Daxter
Finally, Max Casella can show people he has his own gig. Stupid Jak. Stupid Doogie!
Published: May 26, 2005
Look, we know you think Daxter is a little annoying, but there's just something about the big furball that's way too lovable to deny. Hell, let's see how well you turn out after getting dunked into a vat of Dark Eco and popping out as neon orange otter/weasel combo. We think he's pretty well adjusted, all things considered.
He's also perfect for his own game, if only someone would just give him the opportunity. Of course, one would need the setting and the proper set-up and... oh, come to think of it there was that huge two year gap in between when Jak and Dax crash landed in Haven City at the start of Jak II and when he finally showed up to rescue Jak who was promptly captured and experimented on by Baron Praxis for two years.
Ah, and there is that little development studio founded by members of the original Jak & Daxter development team called Ready At Dawn Studios. Y'know, I'm willing to bet that the chocolate/peanut butter (or would that be peanut butter/jelly?) combo would probably yield a pretty decent outcome.
As it turns out, judging by the brief demo we got from the development team at this year's E3, the not-so-secret PSP project was finally revealed in all its delicious platforming glory. Naughty Dog may be done with the traditional platformer side of the Jak trilogy and has taken a page from their Crash Bandicoot run and made a racing game, but there's still plenty of jumping and flyswatting to be had in the Jak universe.
Yeah, that's right, we said flyswatting. See, through a series of convenient misunderstandings, Daxter finds himself suddenly in the role of bug squasher after one too many loudmouthed tales of daring do in some bar in Haven City (don't worry, rescuing Jak is... well, it's somewhere on his priorities list, it's just below sweet, sweet hooch). Half-tricked into helping an old, near-deaf man into stomping out a bug problem, he's stuck playing Haven City Orkin man.
Those bugs aren't what they seem, though. Not the normal gnats and roaches you'd expect, these bugs look suspiciously like minature Metalheads, and that's not a coincidence. It seems in the time between when Jak and Dax crash landed and when Jak was finally freed at the peak of the Metalhead insurgence, tiny bug-like mini-Metalheads were sent in to do recon work all around Haven City. Ignored and passed off as just another menace, it's Dax that actually discovers what's going on -- after a while at least.
He's also perfect for his own game, if only someone would just give him the opportunity. Of course, one would need the setting and the proper set-up and... oh, come to think of it there was that huge two year gap in between when Jak and Dax crash landed in Haven City at the start of Jak II and when he finally showed up to rescue Jak who was promptly captured and experimented on by Baron Praxis for two years.
Ah, and there is that little development studio founded by members of the original Jak & Daxter development team called Ready At Dawn Studios. Y'know, I'm willing to bet that the chocolate/peanut butter (or would that be peanut butter/jelly?) combo would probably yield a pretty decent outcome.
As it turns out, judging by the brief demo we got from the development team at this year's E3, the not-so-secret PSP project was finally revealed in all its delicious platforming glory. Naughty Dog may be done with the traditional platformer side of the Jak trilogy and has taken a page from their Crash Bandicoot run and made a racing game, but there's still plenty of jumping and flyswatting to be had in the Jak universe.
Yeah, that's right, we said flyswatting. See, through a series of convenient misunderstandings, Daxter finds himself suddenly in the role of bug squasher after one too many loudmouthed tales of daring do in some bar in Haven City (don't worry, rescuing Jak is... well, it's somewhere on his priorities list, it's just below sweet, sweet hooch). Half-tricked into helping an old, near-deaf man into stomping out a bug problem, he's stuck playing Haven City Orkin man.
Those bugs aren't what they seem, though. Not the normal gnats and roaches you'd expect, these bugs look suspiciously like minature Metalheads, and that's not a coincidence. It seems in the time between when Jak and Dax crash landed and when Jak was finally freed at the peak of the Metalhead insurgence, tiny bug-like mini-Metalheads were sent in to do recon work all around Haven City. Ignored and passed off as just another menace, it's Dax that actually discovers what's going on -- after a while at least.
