Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus

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Description

Sly Cooper is the latest in a long line of master thieves. When he was a kit, a gang called the Fiendish Five killed his family and divided up their book on the art of thieving: the Thievius Raccoonus. Sly must defeat all the members of the gang to recover the book while evading Carmelita Fox, a police officer chasing him around the world to apprehend him.

This game is divided into five worlds, each themed around a particular part of the world and the villain headquartered there. Most worlds are structured as a central hub with entrances to numerous individual levels. Each of the levels has a primary goals which earns you a key. You must collect all the keys in the world to fight the world's boss.

Many of the levels have a platformer structure. The objective of these worlds is to reach the location of the key. There are substantial stealth elements here as you must dodge searchlights and trips lasers which set off alarms and avoid alerting guards. In addition to the main objective, there are clue bottles to find. Finding all the clues in a level allows you to open a safe with a page from the Thievius Raccoonus which grants a new ability of some sort. After getting this, there is also a master thief sprint where you must get from the start of a level to the exit within a time limit.

There are also mini-game levels which could be kart-style racing, several varieties of shooter or assorted other tasks, such as collecting objects before your enemies do.

Boss fights also run to several styles, ranging from platforming, to more straightforward combat to puzzles to rhythm to shooter.

All artwork is done in a cel-shaded style and dialogue is fully voiced.

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Alternate Titles

• "怪盜史庫柏" -- Chinese title (traditional)
• "怪盗 スライ・クーパー" -- Japanese spelling
• "Sly Raccoon" -- European title
• "Kaitō Sly Cooper" -- Japanese title
• "슬라이쿠퍼: 전설의 비법서를 찾아서" -- Korean spelling (Hangul)

Part of the Following Groups

• Animals: Foxes
• Animals: Raccoons
• Game Feature: Developer Commentary
• PlayStation 2 Greatest Hits releases
• Setting: Chinese
• Sly Cooper series
• Visual technique / style: Cel shaded

User Reviews

Stick with It, Kid	PlayStation 2	Ace of Sevens (4474)
A true guilty pleasure...even for adult gamers	PlayStation 2	diglot.net (28)
An inventive platformer.	PlayStation 2	DarkDove (70)
An overlooked game. I wonder why.	PlayStation 2	Gary Smith (15)
Perfect	PlayStation 2	ThE oNe (184)

Critic Reviews

Game Vortex	PlayStation 2	2002	98 out of 100	98
Gaming Target	PlayStation 2	Nov 12, 2002	9.4 out of 10	94
Gamers' Temple, The	PlayStation 2	2002	93 out of 100	93
Game Informer Magazine	PlayStation 2	Nov, 2002	9.25 out of 10	92
GameSpy	PlayStation 2	Oct 14, 2002	91 out of 100	91
Gamesmania.de	PlayStation 2	Jan 29, 2003	88 out of 100	88
IGN	PlayStation 2	Sep 20, 2002	8.5 out of 10	85
Eurogamer.net (UK)	PlayStation 2	Jan 14, 2003	8 out of 10	80
GamePro (US)	PlayStation 2	Oct 02, 2002	4 out of 5	80
The Video Game Critic	PlayStation 2	Jan 08, 2004	B-	67

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Japanese version differences

The Japanese release of the game is somewhat different from the North American and PAL releases. This is most visible in the intro and ending cinematics, which are fully animated instead of using limited flash sequences like in the international versions. There is also a slight dialogue difference, with Carmelita counting down her "10 second head start" instead of Sly. The PAL version has both cutscenes available when unlocked, while the North American version only has the Japanese intro.

Furthermore, the Japanese release has a 3-minute demo of the game with the vocal song Blackjack that appears after 30 seconds of the player's inactivity in the main menu.