Wild 9
Wild 9 is a 2D platformer with 3D graphics, featuring gameplay similar in vein to the company's Earthworm Jim games. Unique to the game is the The Rig, a weapon the protagonist wields. The Rig functions like…
Wild 9 is a platform developed by Shiny Entertainment, released 30 September 1998 on PlayStation.
What Wild 9 is
Wild 9 is a platform game developed by Shiny Entertainment and released in 1998. It was published by Interplay Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Wex Major is a teenager from Earth whose parents were kidnapped by aliens. Traveling through space, Wex comes into contact with a powerful weapon system known as The Rig. Apparently the young boy is the only one who can harness the power of The Rig, and he is proclaimed The Great Champion, a legendary leader who can rid the oppressed people of the Andromeda Galaxy from the tyranny of the evil gigantic monster named Karn. Wex recruits other teenage mutants and becomes the leader of Wild 9, an organization that aims to overthrow Karn and liberate the galaxy.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Wild 9 launched on 30 September 1998, within three weeks of Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition, MediEvil I, Dance Dance Revolution and Guardian's Crusade.
Released around the same time: Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition, MediEvil I, Dance Dance Revolution, Guardian's Crusade.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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Quick answers
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