SHPDMBGWL4 3 EX
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| Developer(s) | Black Squirrel |
| Announce Date | September 2007 |
| Release Date | TBA |
| Genre | Platform/Misc |
| Players | 1 |
| Input | Standard keyboard |
| Medium | The Games Factory |
| Platform | Windows |
| Status | In Development |
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Super Hyper Paper Deluxe Mario Bros. Galaxy World Land 4: Partners in Sunshine SuperStar Island & Saga of Time Advance 64 DS 3: One step beyond Mario's X-Cellent Mango Adventure through Sea-Bass World and Beyond: A Ducktale of Epic Proportions aginst an Evil Space Korean Government: The Expansion Pack (abbrieviated to SHPDMBGWL4 3 EX) is the fourth (or 3.5th) game in the SHPDMBGWL4 series by Black Squirrel. Like the last game, it follows the adventures of "Quackers Fransisco Duckworth III" on his quest to save Mario from the clutches of Space Korea. SHPDMBGWL4 3 EX is an "expansion pack" to SHPDMBGWL4 3 rather than a true sequel as the story of SHPDMBGWL4 3 was never quite finished off properly.
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Story
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At the end of SHPDMBGWL4 3, Quackers, "Jengo" Fett, Donley Kong and Player 1 fight the "Leader of Space Korea" who turns out to be Someguy in disguise. Someguy was captured by Space Korea to eliminate Quackers, and as Space Korea were so confident that Quackers would be defeated, a true ending was not programmed in, hence after the battle, Quackers goes in search for one.
SHPDMBGWL4 3 ends with the three "other heroes" and Someguy waiting around for Quackers to find an ending. Eventually they all get bored, and decide to go home, however in this time Space Korea manages to build a brand new "Space Korea" indentical to the first, thus meaning all the events of SHPDMBGWL4 3 were pointless.
No further story information has been released by Black Squirrel other than the fact that both Space Korea and Quackers abuse time and space beyond repair. Also for some reason Jazz Jackrabbit becomes a main character and The Alphabet Man (last seen in SHPDMBGWL4 1) returns. It is also rumoured to be closely linked with Black Squirrel's minor Sonic 1 hack, "Walrushog".
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Gameplay
As with previous titles in the series, SHPDMBGWL4 3 EX has a variety of gameplay, which is mostly programmed poorly. The majority of levels are platformers, and each character has their own statistics regarding speed, jump height etc. A Parodius parody level has been shown involving six characters (five of which are AI players), and there is supposedly a battle with Charlie Chaplin in 1924.
Secrets
Like SHPDMBGWL4 3, SHPDMBGWL4 3 EX promises to have a stupid amount of secrets to the point where there are more secret levels in the game than ordinary ones. The secrets themselves count for more than half of the game's percentage. Almost every level contains some form of easter egg or cameo, for no reason whatsoever.
Even if SHPDMBGWL4 3 EX was to be released now, it would require four more games to be released in order to be completable. Two by Black Squirrel, BanjoSonic's "SHPDMBGWL4: BanjoSonic Edition" and another game by Flametale. You must also have finished Player Adventure DX and SHPDMBGWL4 3. This is because the game uses an extensive Stop 'n' Swop system which relies on other games (it is also the first game at MFGG to do so).
One secret level, the Christmas Level, was released separately on the 24th December 2007 to make up for the long delay of the game (Supposedly due to "Bird Migration"). It will unlock features in the full version of SHPDMBGWL4 3 EX, including an "Even better" Christmas level.
Furthermore, the player can get in-game advice from Black Squirrel, who will deliver one line of potentially useful information per game.
Trivia
- At one stage in development, Black Squirrel was going to attempt to create a "film set" on the MFGG message boards. Space Korea, who are planned to take over the internet again, were set to "invade" MFGG's message boards, and the replies of various members were to be assembled into a playable level. The idea was scrapped however, and instead Space Korea are due to take over the MFGG main site.
- Despite being an expansion pack, the game is currently bigger than the first three games combined.
- SHPDBMGWL4 3 EX was originally planned to use some modules, however this idea has since been scrapped because the filesize is so large. Prototype credits had Quackers fight the DMC2 object, an extension that allows modules to play in TGF.
