Altered Beast (Wii)

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Description

You are a hero raised from the dead by the god Zeus to rescue his daughter Athena. With scenery inspired by Ancient Greece, you have to fight hordes of undead and demons, with a boss at the end of each level until you meet the god Neff, who holds the girl captive.

The Altered Beast title refers to your shapeshifting abilities. In this platformer, you can collect spirit balls by defeating two-headed wolves, allowing you to mutate into different beasts such as a werewolf, a dragon, a tiger, a bear and others depending on the version. Each form, tied to a level, comes with special abilities such as flight and powerful attacks, easily superseding the basic set of punches and kicks in your human form.

The game can be played in single player mode, or in same-screen multiplayer co-op mode.

Screenshots

There are no Wii screenshots for this game.

There are 177 other screenshots on file for other versions of this game.

Alternate Titles

• "獣王記" -- Japanese spelling
• "兽王记" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
• "Jūōki" -- Japanese title

Part of the Following Groups

• Altered Beast series
• Animals: Cats
• Genre: Beat 'em up / Brawler
• Mythology: Greek
• SEGA Vintage Collection series

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The Press Says

Jeuxvideo.com	Aug 17, 2009	16 out of 20	80
VicioJuegos.com	Feb 19, 2007	69 out of 100	69
Nintendo Insanity	Dec, 2007	3 out of 5	60
GameSpot	Nov 19, 2006	5.2 out of 10	52
IGN	Jan 16, 2007	5 out of 10	50
The Virtual Console Archive	Feb, 2007		40
Nintendo Life	Nov 20, 2006		30
Nintendo Life	Jun 26, 2009		30
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Jul 26, 2009	2 out of 10	20

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Trivia

Compilation

A version of Altered Beast is included in Sega's Smash Pack compilation CD.

Genesis pack-in game

This game was the first pack-in game to come with the Genesis when it first came out in 1989.

Megadriver

The Brazilian Heavy metal band Megadriver, specialized in SEGA MegaDrive music, did a cover of the first level theme, complete with one of the band members saying "Rise from your grave".

References

The ride-able lizard-birds from Golden Axe make a cameo appearance in the second stage. Bizarrian, a hybrid between an amphibious and a parrot, is also present in Golden Axe.

Version differences

The NES version adds 3 new stages and 2 unique transformations: a shark, an a bird. On the other hand, the SMS version removes the tiger level. The Zodiac release is an emulation of the Genesis version, but for one player only.

Awards

• Power Play
  • Issue 01/1990 - Biggest Failure of 1989

Information also contributed by Mad_Griffith, Matthew Melbourne, Robbb and Zovni

Related Web Sites

• Altered Beast coin-op game entry on KLOV (The Altered Beast coin-op game entry on the Killer List of Videogames.)
• Hardcore Gaming 101 (In depth look at the Altered Beast series of games)
• X360A Achievement Guide (X360A's achievement guide for Altered Beast.)