
23	* EatenAlive: After Catry escapes with the second fragment, she is eaten alive by a giant worm. Ardy and Pec are eaten as well, but they make it out alive.
24	* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: A beta version has Catry, the vulpine boss of the fourth level, sporting a ninja costume (and a slightly more pronounced bustline). On the flip side, her final fate in the bowels of the next level's giant worm is as a half-digested corpse (as opposed to a skeleton in the final Japanese version and just lying prone on the ground in the U.S. version).
25	* FinalBoss: Visconti is the last enemy Ardy has to encounter [[spoiler:after infiltrating the castle]].
26	* HeelFaceTurn: Once Gilson is defeated, he hands over the fourth fragment and helps Ardy recover the remaining fragments and confront Visconti.
27	* HeroicSacrifice: Don Jacoby covers for Ardy's escape when the exit is collapsing after the latter recovers the third fragment. Though it turns out to be a DisneyDeath. In Scene 17, [[spoiler:Jacoby intervenes to help Ardy defeat Visconti but at the cost of being knocked down into a wall. Like the previous scene, he survives]].
28	* InterfaceScrew: The potions in the Mouse Trap level, which reverse left and right-- the only way to remedy them is to get the other potion a screen or so away. Over spikes of doom.
29	* ISurrenderSuckers: After Ardy beats Catry in Stage 5, she kneels down in defeat, but it turns out to be a trick so that she can escape.
30	* MineralMacGuffin: The seven fragments of the sacred rainbow.
31	* MoodWhiplash: For the first few levels of the game, it's fairly cartoony and upbeat. Then suddenly, [[spoiler:you get eaten by a giant worm and your opponent is digested, door-nail dead.]])
32	* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Pec has a lot of teeth in his mouth.
33	* NintendoHard: Given that it was made for the Super Nintendo, the game is difficult.
34	* NoBodyLeftBehind: After [[spoiler:Visconti]] is defeated, his body disappears into nothing.
35	* NonHumanSidekick: Although Ardy himself isn't human, Pec is a super-deformed animal.
36	* OhCrap:
37	** Ardy when the mining town is set on fire by Grounder.
38	** Ardy again in Scene 17 when [[spoiler:Nina]] is killed.
39	* {{Pirates}}: Gilson leads a group of pirates who are in possession of the fourth fragment. They ally with Ardy once Gilson is defeated and redeemed.
40	* ProjectilePlatforms
41	* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Pec.
42	* SilenceIsGolden: There's no dialogue in this game.
43	* ToBeContinued: The phrase appears verbatim at the end of the credits.
44	* TokenHuman: Nina and the old man are the only humans seen in this game.
45	* TurnsRed: Every boss turns red when they are close to being defeated, except for Beecroft.
46	* WeaponizedHeadgear: Grounder uses his spiked hat as a weapon in Scene 3.
47	* WombLevel: Scene 6, "Eaten!", which is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin exactly what it sounds like]].
48	* WouldHarmASenior: Beecroft knocks the old man unconscious before kidnapping Nina. Thankfully he does not kill him.

Context VideoGame / ArdyLightfoot