Upcoming DS game lets you re-draw Daffy Duck, drive him insane

by John Bardinelli { Jul 18th 2007 at 10:29AM }

Games based on Looney Tunes characters have been few, far-between, and mostly forgettable. Shown at E3 last week, Looney Tunes: Duck Amuck for the DS might just change that. The game is based on the classic cartoon in which an animator constantly redraws Daffy just to piss him off. Duck Amuck follows the same format and charges you with the task of driving Daffy insane in a series of mini-games. Daffy even gets upset if you close the DS, initiating a game where you must tap the L or R buttons following Daffy's voice. Developer WayForward, the same studio behind Contra 4, had to get special permission from Nintendo to implement that feature.

Duck Amuck is scheduled for release this holiday season, and early impressions have been extremely positive.

Tags: ds, looneytunes, nintendo, wayforward

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

comtar @ Jul 18th 2007 10:40AM

A CLOSE UP YOU JERK! A CLOSE UP!

deaftly @ Jul 18th 2007 10:50AM

i LOVED those episodes when i was a kid

Jonah Falcon @ Jul 18th 2007 10:50AM

You forgot to mention that the devs had to get special permission from Nintendo to allow them to disable the sleep function that occurs when you close the DS.

This game is really hot. It's fun to erase Daffy as well.

And the best thing is that the production value is really really high. It looks exactly like a cartoon, with smoother-than-smooth animation.

spamulike05 @ Jul 19th 2007 7:21AM

Except that they didn't forget to mention it. RTFA fuckwit.

Chris @ Jul 18th 2007 10:51AM

My favorite Loony Toons cartoon of all time now has it's own game. I can't not tell you how excited I am for this game!
We actually studied this cartoon in film class it was so ground breaking.

WiNG @ Jul 18th 2007 10:58AM

man this makes me want a DS, this is awesome

oh btw Tiny Toons for the Genesis was a great game.

Lijik @ Jul 18th 2007 11:02AM

The video at gamespot made the gameplay look fairly lame, but hearing about this minigame alone is able to sway me.

Not to mention the boxart is the most kickass boxart for a Looney Tunes game ever.

megaStryke @ Jul 18th 2007 11:04AM

I get to harass Daffy Duck? Fuckin' SWEET!

Jonah Falcon @ Jul 18th 2007 11:21AM

"Ain't I a stinker?"

BPM @ Jul 18th 2007 11:23AM

"You forgot to mention that the devs had to get special permission from Nintendo to allow them to disable the sleep function that occurs when you close the DS."

Hahaha, that's great. Yeah, very few games have disabled sleep (Animal Crossing is all that comes to my mind) or have utilized closing the DS as a gameplay element (Trace Memory and Zelda: Phantom Hourglass).

Hmm... Last time I played a Looney Tunes game was Kemco's Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout on the NES, and a couple of the Crazy Castles on Game Boy.
Konami's Tiny Toon Adventures games were pretty good, too (but, hey, they're Konami. They used to know how to make good licensed games).

Kizzle @ Jul 18th 2007 11:33AM

Jesus! If they pull this off, it'll easily be DS Game of the Year.

kennethrios @ Jul 18th 2007 11:52AM

In Jerry Beck's survey, “Duck Amuck” is considered the second greatest short animated film EVER. I honestly want this to be game that can perfectly capture the fun and surrealism of its source material. Then perhaps we can get a game based on one “One Froggy Evening”…

Hello! My baby
Hello! My honey
Hello! My ragtime gal
**kicks**