Willy Wombat
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System(s): Sega Saturn | ||||||||||
Publisher: Hudson Soft, Wooyoung System (KR) | ||||||||||
Developer: Westone[1] | ||||||||||
Licensor: Susumu Matsushita Company[2] | ||||||||||
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (11 tracks) | ||||||||||
Peripherals supported: SBom Joycard[3] | ||||||||||
Genre: Action[4][5] | ||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | ||||||||||
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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[1] and published by Hudson Soft exclusively in Japan in June 1997.[5] Featuring artwork and character designs by famed manga artist Susumu Matsushita, a pair of opening/ending songs performed by singer Dawn Marie Moore, and even full English-language voice acting, the game strongly embraces a theme of dark, Western comic books (particularly Batman) and was a relatively large undertaking for Hudson Soft. Despite the investment, Willy Wombat does not appear to have been as successful as its developers had forecast, with it being released to only above-average reviews from the Japanese gaming press. Curiously, its English voice acting would never be heard outside of Japan, as besides Hudson Soft's aversion to publishing American Saturn games, the title lackluster market reception likely shut down any plans of an international release.
Contents
Story
“ | "Prison".
It is a beautiful, ideally managed society with a highly advanced civilization and rich nature. The people who live there are free from the curse of disease and death, and live safe and comfortable lives that continue forever. "Regeneration". However, one of the administrators, Willy, breaks the rules and escapes from the prison. Even giving up his position as an administrator and eternal life. Why did he escape from the prison? And what is he seeking? The story begins here. |
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— JP manual[7] |
Gameplay
Abilities
Items
Levels
History
Legacy
Willy Wombat's existence forced American developer 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
Magazine articles
- Main article: Willy Wombat/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Physical scans
ExpandSega Retro Average |
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69 | |
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Based on 6 reviews |
Saturn, KR |
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Technical information
- Main article: Willy Wombat/Technical information.
External links
- Official website (Japanese; archived)
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Westone_Bit_Entertainment
- ↑ [WillyWombat Saturn JP Box Back.jpg WillyWombat Saturn JP Box Back.jpg]
- ↑ https://tcrf.net/Willy_Wombat (Wayback Machine: 2023-09-11 06:50)
- ↑ File:WillyWombat Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
- ↑ Jump up to: 5.0 5.1 5.2 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee3.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-20 23:05)
- ↑ File:WillyWombat Saturn JP Flyer.pdf, page 2
- ↑ File:WillyWombat Saturn JP Manual.pdf, page 4
- ↑ File:Willy Wombat Saturn credits.pdf
- ↑ Game Champ, "xxxx" (KR; 199x-xx-xx), page 6
- ↑ Game Champ, "xxxx" (KR; 199x-xx-xx), page 16
- ↑ Famitsu, "1997-07-04" (JP; 1997-06-20), page 1
- ↑ Mega Force, "Septembre/Octobre 1997" (FR; 1997-0x-xx), page 42
- ↑ Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 12" (JP; 1997-06-xx), page 181
- ↑ Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 16" (JP; 1997-08-xx), page 90
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-22 (1997-07-04)" (JP; 1997-06-20), page 176
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 13
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