Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14529 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: THQ
• Released on: 2004-03-12
• Platform: Game Boy Advance

Manufacturer's Description
A mysterious stranger has arrived in the tranquil village of Blackwyche and done the unthinkable: shattered the fabled Sabre Wulf amulet, releasing the savage Wulf itself from long years of imprisonment and bringing fear and panic to the world. Both of these villains must be stopped.Once more it falls to veteran explorer Sabreman to track and recapture his most fearsome nemesis.

Customer Reviews

Sabre Wulf (GBA)
This is an excellent game which leads gently from easy levels to very hard. Ideal for picking up and putting down,.....although I have spent many happy hours curled up in the corner of the sofa trying to jump over cactus......
There is lots of variety, pretty graphics and the whole game was written with an excellent sense of humour. The game play is excellent and there is no nausea inducing lag or dragging which can be a problem with some games.
Challenge mode is good fun and a good incentive to finishing all the story mode levels fast enough to qualify them for challenge. Then learning how to get through the levels with limited aid in challenge shows you how much you missed first time round in story mode.

All in all, a nice, silly little game which has been well planned. A good combination of race the clock / solve the puzzle helps avoid frustration. The best part about the game is that you don't spend hours wondering what on earth you are supposed to do or where you are supposed to be going, more role play game characters should carry bloaters around in their back packs! It works for Sabre Man.

I wholeheartedly recommend everyone buys this game. It is a good giggle. And if anyone finds the mayor's keys let me know........that's the one bit I haven't managed to suss!

Classic game remade with care
Although made by Rare, the game isn't stamped with Rare's own personality, rather retaining the the looks and feel of the original. The game is simple in structure; you must defeat Sabre Wulf once again by collecting pieces of a protective amulet.
Although you chat and discover the plot from an overhead perspective, once you discover a lair of Sabre Wulf the game switches to traditional 2D platformer.
Each lair has one goal; steal an item from the sleeping Sabre Wulf then escape. The journey is full of obstacles which can be overcome using various tools. Once the item is stolen, enemies and obstacles disappear as you dash back to the entrace with Sabre Wulf in pursuit.
Although short, this is a wonderful 2D treat, especially if you have played the original.

Best game on the GBA
I played and loved the original Sabre Wulf on the Spectrum back in the '80s. The creators, 'Ultimate: Play The Game', were THE most original and exciting programmers in the country. The company have gone through a number of changes since then, including renaming themselves Rare, but this game is, as I hoped, the most original and exciting game I have played for years.

The gameplay has almost nothing in common with the original Sabre Wulf, so don't buy this expecting a remake! Instead of a top-down hunt through the jungle, this game consists of dozens of small platform levels. Within each level/cave you have to make your way to the treasure, guarded by the wolf, and then escape. To get to the treasure you must use various animals to help you jump gaps, build bridges, and avoid or destroy various nasties. You have limited numbers of these animals to use throughout the level, and they are all replenished (and sometimes increased) for the next level. Later on there are several ways of using your animals to get to the treasure - your choice! The first level takes about 10 seconds - you use one animal to make a jump up to the treasure - and thereafter each succeeding level takes a few seconds longer than the previous one. Towards the end of the game it takes several minutes to get to the treasure - but its satisfying when you do!

Once you touch the treasure, the game saves (so even if you die you won't have to repeat getting TO the treasure again) and you face the most exciting part of the game - a race back to the cave entrance, with the wolf hot on your tail! All the obstacles are removed for the return journey, so its just you versus the wolf! The wolf gets faster with each cave visited, so you have to jump over him and take interesting routes home again...

This is a unique and innovative game, and if you have a GBA or a DS, then I cannot recommend this game enough. Best new game I've played this year. It reminds me of Lemmings - but with more humour, the best sound in a GBA game - and, of course, those fantastic chases with the wolf.