Claymates

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Claymates
Claymates Coverart.png
North American cover art
Developer(s)Visual Concepts
(animation)
Publisher(s)Interplay Productions
SeriesClayFighter
Platform(s)Super NES
Release
  • NA: April 26, 1994
  • PAL: November 20, 1993
Genre(s)Platform game
Mode(s)Single-player

Claymates is a video game for the Super NES. It is one of Interplay's Clay animation titles which also included the ClayFighter series. A Sega Mega Drive version was planned but never released.[16] In July of 2021, Claymates was added to the Nintendo Switch Online classic games service.[17]

Overview[]

Gameplay screenshot.

The protagonist of the game is a boy named Clayton, whose scientist father has developed a serum that can transform people into animals when it is combined with clay. Suddenly, Jobo the witch doctor appears and demands the formula for the serum. The father refuses, to which Jobo replies by changing Clayton into a ball of clay and stealing away both his father and the serum. Clayton vows to save his father in spite of his new form and embarks on a journey through his backyard, the Pacific, Japan, Africa, and finally outer space. The player uses samples of serum lying around in these levels to transform into one of five different animals (Muckster the Cat, Doh-Doh the Duck, Oozy the Mouse, Goopy the Guppy, and Globmeister the Gopher) to best fit with the environment and make it to the end of the level. Special abilities that are in a clay ball transform Clayton into helpful animals as he races the clock to collect as much as possible and still make it to the end, jumping over obstacles and attacking with the animal in use. Clayton must also be careful not to be hit while a blob or he will die.

The box touts "Blaze-processing" on the game's box, a reference to Sega's claims of "Blast-processing" in some its Sega Genesis advertisements.

Notes[]

  1. ^ In Electronic Gaming Monthly's review, three critics scored Claymates 7/10, one 6/10, another 8/10.[3]
  2. ^ GamePro scored Claymates 4/5 three times for sound, control, and fun factor, and 4.5/5 for graphics.[4]
  3. ^ Nintendo Power scored Claymates 3.5/5 three times for play control, challenge, and theme/fun, and 3.6/5 for graphics/sound.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ Weiss, Brett Alan. "Claymates". AllGame. Archived from the original on November 16, 2014. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  2. ^ Rand, Paul (November 1993). "Claymates". Computer and Video Games. No. 144. p. 89. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  3. ^ Semrad, Ed; Carpenter, Danyon; Manuel, Al; Sushi-X; Weigand, Mike (March 1994). "Review Crew". Electronic Gaming Monthly. pp. 30–42. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  4. ^ Music, Boss (February 1994). "Claymates". GamePro. No. 55. pp. 110–111. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  5. ^ Fish, Eliot (August 1994). "Claymates". Hyper. No. 9. pp. 42–43. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  6. ^ Philipp; Markus (June 1994). "Claymates". Mega Fun. p. 36. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  7. ^ "Now Playing". Nintendo Power. Vol. 56. January 1994. pp. 102–107. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  8. ^ Andy; Steve (October 1993). "Claymates". Nintendo Magazine System. No. 13. pp. 84–85. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  9. ^ Nicholson, Zy (October 1993). "Claymates". Super Play. No. 12. pp. 50–51. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  10. ^ "Claymates". Video Games. June 1994. p. 105. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  11. ^ Ceccola, Russ (January 1994). "Claymates". Electronic Games. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  12. ^ "Claymates". Nintendo Acción. No. 21. August 1994. pp. 42–43. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  13. ^ Paul; Allie; Andy (April 1994). "Claymates". Super Control. No. 11. pp. 22–25. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  14. ^ Keith; Andy; Ryan (May 1994). "Claymates". Super Gamer. No. 2. pp. 62–63. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  15. ^ Butt, Ryan (October 1993). "Claymates". Super Pro. No. 11. pp. 92–94. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  16. ^ "News: Interplay Announce New Sega Titles". Sega Power. No. 50. Future Publishing. January 1994. p. 6.
  17. ^ Hardawar, Devindra (2021-07-21). "Nintendo's next SNES Switch Online games include 'Claymates' and 'Jelly Boy'". Engadget. Archived from the original on 2021-07-21. Retrieved 2021-09-11.

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