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Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind
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Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind is a 2D platforming game developed and released by Accolade. The game was released for both SNES and Sega Genesis in 1993 in North America and Europe, and later in Japan in 1994.
Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind would go on to be the first title in Accolade's Bubsy series, spanning four games total. This was the only title in the series to see a Japanese release. The game would later receive a release for PC as Super Bubsy, and in 2015 the SNES version would be re-released digitally alongside Bubsy II as Bubsy Two-Fur.
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Story
Aliens known as Wollies have invaded Earth to steal all of the world's yarn. Since they have stolen Bubsy's yarn, Bubsy sets out to defeat the Woolies and recover the world's yarn.
Gameplay
Bubsy is a high-speed 2D platforming game. Players start the game with nine lives, while a singular hit will instantly lose a life; Bubsy will also lose a life if he falls from too great a height. In addition to jumping, the player can also make Bubsy glide by pressing the Y or X buttons while in midair. Scattered across each level are yarn balls that increase the player's score. Players can also find different T-shirts that have different effects: shirts with a number increase the player's lives by that number, black shirts make Bubsy invisible to enemies, and a shirt with an exclamation point that makes him invincible. Extra continues can also be collected.
At the end of each world, the player is given a password in order to continue from that point in the game; passwords can be entered from an option on the title screen.
Development
Bubsy was created by Michael Berlyn.[1] Having written and designed numerous adventure games both before and after being hired by Accolade, Berlyn grew tired of the genre. He then discovered Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog, a game he ended up playing for nearly 14 hours each day for a week.[1]
Reception
At release, Bubsy received largely positive reviews from critics, who praised the gameplay, animations, and implementation of voice clips. Of the four Electronic Gaming Monthly scores, two reviewers gave the game a 9 out of 10, one an 8, and one a 7.[2] US magazine GamePro rated Bubsy a perfect score of 5 out of 5.[2]
Modern reception of Bubsy, however, is considerably more negative. In an article looking back at the game, Levi Buchanan of IGN stated that "Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind is only a mediocre game." While he praised the game's art direction and features such as Bubsy's many death animations, he was largely critical of the core gameplay, noting the game's floaty jumping and levels not being designed around the character's speed.[3]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Playing Catch-Up: Bubsy's Michael Berlyn. Gamasutra (October 3, 2005). Retrieved June 7, 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bubsy the Bobcat: What Did Critics Think at the Time? Defunct Games (August 10, 2013). Retrieved June 7, 2017.
- ↑ What Hath Sonic Wrought?, Vol. 1. IGN (November 7, 2008). Retrieved June 7, 2017.
