WildSnake

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Description

WildSnake is a puzzle game in which the player must manage falling snakes in a confined space and keep the snakes from reaching the top of the space. Snakes fall and slither until they reach a resting spot on the floor of the space. A snake will destroy any other snakes of the same color and pattern that it touches with its head on the way down, which often has the chain effect of loosening the pile of snakes so that all the snakes slither into new positions, possibly eliminating even more snakes.

The game is played against a selection of backgrounds including desert, forest, water, or grass. Further, there are 7 game grids including the standard grid (a tall rectangle), X, plus, flask, Diabolo (an hourglass pattern), T-square, and obstacle (with a number of intermediate blocks).

The player starts out as a nestling and earns higher and higher distinctions taken from the snake realm (garter snake, water snake, boa, mambo, python, king cobra, etc.) as more snakes are cleared. Also, as the level increases. more types of snake patterns must be handled. Sometimes, there is a flashing red snake that eliminates the first snake it touches. Further, there is occasionally an unstoppable snake that barrels down to the bottom of the space, eliminating all snakes in its path.

The game can be played with 1 or 2 players in either easy, normal or hard mode. In the single player mode, the player can choose whether the preview showing the next snake will be shown. In 2-player mode, there is always a preview window. In fact, there is a queue of 3 snakes between the 2 player spaces from which the next snake is drawn. As a bonus during competition, multiple snake eliminations by one player result in obstacles appearing in the space of the opposing player.

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Alternate Titles

• "Super Snakey" -- Japanese title
• "スーパースネーキー" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Animals: Reptiles
• Animals: Snakes
• Zmeelov / WildSnake series

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Critic Reviews

Game Players	SNES	Apr, 1994	93 out of 100	93
GamePro (US)	Game Boy	Dec, 1994	4.5 out of 5	90
Video Games	SNES	Dec, 1994	81 out of 100	81
Pixel-Heroes.de	SNES	Sep, 2003	8 out of 10	80
GamePro (US)	SNES	Dec, 1994	4 out of 5	80
Game Players	Game Boy	Apr, 1995	80 out of 100	80
Mega Fun	SNES	Jan, 1995	76 out of 100	76
Video Games	Game Boy	Jul, 1995	68 out of 100	68
Video Games & Computer Entertainment	SNES	Nov, 1994	5 out of 10	50

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Trivia

The game was named the Best SNES Puzzle Game of the Year in GameFan's 1994 "Megawards" (Vol 3, Iss. 1)