Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
| Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee | |
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North American Xbox cover art
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| Developer(s) |
Oddworld Inhabitants Art Co., Ltd (GBA) Just Add Water (PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita) |
| Publisher(s) |
Microsoft THQ (GBA) |
| Distributor(s) | Infogrames (Xbox) |
| Director(s) | Lorne Lanning |
| Designer(s) | Lorne Lanning |
| Series | Oddworld |
| Engine | Gamebryo |
| Platform(s) |
Xbox |
| Release date(s) |
Xbox
PlayStation Vita iOS November 12, 2015 Android November 17, 2015 OS X January 26, 2016 |
| Genre(s) | Platform |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Xbox
Game Boy Advance
Windows
Onlive
PlayStation 2 (cancelled)
PlayStation 3
PlayStation Vita
PC
OS X
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee is a 2001 video game, originally released for the Xbox. It is the third game made by Oddworld Inhabitants. It is the second chapter of the Oddworld Quintology, following Abe's Oddysee, and the third overall Oddworld game.
Originally announced as a title in development for Sony PlayStation 2, it was instead released exclusively as one of the launch titles for Xbox. While an "Oddboxx" containing the first four Oddworld games was originally intended for a holiday season 2009 release on Steam, the fourth game in the series was not released until December 20, 2010 on Steam, over two years after the first three.
Taking place after the events of Abe's Exoddus, the story begins with a froglike Gabbit named Munch, whose species has been commercially fished to near-extinction by Oddworld's industrious species; their eggs harvested for a delicacy known as "Gabbiar" and their lungs used as replacements for those of the chain-smoking Glukkons. While calling for fellow Gabbits in song, Munch is allured into captivity by an animal trap when it mimics an answering call. Munch is then taken to his captors' hovering fortress, Vykkers Labs, where the chief operator implants an electronic device in Munch's head. Using the device's electrical properties, Munch breaks free and escapes the Labs with the help of the small, ferocious 'Fuzzles', on whom the Vykkers customarily perform experiments. The Mudokon hero Abe is apprized by an oracular 'Almighty Raisin' of Munch's plight, who commands him to rescue the Gabbit. The two find each other when Munch falls from the Labs, and the Raisin informs them that the last can of Gabbiar will soon be auctioned at Vykkers Labs, and that large stockpiles of Mudokon eggs are also stored there. To obtain both, Abe and Munch must help a Glukkon named Lulu by forcing various wealthy Glukkons to donate their fortunes to a front organization titled "Lulu's Fund", in the hope of buying the Gabbiar with the money thus obtained. Lulu, under their control, becomes a multi-millionaire; and when he travels to Vykkers Labs to join the auction, Abe and Munch infiltrate the fortress to rescue the Mudokon eggs. What happens next depends on the actions of the player throughout the game.
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