Octopus
The gameplay in this version is largely the same, but the graphics are updated, and the divers are replaced by Mario down below and Princess Peach in the boat. In this version, Mario earns twice as many points…
Octopus is an arcade developed by Tose, released 25 October 2002 on Game Boy Advance.
What Octopus is
Octopus is an arcade game developed by Tose and released in 2002. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Game Boy Advance only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The gameplay in this version is largely the same, but the graphics are updated, and the divers are replaced by Mario down below and Princess Peach in the boat. In this version, Mario earns twice as many points for every piece of treasure he brings to Peach. However, Mario gets slower as he grabs more treasure. To counter this, he can throw all of his treasure, which lightens his load and can stun one of the Octopus's arms for a brief time. Sometimes the Octopus squirts clouds of black ink, and if one hits Mario, he receives a miss. When Mario amasses 200, 500, and 700 points, a Lakitu appears and drops a heart for him to remove a miss. The Modern version also features music, with the tempo…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Mario series
Octopus is the 279th of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was Donkey Kong-e in 2002.
What it launched against
Octopus launched on 25 October 2002, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, TimeSplitters 2 and Age of Mythology.
Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, TimeSplitters 2, Age of Mythology.
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