Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan
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Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan is the third installment of the video game series, Ty the Tasmanian Tiger
. It is the only game in the series to be published by Activision
instead of Electronic Arts
, which published the game's two predecessors. It was developed by Krome Studios
and was released for PlayStation 2
, GameCube
, Xbox
and Game Boy Advance
. However unlike the first two, this game was not released in Europe.
Elder summoned Ty and Shazza for a small meeting. After teleporting
them to the Dreamtime, the Bunyip Elder told them of an evil and mysterious force that was taking over the Dreaming, the Quinkan. After obtaining the Quinkan Gauntlet, Ty and Shazza assist the Bunyips in removing the Quinkan from the Dreaming and are successful.
Afterwards, Ty and Shazza are warped back to the real world. However, while they were being warped, a Quinkan knocked Shazza into the real world and out of Ty's reach. Ty is warped back to the real world, but six months after his training in the Dreamtime. It turns out Burramudgee has been assaulted by the Quinkan and is only a shadow of its former self.
Dennis, a rich tree frog and an old friend of Ty's has taken charge of the war effort in Southern Rivers after Bush Rescue disbanded. After a brief reunion with his family and Shazza, Dennis assigns Ty the task of reuniting the Bush Rescue Squad. There was another part of southern rivers but there was a gate blocking the way. Ty finds a cave and sees a zombie frill saying nobody goes through. But the lizard frill wasn't the one blocking the exit, it was a Hexaquin. In order to access the other parts of Southern Rivers, Ty defeats the Hexaquin that is guarding the gateway to the other places.
Afterwards, Shazza is kidnapped by the Quinkan in Dead Dingo Marsh. Ty runs after to save his girlfriend but a mysterious purple robot stops Ty for a fight. After Ty defeats the robot, it opens up. Inside that robot was Fluffy wearing purple. Sly jumps in and tells Ty and Fluffy that they have to work together to find Shazza. Fluffy informs him that Boss Cass might have information on where Shazza is. When Ty goes to Cassopolis, Boss Cass says he's been talking with the Quinkan and might be able to figure out where Shazza is. Ty has to do work for Boss Cass in order to find Shazza. The last job Ty does for Boss Cass is recovering a device from a drop ship that crashed on Kaka Boom Island. Ty meets Dennis there and Dennis helps. Dennis isn't scared to tag along because he brought his bazooka. Ty travels through Kaka Boom Island and finds the drop ship that was underwater. He finds out there is some giant green hermit crab using the ship as a shell. Ty defeats the crab and recovers the device. Eventually, Cass comes good on his word and found out Shazza was being held hostage by a Dragonquin. Ty uses the Gunyip to defeat it and then rescues Shazza afterwards.
She tells Ty and Bush Rescue that the Quinkan are preparing the way for the Quinking and a weapon to defeat him was somewhere in Southern Rivers. The topic of a Quinkan expert named Steve was brought up in the conversation and that he was missing. Ty, Shazza and Fluffy find the Quinkan expert and it turns out to be Gooboo Steve. He said he hid a Shadow Rang and the Shadow Stones to power the rang across the Outback. Ty explores Mt. Boom to find the missing shadow rang and stones. Although Ty accidentally loses the shadow stones into the volcano and it erupts. The shadow stones get scattered across the southern rivers but Ty still hasn't lost yet! The Bush Rescue members find the rang and stones and prepare for the final confrontation with the Quinking.
Ty confronts the Quinking and duels him with the Shadowring. Ty manages to weaken him, the latter of which transforms into a large demon-like creature in hopes of gaining the upper hand. However, by the end of the duel, both cannot muster enough energy to finish off the other. Boss Cass then appears, having captured Shazza, Sly and Fluffy who accompanied Ty on his way to fight the Quinking. Cass, wanting to fulfill his dreams of ruling Southern Rivers, equips himself with a large laser gun that will vanquish Ty and the Qunking once and for all. However, Fluffy sacrifices herself by intercepting Cass' blast, destroying the Qunking. The laser impacts her on the chest, causing maximum damage and killing her as well as the Qunking in the process. Cass is escorted away by Sly while Ty and Shazza watch upon the savage of the blast. With Cass defeated, Southern Rivers returns to a state of peace, remembering Fluffy as a hero.
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger is a 3D platformer video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube. It was developed by Krome Studios and published by Electronic Arts...
. It is the only game in the series to be published by Activision
Activision
Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles...
instead of Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts, Inc. is a major American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers...
, which published the game's two predecessors. It was developed by Krome Studios
Krome Studios
Krome Studios is an Australian video game company. Its headquarters are in Brisbane and it previously had offices in Adelaide and Melbourne. Krome Studios is best known for their Ty the Tasmanian Tiger games and for revitalising the Spyro the Dragon series...
and was released for PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
, GameCube
Nintendo GameCube
The , officially abbreviated to NGC in Japan and GCN in other regions, is a sixth generation video game console released by Nintendo on September 15, 2001 in Japan, November 18, 2001 in North America, May 3, 2002 in Europe, and May 17, 2002 in Australia...
, Xbox
Xbox
The Xbox is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Microsoft. It was released on November 15, 2001 in North America, February 22, 2002 in Japan, and March 14, 2002 in Australia and Europe and is the predecessor to the Xbox 360. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console...
and Game Boy Advance
Game Boy Advance
The is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured, and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001; in North America on June 11, 2001; in Australia and Europe on June 22, 2001; and in the People's Republic of China...
. However unlike the first two, this game was not released in Europe.
Gameplay
A new addition to the series are the Bunyip stones. These have special abilities, and can be used to upgrade the boomerangs' powers. At first, Ty has only one boomerang "chassis", and no Bunyip Stones whatsoever. However, Ty can purchase and earn new boomerangs and Bunyip Stones. There are 2 different stores in the game where you can buy boomerangs: the shop owned by Ty's mom and dad and one in Cassopolis. The different chassis have different amounts of Bunyip Stone slots in them, as to make the player strategize which stones he or she should equip. Certain Bunyip Stones can also cancel each other out (mostly elemental stones [elemental damages cancel each other out], or warp stones [these seem to be incompatible with most other stones]). Incompatible stones show up as glowing red when equipped to a chassis. Any stone's effect can be compounded by using up to 3 stones.Plot
One day, the BunyipBunyip
The bunyip, or kianpraty, is a large mythical creature from Aboriginal mythology, said to lurk in swamps, billabongs, creeks, riverbeds, and waterholes....
Elder summoned Ty and Shazza for a small meeting. After teleporting
Teleportation
Teleportation is the fictional or imagined process by which matter is instantaneously transferred from one place to another.Teleportation may also refer to:*Quantum teleportation, a method of transmitting quantum data...
them to the Dreamtime, the Bunyip Elder told them of an evil and mysterious force that was taking over the Dreaming, the Quinkan. After obtaining the Quinkan Gauntlet, Ty and Shazza assist the Bunyips in removing the Quinkan from the Dreaming and are successful.
Afterwards, Ty and Shazza are warped back to the real world. However, while they were being warped, a Quinkan knocked Shazza into the real world and out of Ty's reach. Ty is warped back to the real world, but six months after his training in the Dreamtime. It turns out Burramudgee has been assaulted by the Quinkan and is only a shadow of its former self.
Dennis, a rich tree frog and an old friend of Ty's has taken charge of the war effort in Southern Rivers after Bush Rescue disbanded. After a brief reunion with his family and Shazza, Dennis assigns Ty the task of reuniting the Bush Rescue Squad. There was another part of southern rivers but there was a gate blocking the way. Ty finds a cave and sees a zombie frill saying nobody goes through. But the lizard frill wasn't the one blocking the exit, it was a Hexaquin. In order to access the other parts of Southern Rivers, Ty defeats the Hexaquin that is guarding the gateway to the other places.
Afterwards, Shazza is kidnapped by the Quinkan in Dead Dingo Marsh. Ty runs after to save his girlfriend but a mysterious purple robot stops Ty for a fight. After Ty defeats the robot, it opens up. Inside that robot was Fluffy wearing purple. Sly jumps in and tells Ty and Fluffy that they have to work together to find Shazza. Fluffy informs him that Boss Cass might have information on where Shazza is. When Ty goes to Cassopolis, Boss Cass says he's been talking with the Quinkan and might be able to figure out where Shazza is. Ty has to do work for Boss Cass in order to find Shazza. The last job Ty does for Boss Cass is recovering a device from a drop ship that crashed on Kaka Boom Island. Ty meets Dennis there and Dennis helps. Dennis isn't scared to tag along because he brought his bazooka. Ty travels through Kaka Boom Island and finds the drop ship that was underwater. He finds out there is some giant green hermit crab using the ship as a shell. Ty defeats the crab and recovers the device. Eventually, Cass comes good on his word and found out Shazza was being held hostage by a Dragonquin. Ty uses the Gunyip to defeat it and then rescues Shazza afterwards.
She tells Ty and Bush Rescue that the Quinkan are preparing the way for the Quinking and a weapon to defeat him was somewhere in Southern Rivers. The topic of a Quinkan expert named Steve was brought up in the conversation and that he was missing. Ty, Shazza and Fluffy find the Quinkan expert and it turns out to be Gooboo Steve. He said he hid a Shadow Rang and the Shadow Stones to power the rang across the Outback. Ty explores Mt. Boom to find the missing shadow rang and stones. Although Ty accidentally loses the shadow stones into the volcano and it erupts. The shadow stones get scattered across the southern rivers but Ty still hasn't lost yet! The Bush Rescue members find the rang and stones and prepare for the final confrontation with the Quinking.
Ty confronts the Quinking and duels him with the Shadowring. Ty manages to weaken him, the latter of which transforms into a large demon-like creature in hopes of gaining the upper hand. However, by the end of the duel, both cannot muster enough energy to finish off the other. Boss Cass then appears, having captured Shazza, Sly and Fluffy who accompanied Ty on his way to fight the Quinking. Cass, wanting to fulfill his dreams of ruling Southern Rivers, equips himself with a large laser gun that will vanquish Ty and the Qunking once and for all. However, Fluffy sacrifices herself by intercepting Cass' blast, destroying the Qunking. The laser impacts her on the chest, causing maximum damage and killing her as well as the Qunking in the process. Cass is escorted away by Sly while Ty and Shazza watch upon the savage of the blast. With Cass defeated, Southern Rivers returns to a state of peace, remembering Fluffy as a hero.