Nail 'n' Scale

Nintendo exclusive

Nail 'n Scale is an Action game, developed and published by I'Max, which was released in 1992.

Released: 13 December 1990
Platforms: Game Boy
Genres: Platformer Puzzle
Developers: Data East
Publishers: I'Max
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Themes: Action
Country: Japan
Languages: English

About

Nail 'n' Scale, known as Dragon Tail (ドラゴンテール) in Japan, is a puzzle video game for the Game Boy. A combination of the video game Jump'n Run and various puzzle games, it has a fast-paced side-scrolling gameplay.

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Gameplay

In Nail 'n' Scale, the player controls Spike, a skilled climber. The player works the way through levels of heightening difficulty. In each level, the player uses climbing spikes to navigate through the level to the door at the end of each level. The climbing spikes are also used to break bricks that block the path. There are 51 levels in all, with a boss on every tenth level.

Each boss has his own unique weakness that must be exposed by the player before he can be defeated. While the first boss is not very intimidating, each subsequent one becomes more frightening. Terrifying monsters can be defeated by firing the nail in either a horizontal or a vertical direction. Players can be killed by their own exploding spikes, acquired throughout levels after the first boss.