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The Wizbits: Rockin' & Boardin'
2001, Game Boy Advance.
An obvious attempt to appeal to "Hip young gamers," W:R&B was an update to Wizbits: Rockin' Skateboard Adventure, using the main characters from The Wizbits. The storyline followed Lander, Zula, Skip, and Penny as they chased Char Reyarteb and his minions into the future, discovering the wonders of skateboarding and Rock'n'Roll as they went. While it had essentially the same gameplay as the original, it was updated so that players could switch between 'driving' the skateboard and attacking with their guitar. It went generally unnoticed, discarded as just another skateboarding game. In 2004, however, there were numerous accusations by fans that Nintendo stole the unique driving/attacking gameplay element and used it to create their hit game Mario Kart:Double Dash. This sudden media focus brought the game back from the grave, quickly making it a bestseller.
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Background Music
http://elothtes.pbwiki.com/f/wizrockboard.mid
Discussion
| I'm in the middle of porting this game to Flash, using old spritesheets I saved from a Geocities page back in '01. If anyone happens to have the ripped midi's and wav's, please contact me. I'm trying to be as accurate as I can with this. Thanks in advance. ~Kazenodeku |
| Dude! Post those spritesheets, man! I've been looking for some Wizbits sprite art to use for desktop icons. ^_^ ~rubian |
| Posted the ripped background midi - found on an old floppy. ~Sandormar |
| Rubian: As soon as I'm done with the port, I'll be posting all sprites, sound files, and a strategy guide I found off GameFAQs before the game entry was accidentally removed. Patience!- Kazenodeku |
| Sandormar: I found someone with the entire collection of Midi's and Wav's that were in the game, and and he's already converted them to MP3 format so that I can import it into flash. Thanks for the help in finding that one though, we didn't have that stage's sound file. - Kazenodeku |
To people in general: I've got a game guide, the sprite sheets, and all the sound files, and I'm going to post them all when I'm done porting the game to flash, so please refrain from editing this page! (the red link's just to get your attention >_>;) I'll post it all in about a week. -Kazenodeku]
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