Tiny Toon Adventures: Defenders of the Universe was to be a video game produced for the PlayStation 2 and the Nintendo GameCube. It was scheduled for a 2002 release, but was ultimately cancelled. Footage of the game can be found on YouTube.
Summary[]
On a planet made almost entirely out of gold located in the Jewel system, live the Bullions. They have lived there peacefully for many years, until their home was attacked by the Drizzletroopers. Two of them, Zig and Zag, manage to escape to Earth . The Leader of the Drizzletroopers learns of this and has someone go after the two. As morning on the big green planet comes by, Buster Bunny and the gang attend Acme Looniversity. However, a strange robot, disguised as Bugs Bunny, appears in their class rather than their teacher.
When his disguise is blown, the group chase after the fleeing robot. After stopping the robot from getting away, he makes an attempt to kill everyone, but ultimately fails, leaving a hole in the ground. There, zig and zag appear out of the hole, startling the group. The strange creatures explain their situation and the group agrees to help them.
However, Shirley appears telling the group a great danger will fall upon the earth if they help them. Despite her warning, the group decides to help the creatures out. They all enter the hole into the ground, leading them into yet another new adventure...
Plot[]
Gameplay[]
Controls[]
Playstation 2[]
| Name | Input |
|---|---|
| Move | D-pad or left joystick |
| Jump | X button |
| Dash | Double tap the X button |
| Catch & throw objects | Square button |
| Aim objects before throwing | Hold square button |
| Guard & counter | Circle button |
| Special attack | Triangle button |
| Move camera to the Left | L1 or L2 (customizable) |
| Move camera to the right | R1 or R2 (customizable) |
| Pause | Start |
Right joystick, L3, R3 and select are used used in the game at all.
Gamecube[]
| Name | Input |
|---|---|
| Move | ? |
| Jump | ? |
| Dash | ? |
| Catch & throw objects | ? |
| Aim objects before throwing | ? |
| Guard & counter | ? |
| Special attack | ? |
| Move camera to the Left | ? |
| Move camera to the right | ? |
| Pause | ? |
Stages[]
The game consists of
List of playable characters[]
The game consist of a total of 26 playable characters, including most of the main characters in Tiny Toon Adventures, with the exception of Calamity Coyote and Little Beeper (who instead appears randomly as stage hazards), Gogo Dodo (who only appears during a cutscene at the beginning of the game and drops weapons during gameplay) and Li'l Sneezer and Sweetie Bird (who are completely absent from the game).
Each character have different strengths and weaknesses regarding strength, stamina, and speed, and each character have their own special attack.
Buster Bunny, Babs Bunny, Plucky Duck and Hamton J. Pig are starter characters, the rest is unlockables.
All unlockable characters (except Fifi) are unlocking by playing the adventure mode several times and collecting as much money as possible
Buster Bunny[]
Babs Bunny[]
Plucky Duck[]
Hamton J. Pig[]
Fifi La Fume[]
Fifi's special attack is called "le odour of love", which has her emit stink cloud in a circle around her, stunning all characters that gets in contact with it.
Fifi is unlocked after defeating the boss fight against her.
Shirley the Loon[]
Furrball[]
Dizzy Devil[]
Dizzy special attack is spinning until he gets dizzy, which leaves him vulnerable for about 10 seconds
Elmyra Duff[]
Elmyra's special is slamming another character several times into the ground.
Montana Max[]
Evil Max[]
Maximus Flush[]
Tony the Robot[]
Cast[]
This game is notable as it was to mark Charlie Adler's return to voicing Buster ever since he quit Tiny Toons. It also contained a majority of the original Tiny Toons voice cast, with the exception of Don Messick who passed away in 1997. Voice acting veteran Billy West replaced Messick as Hamton.
- Charlie Adler as Buster Bunny, Zag, Tony the Robot
- Tress MacNeille as Babs Bunny, Zig
- Joe Alaskey as Plucky Duck
- Billy West as Hamton Pig, Maximus Flush
- Danny Cooksey as Montana Max, Evil Max
- Gail Matthius as Shirley the Loon
- Kath Soucie as Fifi La Fume
- Cree Summer as Elmyra
- Maurice LaMarche as Dizzy Devil
- Frank Welker as Gogo Dodo, Furrball
Multiplayer[]
The game supports up to 4 player co-op during the story mode, friendly fire applies to the co-op mode
There is also a vs mode is a 4 player deathmatch consisting of 4 players, which also supports up to 4 players, with cpu replacing players if less than 4 players are playing
The vs mode takes place outside Acme Looniversity (the same place as the first area of the game)
Allusions[]
- Maximus Flush says, "Soon all their base WILL belong to us." This is a nod to an infamous video game translation for the game Zero Wing.
- Buster also says "Somebody set us up the bomb!", which is another nod to Zero Wing's translation.
Trivia[]
- Since Defenders of the Universe was scrapped, the prototype of the game was recovered and released on the internet, in order to play this game, you need to either have a PS2 emulator on your computer (that runs marginally well) or burn the game to a disc and play it on a modded PS2.
- In order to unlock more characters, you must have a certain number of points to be able to play multiplayer.
- In 2002, a web/graphic designing company based in Stockholm, Sweden called Modesty Creative Agency created a promotional flash site for Defenders of the Universe, the name of the website was www.dotu.com, which at the time the site it was active until the video game director Tetsuhiko Kikuchi made an announcement that the game will be cancelled after that the website was officially closed. Before the website was shut down it was awarded by the [Favourite Website Awards]. It may be possible that you'll might find the now defunct website on web.archive.org.
- Before settling with Defenders of the Universe, this game has been listed under several names in alternate titles include: Tiny Toon Adventures: Defenders of the Loony-verse and Tiny Toon Adventures: ACME Invasions.
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