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''Car Battler Joe'' is an obscure [[Game Boy Advance]] [[Action RPG]] published by Natsume. Yes, the ''[[ |
''Car Battler Joe'' is an obscure [[Game Boy Advance]] [[Action RPG]] published by Natsume. Yes, the ''[[Harvest Moon]]'' company. |
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The plot is fairly standard--you, Joe, must find your missing father by traveling the wastelands and dropping off cargo between towns, entering tournaments along the way. |
The plot is fairly standard--you, Joe, must find your missing father by traveling the wastelands and dropping off cargo between towns, entering tournaments along the way. |
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What makes the game unique is the action-oriented battle system and the sheer amount of customization available--there are over ''3 million'' part combinations. All cars have weapons attached, used with the GBA's shoulder buttons, and you can employ both those and traps to wreck your opponents' cars. |
What makes the game unique is the action-oriented battle system and the sheer amount of customization available--there are over ''3 million'' part combinations. All cars have weapons attached, used with the GBA's shoulder buttons, and you can employ both those and traps to wreck your opponents' cars. |
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* [[Action RPG]] |
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* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Joe. |
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Joe. |
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* [[Guide Dang It]]: Playing without the instruction manual can be difficult as many items have short labels, and unless you're familiar with cars, some terms may be confusing. |
* [[Guide Dang It]]: Playing without the instruction manual can be difficult as many items have short labels, and unless you're familiar with cars, some terms may be confusing. |
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* [[Hello Insert Name Here]]: This goes for Joe and Pal. |
* [[Hello, Insert Name Here]]: This goes for Joe and Pal. |
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* [[Heroic Mime]]: Pal speaks for Joe. |
* [[Heroic Mime]]: Pal speaks for Joe. |
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* [[The Hero's Birthday]]: The game begins on Joe's [[Dangerous Sixteenth Birthday|sixteenth]] birthday. |
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* [[In the Blood]]: "You're pretty good at this, kid! Must be your father's genes..." |
* [[In the Blood]]: "You're pretty good at this, kid! Must be your father's genes..." |
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* [[Just a Kid]] |
* [[Just a Kid]] |
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* [[Justified Tutorial]]: Joe's never driven a weaponized car before. Thankfully, they're also skippable. |
* [[Justified Tutorial]]: Joe's never driven a weaponized car before. Thankfully, they're also skippable. |
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* [[Like Father Like Son]] |
* [[Like Father, Like Son]] |
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* [[Mecha Game]] |
* [[Mecha Game]] |
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* [[Nominal Importance]]: Joe's father gets a name, Jim Todoroki, while his mother doesn't. |
* [[Nominal Importance]]: Joe's father gets a name, Jim Todoroki, while his mother doesn't. |
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* [[Vehicular Combat]] |
* [[Vehicular Combat]] |
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* [[Weaponized Car]]: Every car in the game. |
* [[Weaponized Car]]: Every car in the game. |
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* [[X Meets Y]]: ''[[ |
* [[X Meets Y]]: ''[[Pokémon]]'' meets ''[[Mad Max]]''. |
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Latest revision as of 20:23, 9 April 2014
Car Battler Joe is an obscure Game Boy Advance Action RPG published by Natsume. Yes, the Harvest Moon company.
The plot is fairly standard--you, Joe, must find your missing father by traveling the wastelands and dropping off cargo between towns, entering tournaments along the way.
What makes the game unique is the action-oriented battle system and the sheer amount of customization available--there are over 3 million part combinations. All cars have weapons attached, used with the GBA's shoulder buttons, and you can employ both those and traps to wreck your opponents' cars.
Tropes used in Car Battler Joe include:
- Action RPG
- Adjective Noun Fred
- Ancestral Weapon: Joe's G-COM that weaponizes his car was a gift from his father.
- Collision Damage: Only in the first battle, though, as you're using a regular car.
- Cool Car
- Chainsaw Good: A couple weapons are saws of various types.
- The Dev Team Thinks of Everything: All those Save Points? They all have different expositional information.
- Disappeared Dad
- Easing Into the Adventure
- Fiery Redhead: Joe.
- Guide Dang It: Playing without the instruction manual can be difficult as many items have short labels, and unless you're familiar with cars, some terms may be confusing.
- Hello, Insert Name Here: This goes for Joe and Pal.
- Heroic Mime: Pal speaks for Joe.
- The Hero's Birthday: The game begins on Joe's sixteenth birthday.
- In the Blood: "You're pretty good at this, kid! Must be your father's genes..."
- Just a Kid
- Justified Tutorial: Joe's never driven a weaponized car before. Thankfully, they're also skippable.
- Like Father, Like Son
- Mecha Game
- Nominal Importance: Joe's father gets a name, Jim Todoroki, while his mother doesn't.
- Robot Buddy: The aptly-named Pal.
- Save Point: Various Link Points, which also double as an in-game library.
- Serious Business
- Vehicular Combat
- Weaponized Car: Every car in the game.
- X Meets Y: Pokémon meets Mad Max.