Tonic Trouble

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Tonic Trouble
File:Tonic Trouble US Cover N64.png
North American cover of Tonic Trouble for the Nintendo 64
Developer(s)
Publisher(s) Ubi Soft Entertainment
Director(s)
  • Sandrine Polegato
  • François Mahieu
Producer(s)
  • Grégoire Gobbi
  • Gérard Guillemot
Designer(s)
  • Gunther Galipot
  • Benoît Maçon
Programmer(s) François Mahieu
Artist(s)
  • Stéphane Desmeules
  • Arman Akopian
  • Philippe Arseneau Bussières
Writer(s)
  • Stéphane Beauverger
  • Olivier Rigaud
  • David Neiss
  • Alexis Nolent
Composer(s) Eric Chevalier
Platforms Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color
Release date(s) Special Edition
    Nintendo 64
      Windows
        Game Boy Color
          Genre(s) Platformer
          Mode(s) Single-player

          Tonic Trouble is a platform video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and Ubisoft Montpellier, and published by Ubi Soft Entertainment. The story follows the main character, Agent Ed, after a magic potion spills on the Earth and causes vegetables to become living killers. The game was first released on the Nintendo 64 in North America on August 25, 1999, and in Europe on October 24, 1999. It was released for Microsoft Windows on December 6, 1999, in North America and on January 21, 2000, in Europe. A version of the game for the Game Boy Color was developed by RFX Interactive and released on April 23, 2000, for the European market only.

          Additionally, Ubisoft Montpellier released a beta version of the game for Microsoft Windows to the European market on April 6, 1999. Labeled as "Tonic Trouble - Special Edition", it was given away by Compaq with new computers running Windows 98. The version featured very different level designs and control schemes, additional guards excluded in the final version, larger and more open level designs, red spades instead of thermometers for health power-ups, and the lack of a final boss.

          A sequel titled Tonic Adventure was originally planned, but was later abandoned, because Tonic Trouble "would have not been a popular IP".[1]

          Plot

          Story

          The game begins with Agent Ed, the main protagonist, cleaning up the spaceship he is on. In the PC version, he is contemplating giving a present to a girl he loves (but fails when she is already in relation with one of the ship's guards named Burk). While he is working, he finds a bug similar to a woodlouse and tries to swat it in N64 (or flees Burk in the PC version), to find a can full of a strange substance sitting on a table. He drinks it, but finds that it tastes terrible, so when a horrible sensation happens in his mouth, Agent Ed spits the fluid out onto the floor, and some screws come to life. Depending on the version, Agent Ed either screams, runs around, and disposes of the can out a garbage chute or accidentally drops it into an open hole caused by the screws opening up.

          The can falls to Earth and lands near Grögh, a drunkard who was just thrown out of a bar as he was unable to pay his check. He notices the drink's mutagenic abilities, as it transforms the surrounding environment, and upon drinking, he is pleased with the results. When Agent Ed's superiors find out what happened, he is ordered to clean up the mess he made and retrieve the can from Grögh.

          Characters

          Agent Ed: Agent Ed is the main protagonist of the game. He is set to clean up the disaster he made on Earth, and retrieve the mysterious can to his mothership.

          Suzy: Suzy is the daughter of the Doc, who Agent Ed encounters upon reaching Earth. They fall in love, and she supports him with useful information regarding his adventures.

          The Doc: Once free, the Doc helps Agent Ed to get to Grögh's Kingdom and retrieve the can.

          Grögh: Grögh is the main antagonist of the game. A former drunkard, who, after getting himself evicted from a bar for not paying his tab, managed to drink the Tonic and thus as a result, he gained supernatural powers and crowned himself to the ruler of Earth.

          Reception

          Reception
          Aggregate score
          Aggregator Score
          GameRankings (N64) 53.32%[2]
          (PC) 70.00%[3]
          Review scores
          Publication Score
          Game Revolution F[4]
          GameSpot 3/10[5]
          IGN (N64) 5/10[6]
          (PC) 6.3/10[7]
          (GBC) 6/10[8]

          The game was met with very mixed reviews, as GameRankings gave it a score of 53.32% for the Nintendo 64 version,[2] and 70.00% for the PC version.[3] Critics cite poor controls, a wordy exposition, and sloppy graphics. The N64 version of the game is a port of the PC version with noticeable differences, such as a substantially different opening due to the lack of processing power needed to render cutscenes, and different music in certain places. The game is often compared to another game published by Ubisoft, Rayman 2: The Great Escape, because both are 3D platformers, both have main characters of a similar design (hands and feet without arms or legs), and both were released around the same time, although Rayman 2 received much better reviews. The Game Boy Color version was only released in Europe, and was met with equally mixed reviews.

          References

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