Comments on Crazy Rabbit: Adventure Party: When Journey to the West Encounters Party Games

The Crazy Rabbit: Adventure Party, created and launched by Ubisoft China for China Bank Switch, has landed in Bank of China E Store. In the process of playing this game, apart from the fun of the game itself, the animated version of Journey to the West in 1999 is actually the most talked about by several of us. It is believed that this animated version of The Journey to the West is not only the childhood memory of many people (friends who have seen it can raise their hands in the barrage), but also covers most of the main stories of the original Journey to the West, mentioning such well-known classic scenes as "the evil monk steals the cassock", "steals the ginseng fruit" and "breaks into the lion camel ridge". The first picture that comes to mind is this animated version of Journey to the West.

So why mention the animated version of Journey to the West at the beginning of this video? As one of the four classic novels, The Journey to the West has been adapted into various works in various fields: TV series, movies, online novels and video games. But in fact, among many works adapted from Journey to the West, shoddy hand games and page games account for a large proportion, which also makes many players look forward to better Journey to the West-themed games. However, it is always difficult to do this in reality. Perhaps we should quote Mr. Liu's famous saying that joking is not nonsense and change is not random. I think this is why the appearance of Black Myth: Wukong is so exciting.

Back to the protagonist of this issue, although Mad Rabbit: Adventure Party is a multiplayer game featuring Mad Rabbit, Ubisoft Chengdu, which is responsible for the production, has well combined the game itself with the original Journey to the West, which is why the animated version of Journey to the West was mentioned at the beginning. Even to some extent, Crazy Rabbit: Adventure Party is a "Journey to the West" game that realizes cultural output in a humorous way.

Journey to the West: The Adventure of Crazy Rabbit

They are well equipped (toilet plugs)! They are as dead as death! They are invincible (overwhelmed by numbers)! They are crazy rabbits. For Switch players, these gibberish rabbits are old friends. As early as 20 17, "Mario+raving rabbids: Battle of the Kingdom" has landed on the Switch platform. After these rabbits broke into Mario's world, they brought us a fun chess adventure. Of course, I believe more players have the impression that there is no minimum price, only a lower discount price.

In Crazy Rabbits: Adventure Party, these raving rabbits boarded their washing machine spaceship and crossed just visiting. This time, they came to the Westward Journey World. Because these gibberish rabbits made trouble at will and angered the Buddha, the Buddha sealed the washing machine with a golden bell jar with a wave of his hand and drove these gibberish rabbits back to the world. There is only one way for rabbits to change back into washing machines-to embark on the journey to the west again and learn from it. So our absurd adventure began.

Just like the story background mentioned above, although "Crazy Rabbit: Adventure Party" is a game that focuses on multi-party gatherings, this game also prepares an adventure mode for players. We can choose to fight alone, or we can choose 2V2 as a team. The adventure mode is divided into four chapters: making trouble in heaven, starting the journey, stepping over the rough, and finally testing. The story in The Journey to the West's original work will be repeated with the adventures of raving rabbits. And most importantly, the adventure mode of this book is not simply covered with a layer of westward journey culture, and every small level is closely linked to the story of westward journey. For example, in the checkpoint of "On duty, Bi Marvin", the little game is to feed the horses; In the stage of "making a big fuss about flat peaches", what we have to do is to present flat peaches to the queen mother; In the level of "swing the stick to fix the yellow sand", not only will there be a yellow sand monster played by incoherent rabbids, but also the yellow sand skill of the yellow sand monster will cover the screen, which will increase the difficulty of the small game. The stories that we are familiar with in the original Journey to the West all appear in our adventure journey in another way, such as collecting eight pigs and lowering the sand monk, Monkey King Thrice Defeats the Skeleton Demon, being trapped in Pansi Cave, being trapped in the flaming mountain, borrowing banana fans skillfully and so on. While playing games, we recall these stories about the westward journey, which is also a wonderful experience brought by Crazy Rabbit: Adventure Party.

However, although this mode is officially called "adventure mode", in fact, this "adventure mode" is not the same as the traditional adventure mode, and we can regard it as a whole game similar to Double Six.

As mentioned earlier, the adventure mode is divided into four chapters, and each chapter is independent of each other. After all four chapters are cleared once, you can choose any chapter to start the game every time you open the game. In fact, each chapter can also be regarded as a whole independent game. In every big chapter, we have a fixed goal, that is, to collect classics by winning small games and finally rank them according to the number of classics. The more the quantity, the better. In fact, this is equivalent to integrating all kinds of small games, sorting out a clear goal for players and turning small games into big games, which is what we said before.

Of course, in order to balance the level gap between different players and increase the hope of the backward players, many random contents will be interspersed among the small games in each chapter, such as taking random lessons on the turntable, taking chances to turn a bicycle into a motorcycle, or raving rabbids, a fairy, will appear from time to time to express condolences to the backward players and give them a strong chance to turn over. This will make the competition between players in the chapter more intense, and also leave the suspense of the first place to the last moment of the chapter.

The adventure mode in Crazy Rabbit: Adventure Party not only provides players with an opportunity to relive the story of Westward Journey, but also is the most interesting game mode in this book. Several people decided to win or lose the story of Journey to the West with a smile, which can be said to be the best choice for the party time.

Only customized for Joy-con

As a party game, the core of Crazy Rabbit: Adventure Party is a well-designed little game. These games are easy to get started. Every player can easily get started with the tutorial before the game, and men, women and children can easily pick up Joy-Con and experience the happiness brought by raving rabbids.

Just like other party games on the Switch platform, Crazy Rabbit: Adventure Party only supports the use of a single Joy-Con, so if you want to play with four people, you need to prepare an extra pair of Joy-Cons. In fact, considering that Switch has been launched for nearly three and a half years, it may be necessary to use some games to introduce the hidden wonderful gameplay of Joy-Con at the beginning of the launch, but these party games have fully tapped the characteristics of Joy-Con in recent years. It's really not easy for Crazy Rabbit: Adventure Party to surpass its predecessors.

But in fact, this book is very distinctive in terms of small games. Some small games will test our reaction and memory, some small games will test our operation, and the rest will capture Joy-Con's somatosensory gameplay.

Most games that test reaction and memory will require us to perform corresponding operations on Joy-Con according to the prompts appearing on the screen. These small games are hardly influenced by external factors, and more is to test the player's own level. The game that tests the operation pays more attention to the confrontation between players, and the size of the game field will be limited. At the same time, there will be many random events that we need to avoid. More importantly, we have to fight fiercely with other players at this time, which makes the scene more uncertain while stimulating. In terms of somatosensory gameplay, there are not only levels that need to rely on the inclined Joy-Con to control the movement of rabbids, but also dance levels that need us to follow the rhythm and direction, and levels that need to draw different shapes through the slightly moved Joy-Con. These familiar and easy-to-operate somatosensory gameplay also ensures the relaxed experience and fun of the somatosensory mode. Among many small games, perhaps my favorite is "Make a Flat Peach Club", which not only ensures the difficulty of the game with Joy-Con's somatosensory operation, but also is full of uncertainty and competitiveness of colliding with players, and the interest is directly full.

At the same time, although most of the games in Crazy Rabbit: Adventure Party are interesting, they are not without regrets. First of all, the volume of the small game is not good. After all the little games, it is inevitable to end the game before playing enough. But there are still many blank aspects in this work. I wonder if there will be any plans to launch DLC in the future? Secondly, some small games will give people a sense of deja vu, but considering the limitations of Joy-Con itself, it is really difficult to dig out some new functions and gameplay. The third is that the gameplay of some small games in this game is slightly similar, but although the core gameplay is similar, they are all given different rules in different small games, which is a distinction to some extent. It still needs to be mentioned separately here. Raving rabbids People really love dancing, and there are quite a few dance obstacles in this work.

Generally speaking, Crazy Rabbit: Adventure Party, as a party game launched on the Switch platform, not only ensures extremely low game difficulty, but also makes full use of the characteristics of Joy-Con. If there is content update later, I believe it can also bring more interesting game experiences.

Other content and game details

Finally, talk about other contents of Crazy Rabbit: Adventure Party. In terms of game mode, in addition to adventure mode, this game has also prepared a separate party mode. In this mode, we can play as long as we want, or we can choose our favorite games to form an exclusive party list. These two options also make the game content more free. However, it should be added here that not all the levels in this game will be opened directly, and some levels need to be constantly played with small games to unlock, so players are also encouraged to experience and share this game with more relatives and friends. In addition to upgrading the small game level that can be unlocked, Crazy Rabbit: Adventure Party has also prepared a variety of rabid characters, all of which are the images of rabid words we have seen in the level, such as rabid words, rabid words, white words, rabid words, growling dogs, etc. These characters also need to be upgraded to unlock.

Both levels and characters can be regarded as the collection elements in this game, and besides the above two collection elements, there is also a treasure collection that does not affect the actual game very much. In this game, treasures may fall from every chapter and every level. Although they don't have much practical significance, for players who want to collect 100% ... Come on, young man.

In addition, the soundtrack of "Crazy Rabbit: Adventure Party" is also worth mentioning, and it is also the most surprising part of this work. In addition to the classic interpretation of the actors, the soundtrack of The Journey to the West, the 86th TV series, has left a deep impression on China people from generation to generation. Classic soundtracks such as Yin Xun in Yungong and the beginning of love between Zhu Bajie's wife and daughter are all talked about by everyone, and the soundtrack of Crazy Rabbit: Adventure Party is really full of "Journey to the West" and Chinese style.

When the countdown to 32 1 starts in each game, there will be a loud gong sound for each number, which will make people feel refreshed instantly. At the same time, the music of most small games also adopts a relaxed and cheerful folk music style. The orchestration is full of China charm, and the appearance rate of dulcimer and other musical instruments is high. In addition, in the arrangement, this work is also close to the music style of 86 TV series The Journey to the West, which makes the game experience of Crazy Rabbit: Adventure Party more intimate. At the same time, in some checkpoints, such as the beginning of "The Big Peach Blossom Party", you can clearly hear the voice of China's traditional opera rap, which makes this work condense a strong Chinese style, which is of course a cultural expression.

Open mode:

Crazy Rabbit: Adventure Party is definitely a surprising work. It keeps the fun of party games, and at the same time, it achieves a strong alliance with the classic The Journey to the West. As one of the few tailor-made works in the Bank of China Switch game lineup, this game can be said to be one of the party games that must be played this year. The well-known Journey to the West IP gives this game a reason to attract any player's experience, and the simple and easy-to-use gameplay brings the advantages of Xian Yi, young and old Xian Yi. Reliving the classic and rare trip in this unique way will undoubtedly bring a pleasant experience. Of course, as we said before, the biggest regret of Crazy Rabbit: Adventure Party is that the volume of the small game is not good at present. If there are updates and supplements in the follow-up, I believe that this journey to the west full of adventures will make people want to stop.