Ty the Tasmanian Tiger
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| Developer(s) | Krome Studios |
| Publisher(s) | Electronic Arts |
| Release date(s) | October 8, 2002 |
| Genre(s) | Platformer |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Everyone (E) |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube |
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger is the first title in a video game series for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube produced by Krome Studios in 2002.
In 2004 a sequel, Bush Rescue was released on all the above platforms, in addition to Game Boy Advance. Also in 2004, DPS Film Roman and Krome Studios announced they would produce an animated cartoon series based on the game. In May 2005, Activision and Krome Studios signed a co-publishing agreement for the third installment of the series: Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan. It was released in October of the same year.
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[edit] Story
Once, long ago, an epic battle ensued between Boss Cass, a Cassowary, and a family of Tasmania Tigers (Thylacines) for control fo five mystical tailsmans. Boss Cass managed to trap all Thylacines in the Dreamtime by using these, althrough the portal was destroyed and the tailsmans scattered thanks to one throwing his boomerang to dislodge the tailsmans.. A family of Bilbies adopted the apparent lone Thylacine left behind. Years later, a Bunyip informs Ty, the Thylacine, about his heritage and Boss Cass. It's up to Ty now to rescue his family from the Dreamtime by collecting talismans.
[edit] Gameplay
[edit] Boomerangs
At first, Ty has only one boomerang to wield. As the game progresses, however,
he gets more boomerangs, this time in pairs. The player can only equip one pair at a time, and each pair has unique abilities. It is possible to acquire more boomerangs (Technorangs) from Julius by collecting Cogs and giving them to him.
- Boomerang - Default boomerang. During the first level, the player will retrieve his second boomerang, allowing him to weild one in each hand.
- Aquarang - This is the only boomerang the player is able to use underwater. Rex found them in a shipwreck and you get them when you learn to swim. They auto-equip when you swim underwater, and can't be equipped outside of water.
Elementals
- Frostyrang - Utilizes the element of ice; freezes enemies, puts out flames, and can create mini-icebergs on the surface of the water for Ty to jump on and opens the third set of 3 portals.
- Flamerang - Utilizes the element of fire; sets enemies on fire, melts ice blocks, burns spider webs, lights barrels, opens the path to the second set of 3 portals.
- Zappyrang - Utilizes the element of electricity; zaps enemies or inactive machines which leads to the last portal to Boss Cass' worlds.
Technorangs
- Zoomerang - Able to zoom in on enemies when used in first-person view. Fies incredibly far (if you miss a target, it may take a minute or so to return to you).
- Multirang - Able to fire a streaming barrage of boomerangs (at half the range of other 'rangs).
- Infrarang - Lets you see invisible crates or platforms. It also beeps if anything invisible is nearby.
- Megarang - Lets you home in on enemies, buttons, and crates. Bounces from one enemy, crate, and/or button to the next (or back and forth between a pair of tough enemies or buttons) for a while before returning.
- Kaboomerang - When hit, causes a massive explosion. Both fly at the same time, colliding at a certain distance.
- Chronorang - Slows down enemies to a crawl.
- Doomerang - Only available for the final boss fight. When thrown you get a "rang's-eye-view" and must manually guide it through the air using the controller.
[edit] Characters
[edit] Enemies
- Boss Cass - An evil Cassowary with plans on dominating the world.
- Blue Tongued Lizards - Lage blue lizards. These are one of the tough enemies, requiring multiple hits to defeat.
- Frill Lizards - Skinny green lizards. They are Cass's main henchmen and the standard one-hit-defeat badguys throughout most levels.
- Fluffy - An orange lizard who pilots a giant yeti-like robot (which was mistaken for the real Fluffy by many fans, until the second game). Fluffy seems to have a love interest in Ty, but is still an enemy. Third boss.
- Bull - Large razorback pig that is the first boss that Ty first faces. He will see him in his pen and later allows him to ride on him.
- Crikey - Cass' mechanical shark. He used to be the ruler of the sea, but Cass captured him, made him mechanical and under his control. He is the second boss you fight.
- Ninja Geckos - Small rainforest enemies that can hide, run fast, and throw darts. They take 1 hit, but are harder to kill than a basic frilled lizard.
- Shadow - One of Cass' main henchman. She is a bat with a huge temper. She also has a small underling squad of bats. Watch out for her in Cass' Crest. She is the forth boss.
- Skinks - Large lizards that have a paddle that can block boomerangs. Bite it, hit it with a kaboomarang of hit it several times with a flamearang to kill it.
- Sly - Cass' main henchman. He is your brother and helps you out in the end. Has a "Doomerang."
[edit] Protagonists
- Ty the Tasmanian Tiger - A member of a family of Tasmanian Tigers who lives in the wild Australian outback. He must find thunder eggs to find the 5 mystic talismans and then will free his family from the dreamtime realm.
- Maurie - Maurie the sulphur-crested cockatoo is your helper and friend. He teaches Ty new controls and abilities as well as telling him where to find things.
- Julius - Julius the koala is the greatest inventor in Australia. He hooks you up with the talisman portals, and if you collect golden cogs, he'll give you technorangs, boomerangs with special abilities.
- Sly the Tasmanian Tiger - The only other Tasmanian tiger with an active part in the first game. At first he's on Boss Cass's side, but at the end he becomes switches sides. He is somewhat the brother of both the title character, Ty. Both him and Ty are children of Brian and Di. Sly looks a lot like Ty, although he is a darker orange with darker stripes. He also tends to have a more world-weary expression.
- Bunyip Elder - A Spirit Shaman. Told Ty about his origins and what he must do to free his family.
[edit] Minor Characters
- Lenny the Lyrebird - A Lyrebird who lies. There is always an alternate way around the obstacle he points out.
- Sheila - Another koala. Her kids usually get lost, and pleads Ty to locate them.
- Boonie - One of Sheila's kids.
- Neddy - The biggest bully in the Black Stump. After his defeat, Neddy becomes Ty's friend.
- Shazza - Shazza the dingo is Ty's girlfriend, and always seems to get into trouble. She runs an Emu farm and the emus tend to break out to eat at the local hamburger joint. In Ty the Tasmanian Tiger she owns a Jeep that would later appear in many cameo shots in the later TY games.
- Ranger Ken - Ken is the local, friendly woods patroller. He will talk to you and have a few challenges also. He takes great care of the flora and fauna in the Outback, and is always there if someone is in need of assistance.
- Rex - Rex the platypus is the master at swimming. He teaches Ty how to swim, dive, gives him the aquarangs, and has time-attack challenges. He is a lifeguard at Ship Rex.
- Elle - Rex's wife; she enjoys finding treasure with Rex. Has a tendency to get lost.
- Dennis - Dennis the green tree frog has one of the biggest thunder egg collections in the area. His main drawback is that he's a coward.
[edit] Reception
[edit] Scores
[edit] TV Show
It was believed that Film New Roman were developing a Ty tv show, but as there has been no mention of it, the project appears cancelled.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Krome Studios Krome Studios
- EA's official Ty site EA's official Ty site
- Ty the Tasmanian Tiger at MobyGames
- Bush Rescue Bush Rescue site
