Line #6 VideoGame/SuperLuckysTale


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2	''Super Lucky's Tale'' is a 3D CollectAThonPlatformer that hearkens to the 1990s, and the mascot platformers of the time. It was developed by Playful Corp. and released for Platform/XboxOne and Platform/MicrosoftWindows [[Platform/IBMPersonalComputer PC]]'s on November 17, 2017. An UpdatedRerelease for the Platform/NintendoSwitch, ''New Super Lucky's Tale'' was launched on November 8th, 2019; this in turn was also released for other consoles (and, on a more surprising note, Platform/{{Steam}} and the Platform/EpicGamesStore, being confirmed only on the day of its release) on August 21, 2020.
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4	In a far away world there lives a fox named Lucky and his sister, Lyra, who are the protectors, or "Guardian Order", of the ''Book of Ages'', inside of which exist large worlds with diverse characters. There also lives a sorcerer cat named [[BigBad Jinx]], who, alongside his offspring, the ''Kitty Litter'', have the notion of stealing the book for their own nefarious purposes. In a quest to find his inner power, Lucky proceeds into the book to find the many treasures within its pages- the keys to stopping Jinx in his tracks- while also meeting a diverse variety of characters, including the Kitty Litter.
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6	The plot is slightly adjusted in ''New Super Lucky's Tale'', in which Jinx decided to betray his friends to obtain the Book of Ages, banishing those who opposed him into far worlds. He eventually cornered the remaining Guardians in a game of "Cat and Fox" (as Jinx says), only for it scatter its pages across these worlds, suck up Jinx, the Kitty Litter, and Lucky elsewhere. It's up to Lucky to find the pages and stop Jinx's plans for good!
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9	!!This game provides examples of:
10	* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal:
11	** Lucky wears shoes and a cape.
12	** Wormals are giant worms who wear accessories, such as hats.
13	* AchillesInHisTent: Happens to the Phantasmic Four when their get their ecto kicked by the horde of bad guys Jinx's Bedlam Box unleashes on their cemetary. Lucky has to get them to come out to help him progress.
14	* AdaptationalHeroism: In the loosest sense of the word. In the original version of the game, the Kitty Litter were just evil, no questions asked. Here however, when you read between the line, there are hints that their motives and goals might have more to them than just 'we're the bad guys.' Jinx betrayed the other Guardians soon after his world vanished, leaving himself and his kittens the only cats left, if you talk to him in his golem disguise, at one point he says how who is the hero and the villain is decided by who writes the tales, and when he gets his hands on the complete book, he'll say how he can now rewrite history...
15	* AdorableEvilMinions: The Kitty Litter and nearly all standard mooks fit this trope. Outright acknowledged in-universe with Wigglers (the large bright-pink worms).
16	* AmusementParkOfDoom: The Carnival Court level in Hauntingham has this aesthetic, natural considering the world it's in, but is actually quite the opposite, packed with fun mini-games and challenges for the player to beat. That being said, the Ferris Wheel is most definitely not safe.
17	* AndYourRewardIsClothes[=/=]CosmeticAward: Reaching certain milestones or accomplishing certain things will unlock outfits from Geovanni's shop. For instance, collecting all of the pages in a world unlocks that world's boss's clothes tailored to Lucky's size. Getting all 16 hot dogs in Foxington, the world made of {{Brutal Bonus Level}}s, unlocks [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Howdy's Hidden Hotdog Hat and Smiley's Secret Sausage Smock]]. Together, Lucky resembles a hot dog cart vendor.
18	* ArtEvolution: Lucky's design is less simplistic than in ''Lucky's Tale''. Exaggerated when the release of ''New Super Lucky's Tale'' with the prologue and the final cutscene is drawn in hand and Lucky and Jinx can talk straight.
19	* CameraAbuse: Lucky is the major offender here. Move the camera around him while he's standing still and he'll move his head to continue looking at it, at least as far as he's able. Will make it a little difficult to snap photos of him looking at stuff.
20	** At the start of Tess's boss battle, her [=MiniMech=] will accidentally swat two {{Mook}}s flying near her, sending them crashing into the camera lens.
21	* CatsAreMean: Jinx and the Kitty Litter, the game's villains, are all cats.
22	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Lucky's pet pig, Piggy, the alien villain Gloop, have no appearance nor mention in Super Lucky's Tale, effectively retconning them out of continuity.
23	* CollisionDamage: All of the enemies will damage you by touching. Unless they're stunned, at which point ''you'' can defeat them by running into them (causing Lucky to kick them).
24	* DarkerAndEdgier: While not particularly grim, New Super Lucky's Tale plot raises the stakes considerably. [[spoiler:Like when the Guardians are on the run from Jinx, or Lyra is an illusion to Lucky at the finale.]]
25	** [[spoiler:There's also the rather unpleasant reveal in the {{Stinger}} of the Postgame Foxington world that Lucky's older brother Lucas may have betrayed the Guardians to work together with Jinx and the Kitty Litter.]]
26	* DefectorFromDecadence: The Penultimate Warrior is a light version of this. At best he seems to disdain the rest of his people's turn from their warrior ways to more peaceful ones, at worst he thinks they're wimps. He's still a heroic character, but don't expect his training to be filled with hugs and juice cleanses.
27	* DontFearTheReaper: Do fear the reaper enemy. But the undead and ghosts in Hauntingham are probably some of the most genial and pleasant depictions outside of [[WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost Casper]].
28	* DoubleJump: Present, and necessary for much of the platforming.
29	* EvilIsPetty: While fighting Jinx in the first game, one of his bullet patterns spells out 'LUCKY SMELLS'.
30	* {{Expy}}: See if you can guess who Hauntingham's Phantasmic Four are supposed to be based on their roster: Mr. Phantasmic, Brother Grimm, Tommy Torchwood, Susan Spectral. [[ComicBook/FantasticFour I'll wait.]]
31	--->''''Mr. Phantasmic:''' That cat will bring DOOM to us all if he's left unchecked.
32	* FastTunnelling: Lucky can quickly burrow down to retrieve coins and other secrets beneath the ground.
33	* {{Foreshadowing}}: On Gilly Island, as she prepares for her party, Lady Meowmalade frequently also expresses the hope that "HE" will be coming. The player is probably meant to assume she's referring to her father Jinx, but by the end of the boss battle, her intended guest of honor hasn't arrived. After combat dialogue reveals that she was actually expecting her number 1 fan [[spoiler: Lucas Swiftail]]. In the stinger ending this same character appears to rescue Jinx and his Kitty Litter.
34	* FourLegsGoodTwoLegsBetter: While Lucky ran on four legs in ''Super Lucky's Tale'', its remaster makes him run on two legs.
35	** However, WordOfGod states that [[https://twitter.com/PlayfulLucky/status/1297902714526076931?s=20 Lucky is more than capable of running on all fours should he want to]].
36	* FunnyAnimal: Lucky is an anthropomorphic fox.
37	* GenreThrowback: The game is inspired by 1990s collectathons like ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'', ''Franchise/SpyroTheDragon'', and ''VideoGame/SuperMario64''.
38	* GoombaStomp: One of Lucky's two methods of combat and actually his more effective one since his TailSlap only stuns enemies.
39	* GottaCatchThemAll: The main thing to collect here are the four-leaf clovers. There are also coins to find, as well as the scattered letters of the word LUCKY.
40	* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: If any enemy mook in the game has a projectile attack, chances are Lucky can swat it back at them to take them out. Played with by a later version of the bee enemies, who fire multiple stingers in succession, with the second one destroying a returned first projectile.
41	* {{Hypocrite}}: Jinx [[spoiler:disguised as a rock golem]] asks Lucky if he really knows who the heroes are, as history is written by the winners. When he says this, it sounds like a VillainHasAPoint moment. Then Jinx gloats prior to his boss battle that he's found the nexus of the world's magic and plans to use it to rewrite the entire damn Book of Ages to suit himself and his own whims. After [[spoiler:trying to ''kill'' Lucky in a previous level and tricking him into handing over the book using an illusion of Lyra]]... yeah, he's just crazy.
42	* KidHero: Lucky and his sister are young foxes who protect the Book of Ages.
43	* LeetSpeak: [=Ch1p=] talks like this whenever he experiences a malfunction.
44	* TheMaze: One of the flavors of level in the game. In addition to Tess and Anna Lyd's own trials, there are two main levels (in [=VeggieTown=] and Gilly Island) wherein Lucky must navigate a top down maze to find various points within and then make it to the center.
45	* MeaningfulRename: When the Yetis turned from BloodKnight to TechnicalPacifist, they changed the name of their home from Dropkick Canyon to Wrestful Retreat.
46	* PostEndGameContent: Foxington, 20 new levels that test Lucky to allow him to become an official Guardian, 4 new costumes to unlock, and even a stinger ending. It started out as DownloadableContent, but the UpdatedReRelease has it as a PlayableEpilogue.
47	* PungeonMaster: The Mail Golem makes several bad puns in his loading screen messages.
48	* ShoutOut: One 2D section of "Securing the Talent" (part of Gilly Island) involves [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong Lucky climbing to the top of the stage, dodging rolling spiked logs being tossed around by a yeti]].
49	** In turn, Gilly Island itself is named after the TV show ''Series/GilligansIsland''.
50	** There are plausibly two shoutouts to the VideoGame/MonkeyIsland series. The Mystery Character who is spying on Lucky in every level is reminiscent of Fester Shinetop from VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland. The boss of Wrestful Retreat are like cat versions of comically inept pirate Mr Fossey and the enormous gorilla [=LeChimp=] from VideoGame/TheCurseOfMonkeyIsland.
51	** [[Franchise/StarWars "Umm, this isn't the Octo you're looking for."]]
52	** Lady Meowmalade is named after the song "Lady Marmalade" by Music/{{Labelle}}.
53	** The Soggy Boggy Boys are named after the Soggy Bottom Boys, the fictional band from the film ''Film/OBrotherWhereArtThou''
54	* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Tess, and her rival Anna Lyd, are the smartest members of their respective teams and both are depicted with thick glasses. (And to add to Tess's character, hers have a large crack in one of the lenses.)
55	* SpeakingSimlish: The only characters in the game to speak in full, comprehensible English are Lucky, Lyra, and Jinx and this is only in the UpdatedRerelease. Everyone else simply alternates randomly between strings of gibberish whenever speaking. Jinx himself speaks in such a way in certain key moments.
56	* SpellingBonus: Each level has five letters that spell out "Lucky". Collecting all of them gives you an additional [[PlotCoupon page]].
57	* SpinAttack: Lucky's main attack is to spin in order to strike the enemies with his tail and stun them.
58	* TheStinger: At the end of the Guardian Trials. Jinx and his Kitty Litter are behind bars when the door to their cell is opened by Master Mittens [[spoiler: and an until then unseen [[FaceHeelTurn fox wearing a guardian sigil]] who offers the group a ride.]]
59	* StumbledIntoThePlot: In ''New Super Lucky's Tale'', the villain Jinx says Lucky is this, saying he's come into the plot "medias res". In truth, Lucky's family have had a real stake in things from the beginning.
60	* SurprisinglyCreepyMOment: Most of the game is quite bright and lovely. Then you reach Hauntingham, where the color palette darkens, enemies and levels become more formidable, and Jinx shows up ''personally''. Enhanced by being after Gilly Island, which has a sunny summer vacation vibe to it. [[DarkIsNotEvil This does not extend to Hauntingham's resident ghosts, however]], who are actually quite affable.
61	* TakeThat: Combines with ShoutOut in the ''Eight Fold Path'' level of the Wrestful Retreat world is a sky high obstacle course where Lucky is told "If you want to reach enlightenment, you can't just fly over your problems." A subtle dig at another [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog foxy hero known of flight.]]
62	* VideoGameLives: Lucky gets 5 lives per level before he has to restart it. Moreover, he also has 3 hearts, and life is only lost after all three are depleted, which restarts him at a checkpoint within a level.
63	* VillainHasAPoint: Sheriff Wurmful admits that, craziness aside, Tess did have a point about [=VeggieTown=] needing to modernize its farming and harvesting techniques. They will hopefully forego the giant chickens for their own renovations though.
64	* VirtualPaperDoll: A variety of outfits and hats for Lucky can be purchased to be mixed and matched however you please. Of course a matching set causes Lucky to do funny poses when selected.
65	* WrittenByTheWinners: Jinx asks Lucky if Lucky is really the hero. After all, the person writing the tale decides who's the villain and who's the hero.
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