Duck Amuck breaks both screens' fourth walls [update 1]

by JC Fletcher { Jul 17th 2007 at 1:40PM }

Duck Amuck is the best concept for a minigame collection we've ever seen. It may also be the best concept for a licensed game we've ever seen. It's based on the classic 1951 Merrie Melodie, in which a malevolent animator (later revealed to be--SPOILER-- Bugs Bunny) jerks Daffy Duck around as the cartoon plays. Locations are changed, Daffy is frequently erased and redrawn, and his attempts to regain control of the cartoon are met with punishment.

The concept of "Daffy Duck being dropped into hilariously unfortunate circumstances at the hands of an animator" translates into a DS game well, since gamers are used to manipulating onscreen characters. DS gamers, in particular, are used to doing so with a pen.

We watched the trailers and looked at the screenshots, expecting to have our enthusiasm thoroughly dampened. But the screens actually look good, and the trailers are well-animated and funny. What? Humor? In our video games? ~~Even though we're pretty sure it's all concept art and not real gameplay footage, we're already impressed~~. We're also inclined to support WayForward, our new favorite DS developer (pending playtime with Contra 4.)

[Update: A producer at Warner Bros. Games wrote in to confirm that all of the footage is in-game, done with Flash!]

Gallery: Duck Amuck

[Via NeoGAF]

Tags: amuck, daffy, daffy duck, DaffyDuck, duck, duck amuck, DuckAmuck, license, licensed, looney tunes, LooneyTunes, merrie melodies, MerrieMelodies, minigame, minigames, wayforward

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

john smith @ Jul 17th 2007 2:38PM

I saw this game at E3 and some videos on the web, what you see is ALL in game. I think it was done with flash animation, looks like a cartoon

ambient @ Jul 17th 2007 3:40PM

The old Warner Bros. cartoons are great -- the humor totally holds up, and as a kid, I preferred them over the "modern" programming on Nickelodeon. My favorite shorts were always the more imaginative ones, particularly ones that involved humans, not just the fellow characters. This is such a great idea for a game!

CJC @ Jul 17th 2007 4:20PM

I have the "opportunity" to interact with these strange creatures called kids every so often, and apparently, many of them don't even know who Bugs
Bunny and Daffy Duck are.

That shocks me.

Donald @ Jul 17th 2007 8:30PM

Wait, I get to screw with Daffy Duck?

DO WANT

Kat2 @ Jul 17th 2007 11:56PM

Great, now all the stupid people are going to think that Amok is spelled Amuck.

JKAntwon @ Jul 18th 2007 2:18AM

My Goodness! I hope this will give justice to the classic, and not use alot of the stupid new animators idea of comedy! This was such a great cartoon, it will defently be added to my game list! And as for kids these days, they are retarded! They listen to whatever MTV says is cool, and Lord knows what kind of f-ed up world they will create...

james @ Jul 18th 2007 4:44PM

Great, now all the stupid people are going to think that Amok is spelled Amuck.

Um... it is.

a�muck (ə-mŭk') pronunciation also a�mok (ə-mŭk', ə-mŏk')
adv.

Mr Khan @ Jul 18th 2007 6:23PM

Little kids don't know about them That's because there are 2, count 'em, 2 sources for old Warner Bros Cartoons

1. PAY for Boomerang (no matter how complete your Digital Cable or Satellite package, you still have to special order it)
or
2. Study the TV Guide severely to find a 1 hr session of them on Turner Classic Movies