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''Claymates'' is a {{Platformer}} game for the UsefulNotes/{{SNES}} published by Creator/InterplayEntertainment on April 26th, 1994. It is a SpinOff of the ''VideoGame/ClayFighter'' series, known for its usage of StopMotion animation and Claymation. Recently, it was one of the games chosen to be part of the "[[CompilationRerelease Interplay Collection]]" for the 2020 handheld console UsefulNotes/{{Evercade}}.

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''Claymates'' is a {{Platformer}} game for the UsefulNotes/{{SNES}} Platform/{{SNES}} published by Creator/InterplayEntertainment on April 26th, 1994. It is a SpinOff of the ''VideoGame/ClayFighter'' series, known for its usage of StopMotion animation and Claymation. Recently, it was one of the games chosen to be part of the "[[CompilationRerelease Interplay Collection]]" for the 2020 handheld console UsefulNotes/{{Evercade}}.
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* CompilationRerelease: In 2020, this game is part of the "Interplay Collection" for the UsefulNotes/{{Evercade}}.

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* CompilationRerelease: In 2020, this game is part of the "Interplay Collection" for the UsefulNotes/{{Evercade}}.Platform/{{Evercade}}.



* TakeThat: The American version of the UsefulNotes/{{SNES}} box touts "Blaze Processing", that "accelerates characters to incredible speeds", a reference to Creator/{{SEGA}}'s "Blast Processing".

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* TakeThat: The American version of the UsefulNotes/{{SNES}} Platform/{{SNES}} box touts "Blaze Processing", that "accelerates characters to incredible speeds", a reference to Creator/{{SEGA}}'s "Blast Processing".

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''Claymates'' is a {{Platformer}} game for the UsefulNotes/{{SNES}} published by Creator/InterplayEntertainment on April 26th, 1994. It is a SpinOff of the ''VideoGame/ClayFighter'' series, known for its usage of StopMotion animation and {{Claymation}}. Recently, it was one of the games chosen to be part of the "[[CompilationRerelease Interplay Collection]]" for the 2020 handheld console UsefulNotes/{{Evercade}}.

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''Claymates'' is a {{Platformer}} game for the UsefulNotes/{{SNES}} published by Creator/InterplayEntertainment on April 26th, 1994. It is a SpinOff of the ''VideoGame/ClayFighter'' series, known for its usage of StopMotion animation and {{Claymation}}.Claymation. Recently, it was one of the games chosen to be part of the "[[CompilationRerelease Interplay Collection]]" for the 2020 handheld console UsefulNotes/{{Evercade}}.



* {{Claymation}}: As with the main series, ''no computer animation'' was involved, with all clay characters rendered from hand-made models.


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* StopMotion: As with the main series, ''no computer animation'' was involved, with all clay characters rendered from hand-made models.
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* GiantSpaceFleaOutOfNowhere: The Witch Doctor is actually the penultimate boss, the real final boss is a Martian king who has come around with his armada to steal the serum for themselves.

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* GiantSpaceFleaOutOfNowhere: GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: The Witch Doctor is actually the penultimate boss, the real final boss is a Martian king who has come around with his armada to steal the serum for themselves.



* SuperDrowningSkills: Inverted with Gooey the fish, who can stay underwater was long as he wants but [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome is in danger of suffocating if he is out of water.]]

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* SuperDrowningSkills: Inverted with Gooey the fish, who can stay underwater was long as he wants but [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome is in danger of suffocating if he is out of water.]]water]].

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* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: Some copies of the UsefulNotes/{{SNES}} box had a holofoil cover; tilt it one way to show coins representing the different animal transformations, and tilt the other for the animals themselves.
* OneHitPointWonder: The default blue ball form.

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* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: Some copies of the UsefulNotes/{{SNES}} box had a holofoil cover; tilt it one way to show coins representing the different animal transformations, and tilt the other for the animals themselves.
* OneHitPointWonder: The default blue ball form.form dies in one hit.



* WitchDoctor: The antagonist of the game.

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* %%* WitchDoctor: The antagonist of the game.
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* GiantSpaceFleaOutOfNowhere: The Witch Doctor is actually the penultimate boss, the real final boss is a Martian king who has come around with his armada to steal the serum for themselves.


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* SuperDrowningSkills: Inverted with Gooey the fish, who can stay underwater was long as he wants but [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome is in danger of suffocating if he is out of water.]]

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''Claymates'' is a {{Platformer}} game for the UsefulNotes/{{SNES}} published by Creator/InterplayEntertainment on April 26th, 1994. It is a SpinOff of the ''VideoGame/ClayFighter'' series, known for its usage of StopMotion animation and {{Claymation}}.

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''Claymates'' is a {{Platformer}} game for the UsefulNotes/{{SNES}} published by Creator/InterplayEntertainment on April 26th, 1994. It is a SpinOff of the ''VideoGame/ClayFighter'' series, known for its usage of StopMotion animation and {{Claymation}}.
{{Claymation}}. Recently, it was one of the games chosen to be part of the "[[CompilationRerelease Interplay Collection]]" for the 2020 handheld console UsefulNotes/{{Evercade}}.


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''Claymates'' is a {{Platformer}} game for the UsefulNotes/{{SNES}} published by Creator/InterplayEntertainment in TheNineties. It is a SpinOff of the ''VideoGame/ClayFighter'' series, known for its usage of StopMotion animation and {{Claymation}}.

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\n''Claymates'' is a {{Platformer}} game for the UsefulNotes/{{SNES}} published by Creator/InterplayEntertainment in TheNineties.on April 26th, 1994. It is a SpinOff of the ''VideoGame/ClayFighter'' series, known for its usage of StopMotion animation and {{Claymation}}.



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''Claymates'' is a {{Platformer}} game for the UsefulNotes/{{SNES}} published by Creator/InterplayEntertainment in TheNineties. It is a spin-off of the VideoGame/ClayFighter series, known for its usage of StopMotion animation and {{Claymation}}.

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''Claymates'' is a {{Platformer}} game for the UsefulNotes/{{SNES}} published by Creator/InterplayEntertainment in TheNineties. It is a spin-off SpinOff of the VideoGame/ClayFighter ''VideoGame/ClayFighter'' series, known for its usage of StopMotion animation and {{Claymation}}.



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* AllThereInTheManual: The backstory and the names of the characters as well the gameplay, there's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin all in the manual]].
* BigBad: The WitchDoctor who steals the clay formula and Clayton's father, as well converting him into a blue ball of clay.



* PunnyName: '''Clay'''ton

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* PunnyName: '''Clay'''ton'''Clay'''ton. Also his father, Dr. '''Putty'''.



* ShoutOut: The creatures that Clayton can transform into are the same as the Round announcers in the original VideoGame/ClayFighter.

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* SpinOff: Of ''VideoGame/ClayFighter'' series, mostly the first game.
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ShoutOut: The creatures that Clayton can transform into are the same as the Round announcers in the original VideoGame/ClayFighter.game.
** The BigBad is a WitchDoctor who wants to rule the world by stealing the clay formula. This could be inspiration for the character of Houngan in ''63⅓'', who has the same backstory.



* WitchDoctor: The antagonist of the game.

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* WitchDoctor: The antagonist of the game.game.
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The story of Claymates begins when a scientist creates a formula that transforms clay into living animals. A witch doctor desires the formula for himself, capturing the scientist, and transforming the scientist's son Clayton into a blue ball of clay. As Clayton, the player must travel across the world, from his backyard to Japan and beyond, in order to rescue his father and return to normal.

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The story of Claymates begins when a scientist creates a formula that transforms clay into living animals. A witch doctor WitchDoctor desires the formula for himself, capturing the scientist, and transforming the scientist's son Clayton into a blue ball of clay. As Clayton, the player must travel across the world, from his backyard to Japan and beyond, in order to rescue his father and return to normal.


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* UnexpectedGameplayChange: Between platforming levels, the player has to complete block-moving puzzles to unlock the path forward.
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''Claymates'' is a {{Platformer}} game for the UsefulNotes/{{SNES}} published by Creator/InterplayEntertainment in TheNineties. It is a spin-off of the VideoGame/ClayFighter series, known for its usage of StopMotion animation and {{Claymation}}.

The story of Claymates begins when a scientist creates a formula that transforms clay into living animals. A witch doctor desires the formula for himself, capturing the scientist, and transforming the scientist's son Clayton into a blue ball of clay. As Clayton, the player must travel across the world, from his backyard to Japan and beyond, in order to rescue his father and return to normal.

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* BlobMonster: Clayton's blue ball form.
* {{Claymation}}: As with the main series, ''no computer animation'' was involved, with all clay characters rendered from hand-made models.
* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: Some copies of the UsefulNotes/{{SNES}} box had a holofoil cover; tilt it one way to show coins representing the different animal transformations, and tilt the other for the animals themselves.
* OneHitPointWonder: The default blue ball form.
* PunnyName: '''Clay'''ton
* ShapeShifter: One of the main gimmicks is Clayton transforming into different animals using pieces of his father's formula scattered across the levels, giving him different abilities depending on the form.
* ShoutOut: The creatures that Clayton can transform into are the same as the Round announcers in the original VideoGame/ClayFighter.
* TakeThat: The American version of the UsefulNotes/{{SNES}} box touts "Blaze Processing", that "accelerates characters to incredible speeds", a reference to Creator/{{SEGA}}'s "Blast Processing".
* WitchDoctor: The antagonist of the game.

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