Line #8 Videogame/Toki


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2	[[caption-width-right:304:Going Ape Spit.]]
3	''Toki'' (original title ''[=JuJu=] Densetsu'', "[=JuJu=] Legend") was an UsefulNotes/{{arcade\|Game}} PlatformGame made by TAD Corporation in 1990 that never received any sequels, but was ported to a few systems (including the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] and UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis) a short time later. It is a simple little game that was well received and still remembered to this day in RetroGaming circles.
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5	The ExcusePlot tells the story of a tribesman, Toki, whose girlfriend Miho was kidnapped by the evil witch doctor Vookimedlo, who also turns Toki into a cartoonish little chimp. Toki then has to fight through five dangerous environments and Vookimedlo's lair to regain his love and humanity. Luckily, the transformation gave him the ability to spit energy globes from his mouth, that are also his main weapon.
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7	A [[VideoGameRemake remake]] of this game has been released in 22 November of 2018 for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, and for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] through UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} on 7th June, 2019 by {{Creator/Microids}} after several years of DevelopmentHell. You can see the trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OALKMbGjFw here]]. Meanwhile, the original game can be played in a browser [[https://www.retrogames.cc/arcade-games/toki-us.html here]].
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9	[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Not to be confused]] with the 2001 game ''VideoGame/TokiTori''.
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11	!!Tropes that can be found in ''Toki'':
12	* OneUp: In some versions, these exist.
13	* AdaptationNameChange: The Genesis port changes the names of most enemies. Most noticeable is Vookimedlo, who is renamed to Stark.
14	* AnimationBump: The Switch remake has better character animation than the original arcade.
15	* AntiFrustrationFeatures: There are not many arcade 2D shooters where you ''can'' GoombaStomp enemies like in this game.
16	* BigBad: Vookimedlo, who has Toki's beloved Miho kidnapped, and himself serves as the FinalBoss.
17	* BlindIdiotTranslation: The descriptions of the levels are full of little mistakes, the most amusing example is possibly the one for the third level:
18	--> MADE BOLD BY HIS RECENT CONQUESTS, TOKI '''ENTER''' THE BLAZING '''HART''' OF THE CAVERNS OF FIRE IN SEARCH OF MIHO. HERE, HE WILL FACE A DEADLY TEST AGAINST '''MOGULVOR''' [[note]]should be Mogulvar, by the way[[/note]] THE BEASTLY GUARDIAN OF THIS UNDERGROUND '''INFERUO'''.
19	* BossRemix: In the remake, all but the first and final boss' themes are [[DarkReprise eviler-sounding remixes]] of the theme of the level they are located in.
20	* BottomlessPit: There are several of these strewn throughout the game, and falling into one will cost you a life.
21	* {{Bowdlerize}}: None of the ports have Miho explicitly state that she'll be killed during the continue screen. The [=NES=] version instead states that Toki will be cursed to remain an ape forever if you don't continue.
22	* BreathWeapon: Toki's various forms of spit, including a 3-way shot, a charged shot, and an actual fiery breath.
23	* CallARabbitASmeerp: The most common enemies are bouncing apes called Geeshergam.
24	* ContinuingIsPainful: While the arcade game resets the high score after using a continue, it was merciful in comparison of the remake, where you're forced to start at the beginning of the level and all your coins are snatched away.
25	* CruelElephant: Zorzamoth, the crystal mammoth, boss of the ice stage.
26	* CrystallineCreature: Zorzamoth, a crystal mammoth that Toki faces at the end of the Ice stage. Averted in the HD remake, with him being redesigned to being just a regular mammoth with diamond as eyes.
27	* CursedWithAwesome: How many monkeys can spit out glowing balls of death from their mouths?
28	* CutscenePowerToTheMax: Not really a "cutscene", but in his victory animation after defeating the bosses, Toki jumps ''really'' high.
29	* DamselInDistress: Miho is taken by the evil witch doctor Vookimedlo, which serves as the impetus for the whole game's plot.
30	* DeathThrows: Toki and a few enemies. Most of them get disintegrated.
31	* TheDragon: Bashtar serves as this to Vookimedlo, as he helps him kidnap Miho and being the penultimate boss in the game.
32	* DubNameChange: Toki was originally named [=JuJu=] in the Japanese version.
33	* EasyModeMockery: The Genesis version has four difficulty levels. Easy mode only allows you to play up to level 8; after you beat that, the game ends with a screen full of hopping apes and the text "Congratulations...but true peace will not come until you play and defeat the harder modes". All other difficulty levels allow you to play the 9th and final level, as well as see the ending and credits.
34	* EnemyRollCall: Most versions of the game (but not the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem port) have this, starting with Toki himself and proceeding through the enemies and bosses.
35	* EveryTenThousandPoints: Depending on how the game's set up, Toki earns extra lives after reaching certain score intervals. The Genesis port allows the player the option to reward lives at every ''7,000'' points scored.
36	* EvilLaugh:
37	** In the 2019 remake, Vookimedlo's signature vocal effect is a cruel chuckle.
38	** StarterVillain Boloragog also chuckles at you when he attacks you.
39	* EvilUncle: In the remake's comic, it's revealed that Vookimedlo is Miho's uncle
40	* FacelessEye: Rambacha can be described as a floating, teleporting Michelin Man with a giant eyeball for a face.
41	* FatBastard: Boloragog, the first boss, is redesigned as a grossly overweight troll in the 2019 remake.
42	* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Toki and most enemies have very family friendly death animations, but the two last bosses don't. Instead their hearts lose a lot of blood and then ''explode''. Vookimedlo even leaves a skeleton behind.
43	* FlameSpewerObstacle: Stage 3 has places on the ground that emit flames at regular intervals.
44	* FloatingLimbs: Bashtar, the Stage 5 boss. It's two disembodied hands, two disembodied feet, and a beating, disembodied heart.
45	* FlyingSeafoodSpecial: Flying ''trilobites'' that give you coins when killed!
46	* ForcedTransformation:
47	** Vookimedlo transforms Toki into an ape when he tries to save Miho, with the intention to make him less dangerous. Unfortunately for him, he also gave Toki the power of spitting energy balls, which are powerful enough to defeat the wicked wizard.
48	** In the remake, Vookimedlo leaves Toki completely powerless. It is only thanks to the help of Bishra, a goddess Vookimedlo accidentally released and is against the sorcerer, that Toki gets his powers.
49	* {{Gasshole}}: Mogulvar, the Stage 3 boss, belches and attacks Toki with [[WrittenSoundEffect stones that spell "BURP"]].
50	* GiantSpider: Spiders with the size of Toki's head move up and down, stopping to release bullets in 6 directions.
51	* GoombaSpringboard: Sometimes, jumping off of enemies can help you reach powerups.
52	* GoombaStomp: Toki's other means to defeat enemies, which also scores more points per hit than spitting at them.
53	* GuiltBasedGaming: The "continue?" screen shows Miho's face, appearing on some sort of mystical TV screen, pleading the player not to quit or else she'll be killed.
54	* HeartContainer: In the U.S. NES version.
55	* HeartsAreHealth:
56	* ImprobableWeaponUser: Second boss Rambacha uses his endless supply of bouncing giant eyeballs to attack Toki.
57	* InvincibilityPowerUp: Found only in the Genesis version of the game. Makes Toki intangible rather than invincible.
58	* InTheBack: If you wear a helmet, you can still be killed if you are attacked from behind and underneath at once.
59	* JungleJapes: Level Five, "Dark Jungle". Amusingly, it's a very hard level for the standards of its category.
60	* KillItWithFire: Toki's breath can turn into a flamethrower which is very fast and can trivialize Vookimedlo's first phase.
61	* LavaPit: Level 3 has pits of lava all over.
62	* LawOfOneHundred: Toki needs to pick up 50 coins to gain an extra life, or 50 pieces of fruit in the Genesis version (fruit is present in the arcade version too, but there has only the purpose of ScoringPoints).
63	* LethalLavaLand: Level Three, "Caverns of Fire". It has lava geysers and pools, as well as fiery enemies.
64	* LogicalWeakness: An odd one in the Switch remake, but you can't use the flamethrower power-up in the water, as it's immediately deactivated as Toki makes contact with water. You can still use the rest of the projectiles by the way.
65	* {{Magitek}}: The villains will use both magic and technology, mostly the former, to stop you. It's most visible in the last stage.
66	* MammothsMeanIceAge: Zorzamoth, the boss of the fifth, ice-themed stage, is a prime example of this trope in the game.
67	* ManiacMonkeys: Many of the enemies that Toki antagonizes during the game are monkeys. They also look far more crazed than he does.
68	* MercyInvincibility: In the U.S. NES version.
69	* MetropolisLevel: The final level of the game, the Golden Palace.
70	* MutuallyExclusivePowerups: You can't have both the jumping shoes and football helmet at the same time. Which means getting the former in the minecart section of the final level [[SchmuckBait is a bad idea.]] Averted in the Switch remake, as you can have both of them.
71	* NiceJobFixingItVillain:
72	** In the original arcade, Vookimedlo gives Toki the ability to spit powerful fireballs from his mouth.
73	** In the remake, Vookimedlo unknowingly releases Bishra, who gives Toki the powers to defeat the evil sorcerer.
74	* NintendoHard:
75	** The remake, for one simple reason: If you lose all your lives, continuing starts you at the beginning of the level, whereas in the arcade, if you lose all your lives, continuing puts you at the last checkpoint you reached.
76	** The arcade as well. You die in one hit, and is very easy to get hit, especially by bosses. Also, in the final stage, your continues are limited no matter how much credits you have.
77	* OneHitPointWonder: Toki, unless he finds the awesome football helmet.[[note]]Averted in U.S. NES version, where Toki initially starts with two hit points.[[/note]] Even with the football helmet on, falling into bottomless pits will [[OneHitKill instantly kill Toki]]!
78	* OneWingedAngel: Vookimedlo turns into some kind of demon as soon as you reach him, and then shows his gross real self.
79	* PatchworkMap: A ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins''-styled one, which, as videogames often do, makes no sense (a tropical jungle right next to a glacier and a volcanic area).
80	* PinataEnemy: The chicken in the fifth stage. [[StoneWall They take a lot of punishment, don't dish out much]] and they leave behind a bonus of 3000 points when they die.
81	* PointOfNoContinues: Downplayed. No matter how many quarters are in your pockets; instead of immediately disabling the ability to credit-feed, once you reach the final stage the game allows you to continue only up to five (more) times before you are finally given a text-only (but still creepy) bad ending. Averted in the Switch remake.
82	--> This is your last chance to save MIHO - - - GOOD LUCK - - - you will need it!
83	* [[PunBasedTitle Pun-Based Subtitle]]: The UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis edition of the game is titled "Toki - Going Ape Spit". [[note]]"Going Apeshit", [[DontExplaintheJoke get it?]][[/note]]
84	* ReformulatedGame: The Genesis port of the game has much longer and completely reworked levels, with a bigger emphasis on platformic skills.
85	* RelatedInTheAdaptation: In the remake, Miho is stated to be Vookimedlo's niece who abandoned him to be with Toki.
86	* RuinsForRuinsSake: "Golden Palace", the final level.
87	* SaveThePrincess: Miho is the princess in question, needs to be saved.
88	* SeesawCatapult: There are seesaws with 10-ton weights on them. These can be used to launch Toki high in the air.
89	* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Level Four, "Ice Palace", will really test your reflexes. Even the moving platforms are slippery, so you'd better be careful about gauging your jumps and making sure you don't fall off.
90	* SmashingHallwayTrapsOfDoom: Level Six has crushers that try to stomp on Toki. In the NES port, they're much smaller.
91	* SpikesOfDoom: They come in two flavors, normal spikes and mounds of spiky balls that explode all over the place when destroyed.
92	* TheSpiny: Some of the enemies, like the ghosts, cannot be jumped on.
93	* SpreadShot: One of the power-ups available makes Toki shoot 3 directions at once.
94	* SpringJump: Collecting a rabbit-ears token will give Toki sneakers that will make him jump much higher than usual.
95	* SteamVentObstacle: In stage 3, there are spots where damaging steam periodically emerges from the ground.
96	* TemporaryPlatform: The game has a few ledges and platforms which collapse, most notably in level 4. These platforms tend to reappear after a short period of time.
97	* TimedMission: There is a relatively lenient time limit in each stage.
98	* UnderTheSea: A big part of Level Two, "Lake Neptune". In the background one can see some UnderwaterRuins as well.
99	* WackySoundEffect: The "boing" sound of the bouncing Geeshergam, and other examples.
100	* WitchDoctor: Vookimedlo and also the first boss Boloragog, which has a very stereotyped appearance.

Context Videogame / Toki