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- Players22 ratings

2002 · Blitz Games · Action-adventure · Adventure
Taz Wanted
Taz: Wanted is an action-adventure video game featuring the Tasmanian Devil, from the Looney Tunes. Blast your way through 15 different levels, destroying "Wanted" posters to get your revenge against Yosemite Sam.
- Released
- 17 September 2002
- Platforms
- GameCubePlayStation 2WindowsXbox
- Genres
- Action-adventureAdventurePlatformer
- Developers
- Blitz Games
- Publishers
- —
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Themes
- ActionComedy
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Age ratings
- ESRB EUSK 0PEGI 3
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Spanish (Spain)
About
Taz: Wanted is a platform video game released in 2002 by Blitz Games. The game features the Looney Tunes character the Tasmanian Devil.
›Story
Taz and She-Devil are hanging out romantically on Taz Island, but are suddenly captured by Yosemite Sam and held captive in Yosemite Zoo; Taz is kept in a large cage in the center of the zoo while She-Devil is still in a smaller cage in a truck. While Sam films an advertisement for the zoo on TV, Taz attempts to break out his cage, and Sam has She-Devil moved to a safer area of the zoo. After Taz breaks out, Sam has his "Taz Catcher" workers put up wanted posters and post a bounty to help catch Taz. Tweety Bird appears and agrees to help Taz in his journey to save She-Devil, giving him pointers on where the wanted posters Taz needs to destroy are found.
Keywords
- licensed game
- anthropomorphism
- tie-in
- xbox 360 backwards compatibility
- taz the tasmanian devil
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
Taz: Wanted has four areas, the first three having the same basic blueprint. There are three levels in each area, each level having seven wanted posters of some variety that must be destroyed with some technique. Once all seven posters are destroyed, a scene will show an area of the level in which something happens that will help Taz get to the new area, such as a gate opening or something breaking. In the new area, Taz gets his hands on something and somehow manages to get it and him back to the HUB.
Once the three things are acquired for the area, they can be used to enter a boss arena. The only exception for this is the level Taz Land, in which nothing is brought back, and the final area, with only one level and two bosses. Once the boss is defeated Taz is either blown, shipped, or chased to the next area. To travel between areas, a misplaced door is placed in each one which transports you to Planet X with all the other doors Taz can travel through.
Story
Taz and She-Devil are hanging out romantically on Taz Island, but are suddenly captured by Yosemite Sam and held captive in Yosemite Zoo; Taz is kept in a large cage in the center of the zoo while She-Devil is still in a smaller cage in a truck. While Sam films an advertisement for the zoo on TV, Taz attempts to break out his cage, and Sam has She-Devil moved to a safer area of the zoo. After Taz breaks out, Sam has his "Taz Catcher" workers put up wanted posters and post a bounty to help catch Taz. Tweety appears and agrees to help Taz in his journey to save She-Devil, giving him pointers on where the wanted posters Taz needs to destroy are found.
After going through the zoo's safari, winter, and beach-themed attractions and destroying all of the wanted posters strewn throughout, Taz nearly escapes the zoo using a snowblower, an inflatable raft, and an escaped elephant found in said locations. However, Taz soon finds himself having to battle Gossamer in a game of Elephant Pong. When Taz wins, Sam retreats and moves She-Devil again. Taz chases after them, reaching the town of "Sam" Francisco. After evading capture from Sam's workers again, Taz sees Sam advertising She-Devil as the prize on the game show "Gladiatoons", prompting Taz to find a way into the show.
Reception
Taz: Wanted received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic
The game was nominated for 2002 BAFTA award in category 'Best Children's Entertainment'.
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