Wrecking Crew (video game)
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| Developer(s) | Nintendo |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Platform(s) | NES, Virtual Console |
| Release date | NES version JPN June 18, 1985 NA October 18, 1985 EU October 15, 1987 FDS version JPN February 3, 1989 Virtual Console EU August 24, 2007 NA November 19, 2007 |
| Genre(s) | Platform game |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Everyone (E) PEGI: 3+ |
| Media | 192-kilobit cartridge |
Wrecking Crew is a game for the Nintendo Entertainment System, starring Mario.
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[edit] Gameplay
In this game, the player controls Mario as he works to destroy certain objects on the level. The levels were composed of several different looping levels, some of which were linked by ladders. Level design was key, and levels were designed to have the destructible ladders, columns, bombs, and blocks, destroyed in certain order. To make things more complicated, the player must figure out the puzzles while avoiding fireballs, monkey wrench and eggplant enemies, and a construction foreman named Spike (Blackey in Japan). Luigi appeared in this game as a second player, dressed in uncharacteristic purple. An arcade version was released under the title of Vs. Wrecking Crew, in keeping with Nintendo's two-player simultaneous arcade releases of the time.
The player is also allowed to design up to four of his or her own levels in a special design mode. The game would save the level to cassette tape; however, since the Famicom Data Recorder device needed for this purpose was only available in Japan (intended for use with Nintendo's Family Basic), the saving option was effectively unavailable to U.S. customers (the game's U.S. manual states that "Save and Load menu selections are not operable in this game; they have been programmed in for potential product developments.").
[edit] Sequels and re-releases
In 1998, Nintendo released Wrecking Crew '98, a sequel for the Super Famicom which took a more competitive approach. It featured characters from both the original Wrecking Crew (including Spike), as well as the usual cast of Mario characters (Luigi, Bowser, and Peach). The game featured the original Wrecking Crew game with some recoloring done, and also had a remake of the game called Wrecking Crew '98. The only similarity between the two games is that players control a person using a hammer to destroy blocks. The premise was instead that blocks were falling in from the sky at a constant pace, and the player must destroy blocks and move rows left and right to line them up in sets of three or more of the same type of panel. If they were able to eliminate multiple chains at the same time, in a row, or have a chain of more than three, than an attack would come at the other side. The game must always be played with an opponent in another playing field on the other side, unlike the original.
Wrecking Crew was re-released for the Wii Virtual Console in Europe and Australia on August 24, 2007, and in North America on November 19, 2007. This version of the game supported saving level designs, which was previously not possible on the NES version of the game.
[edit] Wrecking Crew cameos
- WarioWare: Twisted! (Game Boy Advance) - 2005 - Appears as one of 9-volt's games
- Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix (Nintendo GameCube) - 2005 - The song Destruction Dance is a remix of the Bonus Stage theme from Wrecking Crew.
- The Eggplant Man has a cameo appearance in Chibi Robo and is a trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee, both for the Gamecube.
- The Golden Hammer is in Paper Mario, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Super Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga with the name of "Ultra Hammer".
- The Golden Hammer is featured as an item in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. It has an extremely similar appearance, appearing on a pedestal reminiscent of its appearance in Wrecking Crew. If you tap the attack button enough while holding it, you can float in midair, which was also possible with enough effort in the original Wrecking Crew. The music from the original game plays when the Ultra Hammer is grabbed.
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