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{{Game | {{Game | ||
| name = Tonic Trouble | | name = Tonic Trouble | ||
| image = [[ | | image = [[File:Tonic.jpg|200px|center|Tonic Trouble]] | ||
| published by = [[Ubisoft|Ubi Soft]] | | published by = [[Ubisoft|Ubi Soft]] | ||
| developed by = [[Ubisoft|Ubi Soft Montréal]], RFX Interactive (Game Boy Color) | | developed by = [[Ubisoft|Ubi Soft Montréal]], RFX Interactive (Game Boy Color) | ||
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'''''Tonic Trouble''''' is a video game developed by [[Ubisoft|Ubi Soft Montréal]], initially to test the 3D engine used by ''[[Rayman 2]]''.<ref>''[[L'Histoire de Rayman]]'', Chapter 3 - Rayman 2 : The Great Escape, or the challenge of the 3D (p. 42).</ref> It is notable for featuring limbless characters akin to the earlier [[Rayman (series)|''Rayman'' games]] although it is actually set on [[Earth]]; in fact, [[The General|one of these characters]] makes a cameo appearance at a very late point in ''[[Rayman 2]]'', and [[Rayman]] makes a cameo in ''Tonic Trouble'''s end credits. It was released for the Nintendo 64, PC and Game Boy Color (only in Europe) in 1999. | '''''Tonic Trouble''''' is a video game developed by [[Ubisoft|Ubi Soft Montréal]], initially to test the 3D engine used by ''[[Rayman 2]]''.<ref>''[[L'Histoire de Rayman]]'', Chapter 3 - Rayman 2 : The Great Escape, or the challenge of the 3D (p. 42).</ref> It is notable for featuring limbless characters akin to the earlier [[Rayman (series)|''Rayman'' games]] although it is actually set on [[Earth]]; in fact, [[The General|one of these characters]] makes a cameo appearance at a very late point in ''[[Rayman 2]]'', and [[Rayman]] makes a cameo in ''Tonic Trouble'''s end credits. It was released for the Nintendo 64, PC and Game Boy Color (only in Europe) in 1999. | ||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
The game follows the story of Ed, a small and clumsy member of a purple limbless alien species, who works as a janitor during a voyage through space, on a craft called ''The Albatross''. Ed is voiced by [[David Gasman]], who also voices [[Rayman]] in ''[[Rayman 2]]'', ''[[Rayman M]]'' and ''[[Rayman 3]]''. During one shift, Ed comes across a strange can and drinks its contents. He doesn't like the taste, and spits the fluid out, causing any object it came to contact with to come to life, forcing him to throw it down a chute which sends it falling to [[Earth]]. The fluid's effects on the [[Earth]]'s environment cause chaos, and the can falls into the hands of a Viking called Grogh, who becomes more powerful upon drinking from it. | The game follows the story of Ed, a small and clumsy member of a purple limbless alien species, who works as a janitor during a voyage through space, on a craft called ''The Albatross''. Ed is voiced by [[David Gasman]], who also voices [[Rayman]] in ''[[Rayman 2]]'', ''[[Rayman M]]'' and ''[[Rayman 3]]''. During one shift, Ed comes across a strange can and drinks its contents. He doesn't like the taste, and spits the fluid out, causing any object it came to contact with to come to life, forcing him to throw it down a chute which sends it falling to [[Earth]]. The fluid's effects on the [[Earth]]'s environment cause chaos, and the can falls into the hands of a Viking called Grogh, who becomes more powerful upon drinking from it. | ||
Ed faces a trial in court, and as punishment for his carelessness, he is sent to [[Earth]] to clean up the mess. During his journey there, his own spaceship malfunctions and ends up crashing into a snowy mountainous area on [[Earth]], which is now roaming with mutant killer vegetables and balloon sheep. Eventually he meets a doctor and his daughter, Suzy, who offer to help him by giving him weapons and powers in exchange for small things such as springs and propellers used by the Doc to build a machine. | Ed faces a trial in court, and as punishment for his carelessness, he is sent to [[Earth]] to clean up the mess. During his journey there, his own spaceship malfunctions and ends up crashing into a snowy mountainous area on [[Earth]], which is now roaming with mutant killer vegetables and balloon sheep. Eventually he meets a doctor and his daughter, Suzy, who offer to help him by giving him weapons and powers in exchange for small things such as springs and propellers used by the Doc to build a machine. | ||
[[ | [[File:Rayman_Tonic_Trouble_credits.png|thumb|320px|right|A character disguised as [[Rayman]] appears in the credits of ''Tonic Trouble''.]] | ||
==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||
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** Rubber Ducks | ** Rubber Ducks | ||
** Malfunctioning Toasters | ** Malfunctioning Toasters | ||
** Robosuitcase | ** Robosuitcase | ||
*The Doc | *The Doc | ||
*Agent XYZ | *Agent XYZ | ||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Levels== | ==Levels== | ||
(Via South Plain) | (Via South Plain) | ||
* Ski Slope | * Ski Slope | ||
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==Soundtrack== | ==Soundtrack== | ||
The music in ''Tonic Trouble'' was composed by [[Éric Chevalier]] who also composed the soundtrack for ''[[Rayman 2]]''. The soundtrack is very eclectic and experimental in nature. In one portion of the game bagpipes, a rhythm guitar, a beat boxer and a synthesizer can be heard at the same time. The music was intended to be interactive and would change depending on the mood Ed was feeling in each room,<ref>''TONIC TROUBLE Q&A'', https://web.archive.org/web/20010223212125/http://www.tonictrouble.com/english/news/qa/qa.html</ref> but in the final version of the PC game each track is a long suite of sorts. | The music in ''Tonic Trouble'' was composed by [[Éric Chevalier]] who also composed the soundtrack for ''[[Rayman 2]]''. The soundtrack is very eclectic and experimental in nature. In one portion of the game bagpipes, a rhythm guitar, a beat boxer and a synthesizer can be heard at the same time. The music was intended to be interactive and would change depending on the mood Ed was feeling in each room,<ref>''TONIC TROUBLE Q&A'', https://web.archive.org/web/20010223212125/http://www.tonictrouble.com/english/news/qa/qa.html</ref> but in the final version of the PC game each track is a long suite of sorts. | ||
Ed also has his own short jingle "theme" that can be heard in some of the tracks that sounds almost like the inverse of [[Rayman]]'s theme from ''[[Rayman 2]]''. | Ed also has his own short jingle "theme" that can be heard in some of the tracks that sounds almost like the inverse of [[Rayman]]'s theme from ''[[Rayman 2]]''. | ||