History VideoGame / PoleNoDaibouken

* NiceHat: The poacher enemies have hats shaped like the heads of the animals they hunt, or possibly their very heads/bodies! Some examples can be found in [[http://pole.sega.jp/wallpaper/pole_wallpaperB.gif this wallpaper]]. Pole's cowboy hat counts as well.

''Pole no Daibouken'' (''Pole's Big Adventure'') is a 2009 PlatformGame made by Creator/{{Sega}} and only available for UsefulNotes/WiiWare. With its 8-bit style, it jumps on the nostalgia wagon started by games such as ''VideoGame/MegaMan 9''... but instead of celebrating the good ol' games of the past, it turns into a (not always) AffectionateParody of them. Nothing is spared, from graphical glitches to [[GoodBadBugs bugs]], from [[ExcusePlot inane plots]] to the meaninglessness of ScoringPoints.

* StealthPun: At the beginning of one level in stage 6, Pole is kidnapped by a flying saucer that picks him up with those cranes used to retrieve prizes in arcade machines. Those machines are called "UFO Catcher" in Japan, so Pole has been abducted by a literal UFO Catcher.

* TheUnfought: Pole never meets, let alone fights, the evil poacher boss.
* WidgetSeries: Oh, where do we begin?

* {{Narrator}}: There is a voice-over commenting all the zany things that happen to Pole during the game. You can't turn it off.

[[http://pole.sega.jp Here's the promotional site]], Japanese only of course.

''Pole no Daibouken'' (''Pole's Big Adventure'') is a 2009 PlatformGame made by Creator/{{Sega}} and only available for UsefulNotes/WiiWare. With its 8-bit style, it jumps on the nostalgia wagon started by games such as ''VideoGame/MegaMan 9''...but instead of celebrating the good ol' games of the past, it turns into a (not always) AffectionateParody of them. Nothing is spared, from graphical glitches to [[GoodBadBugs bugs]], from [[ExcusePlot inane plots]] to the meaninglessness of ScoringPoints.

* ChestBurster: Eat a strange grey apple in the sixth stage and Pole becomes victim to one soon after.

* BloodyHilarious: The more you hit the polar bear boss, the more he becomes bruised and bloodied.

* BrokenAesop: Pole supposedly fights the poachers not only to set Sharon free, but also to avenge all the animals they've killed... even if he's killing a lot of animals himself! This is all part of the gag though, to mock all those poorly thought-out plots of older games.

* {{Retraux}}: Right down to the glitches.

* TakeThat: Some gags are very obvious jabs at [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]]. There are [?] blocks which if broken give Pole a mushroom, but the effects are quite unexpected... Pole can take one and it makes him grow so large that he fills the entire screen and then dies! Another mushroom gives him a RagingStiffie (you read that right) that lasts the entire level, and so on. There are also some familiar pipes (this time they're grey) that, if Pole jumps in them, will... cover him in sewage waste! And this is a game released only for ''Nintendo'' UsefulNotes/WiiWare... [[FridgeBrilliance Considering]] [[Creator/{{Sega}} the developer]] [[FridgeBrilliance of this game...]]

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: At the end of every stage Pole will receive a message from Sharon, only it's not her until the very end, just some people (an old woman, a tough guy...) in a very obvious costume.

''Pole no Daibouken'' (''Pole's Big Adventure'') is a 2009 PlatformGame made by Creator/{{Sega}} and only available for WiiWare. With its 8-bit style, it jumps on the nostalgia wagon started by games such as ''VideoGame/MegaMan 9''...but instead of celebrating the good ol' games of the past, it turns into a (not always) AffectionateParody of them. Nothing is spared, from graphical glitches to [[GoodBadBugs bugs]], from [[ExcusePlot inane plots]] to the meaninglessness of ScoringPoints.

* TakeThat: Some gags are very obvious jabs at [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]]. There are [?] blocks which if broken give Pole a mushroom, but the effects are quite unexpected... Pole can take one and it makes him grow so large that he fills the entire screen and then dies! Another mushroom gives him a RagingStiffie (you read that right) that lasts the entire level, and so on. There are also some familiar pipes (this time they're grey) that, if Pole jumps in them, will... cover him in sewage waste! And this is a game released only for ''Nintendo'' WiiWare... [[FridgeBrilliance Considering]] [[Creator/{{Sega}} the developer]] [[FridgeBrilliance of this game...]]

''Pole no Daibouken'' (''Pole's Big Adventure'') is a 2009 PlatformGame made by {{Sega}} and only available for WiiWare. With its 8-bit style, it jumps on the nostalgia wagon started by games such as ''VideoGame/MegaMan 9''...but instead of celebrating the good ol' games of the past, it turns into a (not always) AffectionateParody of them. Nothing is spared, from graphical glitches to [[GoodBadBugs bugs]], from [[ExcusePlot inane plots]] to the meaninglessness of ScoringPoints.

* AmericansAreCowboys - If the [[http://pole.sega.jp/extra.html official art]] is an indication, Pole belongs to {{Eagleland}}, what with the huge star-shaped USA belt buckle and the red/white cowboy outfit.
* AnimeLand - Stage 5 is set in a version of Japan that invokes this trope: the setting is modern Japan, but the streets are populated with ninja, there are panties in windows you can steal, etc.
* AntiClimaxBoss - Invoked: this is a joke the game often pulls on the player. The first time Pole meets some of the bosses, he can't fight them, such as the caged lion or the polar bear encased in a block of ice. He has to fight them anyway later.
* ArtShift - The cutscenes, albeit very low-res, are done in a much more realistic style than both the in-game graphics and the cartoony promotional art.
* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace - Stage 6 is set on the Moon, but this makes no difference for Pole and his enemies.
* BloodyHilarious - The more you hit the polar bear boss, the more he becomes bruised and bloodied.
* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine - [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/pole/pole.htm This article]] at Website/HardcoreGaming101 notes that the weird sense of humour of the game is based on this very Japanese comedy routine: the ''game'' plays the role of the dim-witted ''boke'', and the unseen narrator is the ''tsukkomi'', the straight man baffled by all the nonsense provided by the stupid companion.
* BrokenAesop - Pole supposedly fights the poachers not only to set Sharon free, but also to avenge all the animals they've killed... even if he's killing a lot of animals himself! This is all part of the gag though, to mock all those poorly thought-out plots of older games.
* ChainedByFashion - All the bosses are animals that have shackles or collars on them, justified since the bad guys are poachers.
* CutAndPasteEnvironments - Spoofed: for example, the 5th stage is set in a version of Japan that has a half-dozen or so of Tokyo Towers.
* DamselInDistress - Sharon.
* DepthDeception - Another joke that happens a couple times in the game: Pole can walk down a level and suddenly get beheaded by a cactus or plant that looked like a background element but, somehow, wasn't.

* GiantMook - Some mooks are grown to huge proportions, another weird sight gag.
* MixAndMatchCritters - The last boss fight is a great example: as soon as Pole starts to face again all the bosses, they get sucked into a black hole and later turned into something that looks like a chimera with various body parts put together.
* {{Narrator}} - There is a voice-over commenting all the zany things that happen to Pole during the game. You can't turn it off.
* NiceHat - The poacher enemies have hats shaped like the heads of the animals they hunt, or possibly their very heads/bodies! Some examples can be found in [[http://pole.sega.jp/wallpaper/pole_wallpaperB.gif this wallpaper]].
** Pole's cowboy hat counts as well.
* {{Retraux}} - Right down to the glitches.
* SlippySlideyIceWorld - Stage 4.
* StealthPun - At the beginning of one level in stage 6, Pole is kidnapped by a flying saucer that picks him up with those cranes used to retrieve prizes in arcade machines. Those machines are called "UFO Catcher" in Japan, so Pole has been abducted by a literal UFO Catcher.
* TakeThat - Some gags are very obvious jabs at [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]]. There are [?] blocks which if broken give Pole a mushroom, but the effects are quite unexpected... Pole can take one and it makes him grow so large that he fills the entire screen and then dies! Another mushroom gives him a RagingStiffie (you read that right) that lasts the entire level, and so on. There are also some familiar pipes (this time they're grey) that, if Pole jumps in them, will... cover him in sewage waste! And this is a game released only for ''Nintendo'' WiiWare...
** [[FridgeBrilliance Considering]] [[Creator/{{Sega}} the developer]] [[FridgeBrilliance of this game...]]
* TheUnfought - Pole never meets, let alone fights, the evil poacher boss.
* WidgetSeries - Oh, where do we begin?
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle - At the end of every stage Pole will receive a message from Sharon, only it's not her until the very end, just some people (an old woman, a tough guy...) in a very obvious costume.

'''Pole no Daibouken''' (''Pole's Big Adventure'') is a 2009 PlatformGame made by {{Sega}} and only available for WiiWare. With its 8-bit style, it jumps on the nostalgia wagon started by games such as ''VideoGame/MegaMan 9''...but instead of celebrating the good ol' games of the past, it turns into a (not always) AffectionateParody of them. Nothing is spared, from graphical glitches to [[GoodBadBugs bugs]], from [[ExcusePlot inane plots]] to the meaninglessness of ScoringPoints.

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* AnticlimaxBoss - Invoked: this is a joke the game often pulls on the player. The first time Pole meets some of the bosses, he can't fight them, such as the caged lion or the polar bear encased in a block of ice. He has to fight them anyway later.

* DistressedDamsel - Sharon.

* TakeThat - Some gags are very obvious jabs at [[SuperMarioBros Mario]]. There are [?] blocks which if broken give Pole a mushroom, but the effects are quite unexpected... Pole can take one and it makes him grow so large that he fills the entire screen and then dies! Another mushroom gives him a RagingStiffie (you read that right) that lasts the entire level, and so on. There are also some familiar pipes (this time they're grey) that, if Pole jumps in them, will... cover him in sewage waste! And this is a game released only for ''Nintendo'' WiiWare...

** [[FridgeBrilliance Considering]] [[Creator/{{Sega}} the developer]] [[FridgeBrilliance of this game.]]

* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine - [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/pole/pole.htm This article]] at HardcoreGaming101 notes that the weird sense of humour of the game is based on this very Japanese comedy routine: the ''game'' plays the role of the dim-witted ''boke'', and the unseen narrator is the ''tsukkomi'', the straight man baffled by all the nonsense provided by the stupid companion.