Wani Wani World

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Wani Wani World
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Kaneko[1]
Developer:
Supporting companies:
Distributor:
Sega Mega Drive
Samsung (KR)
Sound driver: SMPS Z80
Genre: Action[2][3][4]

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥6,600 (6,798)6,600e[5] T-33023
Sega Mega Drive
KR 		GM4030JT
Project Egg
JP ▼ 		¥880880 KNK0003

Wani Wani World (ワニワニＷｏｒｌｄ), known in South Korea as Ageo Nara (악어나라; Crocodile's Land), is a Sega Mega Drive puzzle action game developed by Inter State[1] and published by Kaneko.[1] It was first released in Japan in January 1992, and was brought to South Korea some time later.

It is a port of the publisher's 1991 arcade game The Berlin Wall (which was previously released for the Sega Game Gear under its Japanese title of Berlin no Kabe). The Mega Drive version features a substantially different art style and player characters. "Wani Wani World" means "Crocodile World."

Story

Wani Wani World (ワニワニワールド), a peaceful world containing only crocodiles, is in trouble. The evil Captain Pincock (キャプテンピンコック) has sent his underlings, the Four Heavenly Kings (四天王), to conquer the world. Charlie (チャーリ) and Smiley (スマイリー), two residents of Wani Wani World, must use their hammers to drive out the invaders.

Gameplay

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Gameplay

The game is a single-screen platformer that plays nearly identically to Berlin no Kabe. Stages consist of ladders and platforms with monsters roaming around. Players control one of the crocodiles Charlie (player one) or Smiley (player two). Platforms (besides the floor at the bottom of the stage) consist of multiple segments that can individually be destroyed by the large mallets carried by the crocodiles, trapping any monsters that attempt to walk across. When a monster is trapped, it becomes harmless, and the crocodile can follow up by whipping the monster with his tail, causing the monster to fall through and explode into a bonus item. This also restores the hole into a solid platform. The crocodile only has a limited amount of time to do this before the monster works its way back out of the hole. Only one monster can be trapped in a single hole at a time. The explosion of the monster can destroy nearby enemies. Since the monsters move in predictable patterns, this can be exploited to destroy multiple monsters at a time, which awards larger bonuses. The goal is to trap and defeat all of the monsters to end the stage. The behavior of enemies varies depending on their color, with green enemies being the most placid and red enemies being the fastest and most aggressive. Some enemies can only be destroyed by explosions.

Each world consists of nine stages, followed by an autoscrolling stage where the crocodiles climb up or down to a boss fight, then a bonus round. There is a two-player mode where two players cooperate and play simultaneously, which can be started from the title screen or by pressing  START  on a second control pad during a game.

The crocodiles walk with Left and Right and climb ladders with Up and Down. They swing their hammers with C, which cannot be used to attack enemies directly but can be used to break holes in platforms. If a monster falls into the hole, they can whip the monster with their tails with C again. They can cover up holes when standing adjacent to it with C. Some special items collected throughout the stages have effects that can be used with B.

A crocodile loses a life if he touches a monster but revives if the player has extra lives remaining (losing any acquired item effects). The game ends if the player runs out of lives, but it can be continued if the player has credits remaining. The player can set the starting lives and credits in the options before starting the game. There are three difficulty levels (Easy, Normal, and Hard).

Platforms

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These platforms can be broken by a crocodile's hammer, leaving a hole that traps monsters that try to walk across. Monsters can then be whipped through to destroy them. It is also possible for a crocodile to fall through the hole. The hole persists for the rest of the stage unless covered up or restored by bashing a monster through it. The appearance varies by world.
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These platforms are indestructible and can always be walked across by crocodiles and monsters alike. The appearance varies by world.
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These platforms slow the crocodiles as they walk across them. They can be broken by a crocodile's hammer, leaving a hole that traps monsters, but monsters cannot be whipped through the hole and always climb out. The hole quickly recovers, restoring the platform.
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Springs launch the crocodiles into the air. Monsters will not walk across them. Since the crocodiles cannot jump, this is the only way for them to leap across gaps in the platforms.
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These platforms move up and down or left and right.
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Teleporters appear in pairs. Stepping on one teleporter warps the crocodile to the other one and vice versa. They are sometimes the only way to reach part of a stage. Monsters are not teleported when they step on these platforms.
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These platforms fall when a crocodile steps on them (with another one quickly taking its place). Crocodiles can run across them quickly without falling with them. Monsters will not step on these platforms, and monsters are unharmed if these platforms fall on them.
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These platforms fall when a crocodile moves under them (then slowly raise back up), potentially hitting the crocodile (but not affecting monsters).

Items

These items are dropped by defeated monsters in stages.

Power-ups

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Arms the crocodile with a cannonball that, when used with B, busts through every platform until landing on an unbreakable surface (such as the floor or a ladder). It then rolls along the ground, destroying monsters that it runs into until it is off-screen. One-time use, but the player can hold multiple uses.
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Arms the crocodile with a bomb that, when used with B, explodes and destroys any monster caught in its blast radius. One-time use, but the player can hold multiple uses.
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Grants the crocodile temporary invincibility. The crocodile can destroy monsters by running into them while this effect lasts.
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Increases the walking speed of the crocodile. This effect stacks multiple times and lasts until the crocodile loses a life.
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Enhances the crocodile's hammer so it can break multiple contiguous, breakable platform segments in the direction that it is facing in a single blow. This effect stacks multiple times and lasts until the crocodile loses a life.
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Awards an extra life.
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Awards an extra credit.

Bonus points

The larger bonuses are awarded when multiple monsters are destroyed at the same time (by catching them in an explosion) or in the bonus game.

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 Small Coin
Awards 100 bonus points.
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 Candy Bar
Awards 100 bonus points.
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 Apple
Awards 200 bonus points.
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 Fried Egg
Awards 300 bonus points.
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 Fries
Awards 400 bonus points.
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 Hot Dog
Awards 500 bonus points.
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 Dessert
Awards 600 bonus points.
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 Drumstick
Awards 700 bonus points.
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 Pudding
Awards 800 bonus points.
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 Large Coin
Awards 900 bonus points.
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 Cornstalk
Awards 1,000 bonus points.
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 Kiwifruit
Awards 1,200 bonus points.
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 Hamburger
Awards 1,500 bonus points.
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 Ice Cream
Awards 2,000 bonus points.
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 Small Cake
Awards 3,000 bonus points.
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 Meat
Awards 3,500 bonus points.
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 Fruit Basket
Awards 5,000 bonus points.
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 Roasted Chicken
Awards 7,000 bonus points.
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 Large Cake
Awards 10,000 bonus points.
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 Bonus Spin
Spins the slot machine at the top of the screen, which causes bonus point items to drop from the ceiling if a winning combination is spun.

Stages

Main article: Wani Wani World/Maps.

Bonus game

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Bonus game

After defeating the boss of each world, players play a bonus game in which they try to assemble a woman's face by stopping the pieces like a slot machine with B: the head and hair, the eyes, the nose, then the mouth. Bonus point items are dropped after completing the face.

History

Development

Early builds of the game retain the look of the arcade original, and at one point the game was slated for release as Berlin no Kabe in June 1991.[7]

Production credits

  • Program: K.Shimizu, Rai
  • Graphic Design: Dogurou, M.Kohu
  • Map Design: Dogurou
  • Title Design: Yokochin, Dogurou
  • BG Design: Yokochin, Dogurou, M.Kohu
  • Sound Compose: T's Music
  • Special Thanks: Mr. Hamada, Hitomi Ohhasi, and You...
  • Presented by: Inter State
Source:
In-game credits
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[8]


Digital manuals

  • Project EGG manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Wani Wani World/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in (JP) #1991-12: "December 1991" (1991-11-08)
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Print advert in (JP) #1992-01: "January 1992" (1991-12-07)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
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Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
(JP) NTSC-J
60
[9]
(FR)
76
[10]
(UK) NTSC-J
88
[11]
(JP) NTSC-J
50
[12]
(UK)
80
[13]
(JP) NTSC-J
40
[14]
(FR) NTSC-J
78
[15]
(FR) NTSC-J
83
[16]
(UK)
79
[17]
(UK) NTSC-J
79
[18]
(UK) NTSC-J
80
[19]
(DE)
69
[20]
(UK) NTSC-J
88
[21]
(UK) NTSC-J
85
[22]
(JP) NTSC-J
66
[23]
Sega Mega Drive
 73
Based on
15 reviews

Wani Wani World

Mega Drive, JP
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, KR
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Cover

Technical information

Main article: Wani Wani World/Technical information.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Inter_State
  2. ↑ File:WaniWaniWorld MD JP Box.jpg
  3. ↑ File:WaniWaniWorld MD KR Box.jpg
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
  5. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1991" (JP; 1991-11-08), page 24
  6. ↑ https://www.amusement-center.com/project/egg/game/?product_id=1284
  7. ↑ File:Megadrive Fan 1991-04.pdf, page 118
  8. ↑ File:Wani Wani World MD credits.pdf
  9. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "February 1992" (JP; 1992-01-08), page 36
  10. ↑ Consoles +, "Mars 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 92
  11. ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 136
  12. ↑ Famitsu, "1992-02-07" (JP; 1992-01-24), page 39
  13. ↑ Games-X, "13th-19th February 1992" (UK; 1992-02-13), page 22
  14. ↑ Hippon Super, "February 1992" (JP; 1992-01-07), page 97
  15. ↑ Joypad, "Avril 1992" (FR; 1992-03-1x), page 80
  16. ↑ Joystick, "Mars 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 152
  17. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 79
  18. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 95
  19. ↑ MegaTech, "April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-20), page 42
  20. ↑ Play Time, "7/92" (DE; 1992-06-03), page 92
  21. ↑ Sega Pro, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-20), page 32
  22. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 68
  23. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87


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