Sabre Wulf (Game Boy Advance)
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| System | Game Boy Advance |
| Release Date | North America: June 8, 2004 Europe: March 12, 2004 |
| Publisher | THQ |
| Genre | Platformer |
| Rating | ESRB: Everyone |
| Players | 1 |
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| Rumble | |
| Expansion Pak | |
| Link Cable | Not Supported |
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Sabre Wulf is a video game for the Game Boy Advance, starring Sabreman from the ZX Spectrum series of games. The game sees the player take the role of the hunter Sabreman as he searches for the eight pieces of the amulet in order to seal the wolf back into his statue in Blackwhyche village. The gameplay switches between side scrolling platforming and top down exploration.
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Characters
- Sabreman: The British hero in the pith helmet returns, although a bit older in his latest adventure.
- Sabre Wulf: An evil wolf with a penchant for kleptomania, Sabre Wulf steals everything and anything in sight to add it to his hoard.
- Dr. Dolittle-Goode: This nasty fellow is in cahoots with Sabre Wulf, and is obsessed with nothing less than world domination.
- Cookie: An old fellow who runs a 'Curiosity Creature Emporium', or a store that sells creatures.
- Wesley Snaps: A man obsessed with photography, Wesley is always interested in photos of new and unexplored areas.
- Mayor of Blackwyche: The Mayor is a helpful man who has desperately required some assistance since Sabre Wulf's escape.
- Connie-Anne: Connie-Anne is the Librarian of Blackwyche, and helps Sabreman by cataloging data on the various creatures he encounters.
- Freddy: A shy man who needs a bit of help when it comes to ladies. He asks for Sabreman's assistance by asking him to get some flowers.
- Charlie Atlas: Charlie is a cartographer who has travelled all across the world.
Gameplay
For the most part Sabre Wulf is a sidescrolling platformer. The player collects friendly animals along the way to help Sabreman overcome the levels' obstacles. For example Serpent, one of the early animals, acts as a solid platform to allow Sabreman to cross chasms or obstacles. Between the main levels the game takes a top down perspective. All exploration aspects of the game are in this perspective. Along the way the player is challenged with various side quests which usually involve delivering a gift or a message to someone else in a different world.
Trivia
- Sabre Wulf has numerous references to Rare's Ultimate Play The Game roots. The more obvious ones are the worlds, which are all named after various Ultimate titles. Other references include the character Cookie (also named after an Ultimate game) and an Atic Atac rug on the floor of the town hall.
Critical Reception
Sabre Wulf received generally positive reviews. IGN gave it an 8/10, stating that "Sabre Wulf is a game design you've never played before, and its originality alone is well worth the price of admission...". The game's average score, based on 33 reviews, is 78 percent on GameRankings.
