DuckTales: Remastered

DuckTales: Remastered
Digital artwork
Developer(s)WayForward Technologies
Publisher(s)Capcom[a]
Director(s)Austin Ivansmith
Matt Bozon[1]
Producer(s)Rey Jimenez[2]
Programmer(s)Yossi Horowitz[3]
Artist(s)Tim Curry[1]
Composer(s)Jake Kaufman[4]
Hiroshige Tonomura[5]
Platform(s)PlayStation 3, Wii U, Windows, Xbox 360,[6] Android, iOS, Windows Phone
Release
August 13, 2013
  • PS3, Wii U, Windows
    • NA: August 13, 2013
    • PAL: August 14, 2013 (PSN)
    • PAL: August 15, 2013 (Wii U)
    • AU: November 14, 2013 (PC)
    • EU: November 15, 2013 (PC)
    Xbox 360
    September 11, 2013
    Android, iOS, Windows Phone
    • WW: April 1, 2015
    • JP: May 19, 2015
Genre(s)Platformer, Metroidvania
Mode(s)Single-player

DuckTales: Remastered is a Metroidvania-style[7] platform video game developed by WayForward Technologies and published by Capcom. The game is a high-definition remake of DuckTales, a game released on the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1989. It was originally released for the PlayStation 3, Wii U and Windows in August 2013 and Xbox 360 in September 2013. Ports for Android, iOS and Windows Phone were released in April 2015 by Disney Mobile. The game was temporarily delisted from digital storefronts in August 2019, but was relisted in March 2020.[8][9]

The game features a 2.5D presentation with 2D hand-drawn character sprites and 3D modeled levels. Like the original version, the game focuses on Scrooge McDuck traveling across the world in search of five treasures to further increase his fortune. Remastered took one and a half years to make, being developed in late 2011, and features vast enhancements to the original graphics and audio, an expanded storyline, and a full voice cast that includes the original animated series' then-surviving voice actors and actresses.

Remastered received generally positive reviews. Reviewers praised the game for its gameplay and presentation while criticizing the overabundance of story content.


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  7. ^ DelVillano, Ron (July 30, 2013). "First Impressions: DuckTales Remastered". Nintendo Life. Gamer Network. Retrieved August 12, 2016. Not only is DuckTales: Remastered a fixed up version of a classic 'Metroidvania' style platformer, but the team behind the project are the rising stars at WayForward, led by Matt Bozon.
  8. ^ O'Connor, James (February 3, 2020). "DuckTales: Remastered Is Now Available On Digital Stores Again". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  9. ^ "DuckTales: Remastered is quack… we mean, BACK on digital storefronts!".