Description
Bucky O’Hare is a Mega Man-esque side-scrolling shoot ’em up arcade adventure platform game.[1][2][3] It takes place in a parallel universe known as the Aniverse, where the robot K.O.M.P.L.E.X. plans to destroy the captain of the Righteous Indignation, rabbit Bucky O’Hare. It orders the Toad Air Marshall to kidnap members of the Righteous Indignation and jail them throughout the Toad Empire.[4] The Toad Air Marshall go after the Indignation while they are on a small transport riding to their headquarters.[5] Bucky barely evades. However, the crew members, android Blinky, cat Jenny, duck Dead-Eye and human Willy DeWitt, are trapped in four separate planets, which are the first four levels.[4]
The four Planets can be played in any order.[1] Blinky is stuck in the ecologically themed Green Planet, consisting of waterfalls and trees as part of the level design and worms, bees, fish, and other creatures as enemies.[6][2] Dead-Eye is trapped in the Red Planet, a volcano-and-lava-heavy stage with rock platforms.[7][2] The ice-y Blue Planet holds Jenny, and the biggest planet in the game, the Yellow Planet which has laser cannons and floating asteroids, contains Willy.[2][8][9] The player can switch characters anytime by pressing the select button.[10]
The planets are divided into eight or more acts with different gameplay styles and scrolling directions (either vertical or horizontal).[1][11][12] For example, in the Green Planet, sections include climbing a big tree, jumping on platforms, riding a log on water, and going down a waterfall.[1] Throughout the game, the protagonists fend off enemies such as androids and cyborgs modeled after toads or with toads in them, as well as parts of the environment, such as fireballs shooting from a volcano.[12][13] Bosses are scattered throughout and don’t always appear at the end of a level.[10]
Each crewmate is playable once rescued and has different weapons. Bucky uses a normal gun, Willy and Jenny both shoot beams, Deadeye shoots three bullets going in different directions, and Blinky has short-range bombs needed to destroy the ice blocks on the Blue Planet.[1] The characters also have special abilities; Bucky has a long jump, Jenny has a third eye that forms an energetic crystal ball, Willy can shoot a larger beam that can shoot past enemies and thus kill multiple at a time, Blinky can fly with a jetpack, and Deadeye can climb vertical slopes.[1][2][14] The special abilities are powered by collecting up power-up icons, which the amount of power is indicated by the Power-Up Meter, and are activated by holding the B button down; the longer it is held, the more powerful the execution will be.[10][15] Extra lives, bonus points, and health are also collectable, and continues are unlimited.[10][16]
Once the crew are reunited, they are again attacked in space and sucked into the Toads’ Magnum Tanker; only Bucky and Blinky are playable at this point.[17] The remainder of the gamer takes place in the ship, which its hazards and enemies include beams, mind-controlled crew mates, anti-gravity fields, animal-eating plants, and the ship’s toads.[1][18] The two journey through the Toad Mother ship, freeing their imprisoned crewmates. All members meet up at the ship’s, where Bucky hatches a plan for the crew to escape down the Salvage Chute and blow up the ship. The Indignation succeeds, but the crew remain vigilant as the fight goes on.
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