Ardy Lightfoot

Ardy Lightfoot[lower-alpha 1] is a platform video game released on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1993 in Japan and 1994 in the west. It was developed by ASCII and published by Titus France in North America and Europe.

Ardy Lightfoot
Developer(s)ASCII Corporation
Publisher(s)
Director(s)Masami Yamamoto
Producer(s)Takeshi Kaneda
Designer(s)Noburo Wada
Programmer(s)Takumi Inoue
Artist(s)Takashi Tory
Writer(s)Ichirō Sugiyama
Composer(s)Akiko Hashimoto
Katsuhiro Hatano
Platform(s)Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Release
Genre(s)Action, platform
Mode(s)Single-player

Story and gameplay
A typical in-game screenshot of Ardy Lightfoot, taken from its first level.

Ardy Lightfoot is an anthropomorphic creature resembling a cat. He is accompanied by his best friend, a blue creature named Pec, who can be used as a weapon, or can take the role of various other helpful devices like a hot air balloon or rock wall destroyer. If Ardy is hit by an enemy, Pec will disappear, and can only be retrieved by finding a chest. If Ardy is without his best friend, he can still attack by bouncing on his tail. He can also protect himself temporarily by hiding behind a clear mirror.

In the story of the game, the sacred rainbow has shattered into seven crystal pieces, and it's up to Ardy to obtain them all. Whoever collects all seven crystal pieces will receive a wish. The evil King Visconti has already gotten one crystal piece, and he is searching for the other pieces. To this end he sends out his followers including Beecroft, Catry and many others. Ardy is assisted by friends along the way, like the unnamed elder, Nina, and a mysterious adventurer named Don Jacoby.

Development and release

When Titus published Ardy Lightfoot for North American audiences, several changes were introduced. These included numerous sprites, such as Ardy's "waiting" pose, being removed; tied up and crying animals being removed from the background on the forest level; and in level 6, "Eaten!", Catry's gruesome death by acid was written out of the plot; instead of being reduced to a pile of bones, she is merely knocked unconscious.

Reception

Electronic Gaming Monthly praised the game for its huge levels, numerous character abilities, and impressive bosses, but warned prospective buyers that a great deal of patience is required due to the game's extremely high difficulty. They scored it a 7.2 out of 10.[3] GamePro gave it a positive review as well, citing the varied gameplay and cartoony and colorful graphics.[4] Super Play gave the game an overall score of 83% praising the graphics, animation and sound commenting “A neat game with cartoon-style graphics. There isn’t quite enough there for the seasoned game player but as a my-first-platform-game, it’s got everything.”[8]

Notes
  1. Japanese: アルディライトフット, Hepburn: Arudi Raitofutto

References
  1. "Super NES Games" (PDF). Nintendo. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2008-09-20. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  2. "CVG Reviews: Supershorts – Ardy Lightfoot". Computer and Video Games. No. 159. EMAP. February 1995. p. 90.
  3. Semrad, Ed; Carpenter, Danyon; Manuel, Al; Williams, Ken; Weigand, Mike (December 1994). "Review Crew - Major Mike's Game Roundup - Ardy Light Foot - Titus / Super NES". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 65. Sendai Publishing. p. 40. Archived from the original on 2019-01-05. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  4. Nade, Sarah (January 1995). "ProReview: Ardy Lightfoot". GamePro. No. 66. IDG. p. 78.
  5. nuktos (17 July 2011). "Test de Ardy Lightfoot sur SNES par jeuxvideo.com". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Webedia. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  6. Prézeau, Olivier (March 1994). "Import (Version Japonaise): Arrrdii Laito Foutoooo! - Ardy Light Foot". Joypad (in French). No. 29. Yellow Media. p. 134.
  7. Prézeau, Olivier; Hellot, Grégoire (February 1995). "Ardy Aux Pieds Légers - Ardy Light Foot". Joypad (in French). No. 39. Yellow Media. pp. 112–113.
  8. Leach, James (March 1995). "UK Review: Ardy Lightfoot". Super Play. No. 29. Future Publishing. p. 40.
  9. Sushi (February 1994). "Super Famicom Test - Ardy Light Foot". Super Power (in French). No. 18. SUMO Éditions. p. 96.
  10. Schaedle, Wolfgang (February 1995). "Super Nintendo - Reviews: Luftikus - Ardy Light Food". Video Games (in German). No. 39. Future-Verlag. p. 104.
  11. Gore, Chris (June 1995). "Capsule Reviews - Ardy Lightfoot". VideoGames - The Ultimate Gaming Magazine. No. 77. Larry Flynt Publications. p. 85.


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