![]() ![]() We didn't want every character he met to be an enemy, and we wanted extreme stereotypes for comic effect. "He'd had a pretty horrible and lonely existence up until Fantasy World Dizzy. "We wanted Dizzy to have friends" recalls Philip. Seeing this picture makes you think Dizzy really should have a twin brother. The promise of an entire race of Yolkfolk expanded the world of Dizzy in the player's imagination exponentially, and the depth of his tasks could be realistically enhanced without resorting to raw exposition or random, unpredictable puzzles. One of the reasons gamer's finally felt so attached to the hero of the adventure platforming trilogy was the small, yet vital introduction to the life of the main character when he wasn't stranded on an island or ridding the land of an evil menace. While not playing a particularly intrinsic part of the game, each member of the Yolkfolk serves an important function, and not simply in terms of kitting out Dizzy. Each has a story to tell, a clue to uncover and an item valuable to Dizzy's quest. ![]() As Dizzy's progress moves gradually forward, new areas are unlocked and each of The Egg's kin are gradually reacquainted with their heroic Prince. To increase the intrigue of the simple, yet challenging puzzles, the addition of the Yolkfolk proves to have been a resounding success. But this seemingly harsh introduction sets up the requirements of the game superbly, and before long Dizzy is skipping through the castle, tree house, dungeons and even the sky on his quest to free his girlfriend Daisy. On one side, the impassable malice of a green and monstrous troll, and on the other a roaring fire blocks his escape. And even the story reinvented the classic, heroic endeavour of rescuing a damsel in distress from the tall tower of an evil entity.īeginning under guard in the evil wizard's dungeons, Dizzy's adventures begin immediately. ![]() While the basic game structure of the previous two titles remained (including the coin collecting sub-plot of Treasure Island), Fantasy World placed Dizzy in far greater peril and in the kind of environment the Oliver twins had always envisioned for their character filled with fairy tale imagery, trolls, dragons, magic realms and cloud castles. ![]()
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