Willy Wombat

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Willy Wombat
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Hudson Soft, Wooyoung System (KR)
Developer: Westone
Licensor: Susumu Matsushita Company
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (11 tracks)
Peripherals supported: SBom Joycard
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1997-06-27 ¥5,800 (6,090)5,800e T-14306G

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Willy Wombat (ウィリーウォンバット) is a Sega Saturn action adventure game developed by Westone and published by Hudson Soft exclusively in Japan in June 1997.

History

Legacy

Willy Wombat's existence forced development team, Naughty Dog, to change the name of their title character to "Crash Bandicoot", but whereas Crash Bandicoot and its sequels were a massive success for the PlayStation during the mid-to-late 90s, Willy Wombat saw a much more muted response, remaining exclusive to Japanese Saturns.

Production credits

• WILLY Charactor Design & Illustration: (C)Susumu Matsushita Company
• Game Design & Map Design: Ryuichi Nishizawa
• AQVsystem Development &Program: Michishito Ishizuka
• Map Design: Head Office, Michitaka Tsuruta, Jin W., Shunichi Takase, Koichi Yotsui, Yumitaka Saito
• Scenario Direction: Hiromi Nagata
• Scenario: Seiji Sugou
• Scenario Script Design: Masao Asakawa
• Sound Direction & Compose: Takeshi Sato
• Music: Chamy
• Sound Effect: Yoshiyuki Kadooka
• Sound Management: Taiji Ito
• Graphic Direction: Mina Morioka
• 3DCG & Enemy Charactor Design: D.D.N.The 2Nd. N. Isobe
• Texture & Main Charactor Design: Kuro
• CG Design: Satoshi Arai
• Record Direction: Michael T. Barlow
• Voice cast
  • Willy: Tom West
  • Notes: Jason Russel
  • Mail: Deidre Merrell-Ikeda
  • Tagdor: Jeff Manning
  • Java: Dennis Falt
  • Canvas: Lynn Harris
• WILLYWOMBAT Opening Theme: "Here To Stay"
  • Words: Dawn Marie Moore
  • Music: Chamy
  • Song: Dawn Marie Moore
• WILLYWOMBAT Ending Theme: "Fearless Heart"
  • Words: Dawn Marie Moore
  • Music: Chamy
  • Song: Dawn Marie Moore
• Mastering team: Shota Takahashi, Choshi Nakagawa, Tetsuya Komatsu
• Mastering Adviser: Hiroyuki Ohta, Jun Kanda, Riko Asuwa
• Special Thanks: 松岡 超 (大沢事務所), Rieko Sumi, Katsuo Saito, Tsuyoshi Murakami
• W.W.W.team & AQV SYSTEM
• Produce: Norihito Miyamoto
• Direction: Tomohisa Goi
• Presented by: Hudson Soft

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In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Willy Wombat/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

Flyer

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1997-23: "1997-23 (1997-07-11)" (1997-06-27)

Print advert in Game Champ (KR) #1997-09: "xxxx" (199x-xx-xx)
also published in:

• Game Champ (KR) #1997-10: "xxxx" (199x-xx-xx)

Print advert in Game Champ (KR) #1997-11: "xxxx" (199x-xx-xx)
also published in:

• Game Champ (KR) #1997-12: "xxxx" (199x-xx-xx)

Physical scans

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Publication Version Score Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 60 Mega Force (FR) NTSC-J 85 Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J 62 Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J 64 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 60 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 81

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Willy Wombat

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual Inlay

Saturn, KR

Technical information

Main article: Willy Wombat/Technical information.