Wakfu
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Wakfu is a tactical turn-based
A spin-off game, Islands of Wakfu, was released on Xbox Live Arcade on 30 March 2011. An animated television series based on the game began airing in France from 30 October 2008. The series has also spawned various comics, a trading card game and a board game.
Story
In the time of Dofus, an ogre named Ogrest managed to get all six Dofus eggs for the sake of someone he loved. However, she was interested only in the eggs, and Ogrest killed her in a fit of rage. Later realizing what he'd done, he climbed atop Mount Zinit and cried for 1,000 years. This brings us to the time of WAKFU. Now the "goal" is to defeat Ogrest, but, like in Dofus, this is not necessary.[1]
The timeline has moved thusfar that the Ogrest is no longer the main villain of the story. It appears that it was not the Ogrest who caused this world to flood, but the Eliotrope OROPO. In the battle between Ogrest versus Yugo, Yugo gained control over the six Eliatrope Dofus and created alternate versions of himself, and then sent them back into the past. This also explains the appearance of the Eliotrope class in the game.
Gameplay
Wakfu features a turn-based combat system similar to
Development and release
Ankama Games began development in 2006.[1] In October 2011, Eurogamer revealed the game to launch in February 2012.[7] Square Enix published the game in North America until 15 January 2013, when Ankama assumed the role.[8]
Animated series
Ankama Animation has been producing a French-language cartoon series by the same name, based on the video game. The first season of 26 episodes began airing on 30 October 2008, and new episodes continued to air into June 2010 on France 3. The show is animated with Adobe Flash software; all the production is done in France except episode 22 "Rubilax" and the special episode "Noximilien", both produced in Japan. The series is directed by Anthony "Tot" Roux, and character design is directed by Xavier "Xa" Houssin and Kim "Tcho" Etinoff.[9] During the London MCM Expo, the first two episodes were shown for the first time in English, and a Kickstarter campaign has been launched to fund the complete first season in English.[10] A spin-off called Mini-Wakfu, which features humorous shorts with characters Sporting some super deformed packages, has aired since September 2009. The special episode "Noximilien l'Horloger", which tell the origins of the first season antagonist, Nox, was produced in Japan, it features a radically different art style made by the same team of animators who worked on Kaiba and Kemonozume, it was directed by Eunyoung Choi with Masaaki Yuasa on character design. The series is set 12 years after the game, and inside the latter can be found numerous citations about the cartoon.[citation needed]
In 2015 a Movie of Dofus was released, and they are planning on releasing the Wakfu movie in 2018. Season 3 of the animated series aired from September 2 to September 17, 2017, and consisted of 13 episodes.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Wakfu FAQ". Retrieved 2008-03-08.
- ^ "WAKFU: Open Beta Has Begun". Ankama. 2012-01-04. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
- ^ "GDC 2007: WAKFU Announced for PC" (PDF). GamersMark. 2007-03-08. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
- ^ "Wakfu Review: The Sequel of Dofus". Retrieved 2009-12-01.
- ^ "Professions". Retrieved 2011-11-25.
- ^ "Official Site – Creatures". Archived from the original on 2012-07-05. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
- ^ "Ankama reveals MMO Wakfu release date". Eurogamer.net. 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ Sarkar, Samit (2013-01-15). "Wakfu publishing rights in North America shifting from Square Enix to dev Ankama Games". Polygon. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ "Making of" (in French). Ankama Animation. Archived from the original on March 10, 2009. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
- ^ "Kickstarter Campaign". Retrieved January 20, 2014.
External links
- Wakfu official website
- Wakfu TV cartoon website Archived 2017-07-08 at the Wayback Machine