He is last seen roaming the desolate, wraith-infested lands.ĭevelopment and release Creation and character design ĭevelopment of Vexx began in late 1999 by Acclaim Studios Austin, with the studio wanting to create a mascot platformer for the then-next generation consoles. Unable to get back through the portal, he throws the staff through, successfully closing the rift and thus saving Astara, but also trapping himself in the shadow realm. Vexx ultimately wins and retrieves the staff, but Yabu's death causes the platform on which he and the portal back to Astara stand to begin to crumble. During the battle, Vexx manages to take Yabu's amulet, which gives him an extra dose of power. Since the only way to close the rift is with Reia's staff, Vexx has to activate the rest of the gates and catch up to Yabu to get it back.Īfter collecting 60 wraithhearts, Vexx finds Yabu in the Shadow Realm, and the two of them fight one last time. It is revealed that by collecting the wraithhearts, Vexx was actually helping Yabu power the gate to his own world. Both Reia and Vexx try to attack Yabu but he escapes, taking Reia's magical staff with him. Reia exposes Darby, who turns out to be Dark Yabu in disguise. Before Vexx departs, Darby warns him that the Shadowraiths are shapeshifters and to "trust no one along your journey".Īfter collecting several wraithhearts, Vexx meets up with Darby again inside the Landspire, and the two of them encounter Reia, the last remaining Astani warrior, who is also the narrator of the game. Darby, however, is too old to fight, so he instructs Vexx to collect the wraithhearts and use them to power the rift in order to find and stop Yabu before he opens the gate to his own world. He also tells Vexx that Yabu completely destroyed the village and that Vexx and Darby are the only ones left. An old man named Darby appears and informs him that it was he who carried Vexx to the Hall, thinking that the young boy was dead. When he wakes up, Vexx is in the Hall of Heroes, where previous wearers of the war talons have been entombed. Vexx sneaks away and discovers the Astani War Talons. Vexx attempts to resist, but he is spared from Yabu's wrath by his grandfather Vargas, who is killed in the ensuing fight. Hundreds of years later, Dark Yabu, the leader of the Shadowraiths, discovers the village of Overwood and enslaves the Valdani people that live there so they can find the wraithhearts to power the rift. The Astani people of Astara created a rift system that allows them to move between worlds, but the Shadowraiths came through the rift, drained it of its energy, and destroyed Astara. The gameplay has been compared to 3D games in the Mario franchise, such as Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine. The claws allow for melee attacks that can be used in several combinations, and they can be charged to shoot flame for a brief time. Combat takes place primarily through the use of the Astani War Talons that are fused to Vexx's hands. Once 60 are collected, the player fights the final boss. Collecting a sufficient number of wraithhearts unlocks the next level, and players are free to travel between the levels to collect 60 wraithhearts. A set of wraithhearts are hidden in each level, and the player must find where they are located and in some cases complete challenges to collect them. Vexx is a 3D platformer that takes place in a series of nine nonlinear open levels. The game began development in 1999 and underwent a strained development process where many features and levels were cut. It follows the character Vexx as he searches different worlds for the wraithhearts to power the rift between worlds and defeat Dark Yabu to avenge his grandfather's death. The game was released in North America on February 11, 2003, and in Europe on April 4, 2003. Vexx is a platform game developed by Acclaim Studios Austin and published by Acclaim Entertainment for the GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
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