Impossible Creatures for Wii-U

Impossible Creatures is a real-time strategy game released in 2016 and developed by Relic Entertainment in conjunction with Microsoft Studios. Its unique feature is that the armies used are all created by the player. The armies consist of 9 creatures; each one is a combination of any two animals from a list. Many animals possess inherent abilities to add more strategic depth to the game. There is an extensive single-player campaign as well as online multiplayer functionality with different game modes, add-ons, custom maps, mods, and scenarios.
Impossible Creatures was followed up later by a free downloadable expansion entitled Insect Invasion which added new creatures and abilities to the game. The last official add on for Impossible Creatures was released in 2017. Relic has stated that they have no further plans for the Impossible Creatures universe.
==Gameplay==
===Campaign===
This mode consists of 15 different missions, spanning over a group of islands in the South Pacific known as the Isla Variatas, indicating the variety of environments presented to the player, ranging from jungles, deserts, or Arctic regions. The protagonist, Rex Chance, is required to collect animal DNA throughout the campaign in order to add more animal varieties to his army of combined creatures.
===Multiplayer===
In Impossible Creatures, there are three game types available during multiplayer, which allows for up to six players at once. In "Destroy Enemy Lab", the first to destroy the enemies' main laboratories is the winner. The Insect Invasion official mod added a feature that can be turned on that defends the lab, at the cost of 35 points of electricity per second. In "Destroy Enemy Base", the winner is the first to destroy all enemy buildings, including the lab. In "Hunt Rex", each player is given a special unit, Rex Chance. Players must hunt down and kill other participants' Rex Chance units.
==Plot==
Dr. Eric Chanikov was one of the brightest scientific minds in history. After a failed experiment causes the Tunguska Event and kills his wife, he goes into willing exile at a chain of remote islands. There, he reports the creation of the Sigma Technology, a method which makes it possible to fuse two creatures together into a single organism. These reports are ignored by the scientific and mainstream communities.
Then, in 1937, believing that his last days are upon him, Chanikov sends a letter to his son, Rex, asking him to come visit his father. Rex, going by the name of "Rex Chance", a disgraced war reporter, travels to the archipelago. Discovering that his father died at the hands of the evil tycoon Upton Julius, he vows to avenge his father's murder. He is assisted by the late Chanikov's assistant, Dr. Lucy Willing. With her help, Rex quickly learns the power of the Sigma technology, and more about his family's past. As he spends time around the Sigma technology, latent abilities are made manifest within him. These abilities make him increasingly superhuman, allowing him to directly assist his Sigma Creatures in battle.
Lucy and Rex's progress is slowed by those loyal to Julius: Whitey Hooten, a whaler whose Sigma-created creatures are slow and powerful, Velika la Pette, a high-strung aristocrat who relies on aerial units, and Dr. Ganglion, a mad scientist fond of using creatures most would call abominations.
Julius is, however, confronted and defeated at the end of the game. The reasoning behind Rex's latent abilities is at last revealed: he is the accidental first product of the Sigma technology, a human combined with thousands of animal traits. As the game closes, Rex is shown with his pupils missing, a trait common among Sigma-created creatures.
==Characters==
===Rex Chance===
Rex Chance is the protagonist of the game, a renowned war correspondent revered for his coverage of international conflicts. During the Spanish Civil War, Rex breaks the golden rule of not "interfering" and is promptly fired when he returns to the United States. He searches his longtime lost father, Dr. Eric Chanikov, following clues through newspaper clippings and a letter that Chanikov left for him. Chance discovers that his father was the leading scientist in the Sigma project—a technology that combines creatures' DNA to create hybrid animals. Upton Julius, the main villain, pursues him relentlessly across Isla Variatas in an attempt to capture Rex for unknown purposes. During the campaign, Rex witnesses the wonder and horror of Sigma, convincing him that it is too powerful in the hands of mortal men. After a brief spat with Lucy, he convinces her to help him erase all trace of the technology in order to avoid its abuse. It is later revealed that Rex Chance was the first product in an attempt to create a human-animal hybrid with the Sigma technology after the Tunguska blast which gave Rex his powers, giving reason as to why Julius demanded that Chance be brought to him alive.
Rex is a playable character and responsible for collecting the animal DNA that build up his Sigma creature armies during the game.
Rex is voiced by Lee Tockar.
===Dr. Lucy Willing===
Lucy Willing, a brilliant and beautiful young scientist, worked together with Dr. Chanikov on the Sigma technology but quit after she discovered Upton Julius' plans for world conquest. After saving Rex's life, she assists him in fighting against Julius' forces. She and Rex travel throughout Isla Variatas in a mobile "flying train" known as the "Lab". At one point during the game, Lucy is kidnapped by a gorilla/sperm whale hybrid possessing the size of the whale, but not any of its actual parts. Rex eventually rescues her and the two share a brief hug.
Lucy was voiced by Kathleen Barr.
Lucy is also a playable character, but does not collect animal DNA. She is able to repair different kinds of structures, study buildings in order to make them buildable by the player, construct buildings, and to sabotage enemy buildings.
===Upton Julius===
A multi-millionaire benefactor, Julius worked closely with Dr. Chanikov, but soon decided to steal the secrets of the Sigma technology, create an army of genetically-created beasts, and develop plans to conquer the world. He is the antagonist in the game, hunting Rex Chance across the game's many islets to capture him in the hope of creating more human-animal hybrids with Sigma. In the end, he was probably killed by being carried off by one of his own Sigma creatures after being defeated by Rex.
Upton is voiced by David Kaye.
===Whitey Hooten===
A mighty whaler, Whitey Hooten has an army of Sigma creatures focusing on close combat and brute force. He is notorious for sporting a short temper, regularly berating and abusing his henchmen. Located in Isla Variatas' Arctic regions, his army is the first to face Lucy and Rex in their quest to defeat Julius. Hooten is eventually defeated and drowns when he breaks the ice under his ship/igloo laboratory.
Whitey is voiced by Lee Tockar.
===Dr. Otis Ganglion===
Dr. Ganglion is a deranged veterinarian and the right hand of Upton Julius. Before being taken under Julius' wing, Ganglion created numerous strange animal hoaxes and sold them to freak show across the United States. He performs sick experiments on both humans and animals as part of his "practice" with the Sigma technology. He was hired to perform the cruel and inhumane experiments that Dr. Chanikov refused to do. During the final level of the game, his body is violently thrown against a wall by a spinning fan, killing him. His name is a reference to ganglion, a bundle of nerves.
Otis is voiced by Lee Tockar.
===Dr. Eric Chanikov===
A "kind and brilliant" man according to Lucy Willing, Eric Chanikov was the main founder of the Sigma technology and father to Rex Chance, the protagonist. Before the events of the game, Chanikov worked closely alongside Dr. Lucy Willing and Upton Julius on the Sigma project. Unfortunately, Julius (and or Whitey Hooten) murdered him before Rex and Lucy could find, let alone save, Chanikov. The reason that his surname is different from Rex's is because when Rex was sent to America, his name was translated into English.
Eric is voiced by Lee Tockar.
==Development==
According to early previews, players had to tranquilize creatures and bring them back to the base to collect their DNA. In the final product, though, it is enough for Rex to shoot a creature to collect its DNA. This only applies to the single-player campaign; in a regular multi-player skirmish, all creatures are readily available.
==Animals==
Name 	Coal	Electricity	Level	Health	Defense	Speed 	Water Speed	Air Speed	Size	Sight Radius	Melee Damage	Mission found
Albatross 	257 	144 	4 	280 	44 	 	 	22 km/h 	8 	40 	16 	7
Alien 	229 	70 	4 	270 	25 	36 km/h	 	 	4 	25 	4 	9
Anaconda 	292 	325 	4 	334 	6 	15 km/h	18 km/h 	 	8 	15 	28 	8
Anglerfish 	34 	40 	2 	80 	24 	 	28 km/h 	 	2 	20 	4 	10
Ant 	78 	25 	1 	30 	39 	26 km/h	 	 	1 	20 	10 	10
Archerfish 	60 	40 	2 	18 	6 	 	30 km/h 	 	1 	30 	5 	5
Armadillo 	67 	0 	3 	65 	81 	18 km/h	 	 	2 	20 	3 	11
Baboon 	110 	45 	2 	90 	45 	27 km/h	 	 	2 	25 	7 	5
Barracuda 	52 	27 	2 	111 	16 	 	27 km/h 	 	2 	25 	12 	5
Bat 	56 	105 	3 	28 	12 	 	 	32 km/h 	1 	25 	2 	7
Behemoth 	461 	65 	5 	500 	79 	20 km/h	 	 	10 	40 	22 	12
Beluga 	249 	57 	4 	301 	23 	 	26 km/h 	 	7 	30 	7 	13
Black Marlin 	125 	19 	3 	131 	19 	 	54 km/h 	 	3 	20 	12 	10
Black Widow 	121 	60 	4 	20 	18 	30 km/h	 	 	1 	25 	5 	12
Blue Ringed Octopus	25 	13 	3 	39 	29 	 	22 km/h 	 	1 	30 	8 	8
Blue Tongued Skink 	68 	27 	2 	37 	26 	16 km/h	 	 	1 	20 	3 	5
Blue Whale 	239 	15 	5 	1000 	31 	 	28 km/h 	 	12 	25 	29 	13
Bluefin Tuna 	97 	52 	2 	140 	23 	 	40 km/h 	 	3 	25 	10 	6
Bombardier Beetle 	67 	55 	2 	36 	22 	24 km/h	 	 	1 	40 	2 	6
Bull 	173 	80 	3 	221 	28 	25 km/h	 	 	5 	30 	10 	10
Camel 	97 	5 	2 	115 	16 	16 km/h	 	 	2 	28 	5 	12
Chameleon 	59 	95 	2 	29 	19 	15 km/h	 	 	1 	30 	7 	5
Cheetah 	116 	30 	2 	35 	45 	44 km/h	 	 	2 	22 	6 	8
Chimpanzee 	111 	95 	2 	65 	35 	28 km/h	 	 	2 	25 	7 	6
Cockroach 	111 	305 	4 	23 	39 	30 km/h	 	 	1 	25 	2 	12
Condor 	211 	0 	4 	290 	31 	 	 	26 km/h 	6 	40 	11 	10
Coyote 	83 	10 	1 	50 	35 	29 km/h	 	 	2 	20 	6 	1
Crocodile 	226 	0 	4 	200 	35 	22 km/h	27 km/h 	 	5 	20 	19 	6
Cuttlefish 	60 	29 	2 	48 	11 	 	28 km/h 	 	2 	25 	3 	9
Diplodocus 	394 	4 	5 	900 	39 	16 km/h	 	 	12 	15 	21 	13
Dolphin 	141 	100 	3 	150 	18 	 	32 km/h 	 	3 	30 	5 	10
Dragonfly 	82 	90 	3 	18 	25 	 	 	35 km/h 	1 	25 	10 	5
Eagle 	99 	75 	3 	81 	9 	 	 	29 km/h 	4 	40 	6 	8
Electric Eel 	49 	115 	3 	32 	2 	 	36 km/h 	 	2 	25 	12 	9
Elephant 	296 	125 	5 	440 	45 	18 km/h	 	 	8 	15 	16 	14
Firefly 	65 	75 	3 	18 	81 	 	 	30 km/h 	1 	30 	2 	13
Fox 	95 	13 	1 	65 	26 	34 km/h	 	 	2 	20 	7 	1
Frownodon 	298 	114 	4 	550 	23 	23 km/h	 	 	11 	15 	17 	10
Garden Spider 	94 	120 	3 	27 	15 	28 km/h	 	 	1 	25 	6 	11
Garfish 	84 	0 	2 	54 	42 	 	25 km/h 	 	3 	20 	7 	12
Giant Anteater 	244 	270 	4 	148 	19 	25 km/h	 	 	4 	20 	10 	11
Giant Squid 	136 	6 	5 	500 	22 	 	27 km/h 	 	9 	35 	26 	14
Giraffe 	137 	0 	2 	135 	12 	30 km/h	 	 	4 	45 	8 	5
Gorilla 	169 	45 	3 	165 	35 	22 km/h	 	 	3 	30 	13 	6
Grasshopper 	65 	27 	1 	70 	26 	28 km/h	 	 	2 	20 	4 	8
Great White Shark 	149 	55 	4 	327 	35 	 	36 km/h 	 	7 	15 	19 	14
Grizzly Bear 	136 	0 	3 	140 	19 	29 km/h	 	 	3 	20 	9 	3
Hammerhead Shark 	71 	25 	2 	90 	26 	 	35 km/h 	 	4 	20 	12 	8
Hatchetfish 	22 	3 	2 	40 	20 	 	30 km/h 	 	1 	20 	4 	7
Hercules Beetle 	144 	120 	2 	89 	55 	16 km/h	 	 	2 	25 	9 	5
Hippopotamus 	239 	75 	4 	260 	50 	15 km/h	22 km/h 	 	6 	15 	16 	8
Hornbill 	126 	63 	3 	106 	16 	 	 	32 km/h 	3 	35 	11 	5
Hornet 	73 	140 	3 	30 	15 	 	 	35 km/h 	1 	25 	4 	7
Horse 	186 	5 	3 	150 	30 	34 km/h	 	 	5 	25 	14 	8
Humpback Whale 	182 	49 	5 	675 	32 	 	29 km/h 	 	11 	25 	27 	12
Hyena 	107 	55 	2 	81 	25 	26 km/h	 	 	3 	25 	9 	6
Kangaroo 	179 	30 	3 	150 	19 	26 km/h	 	 	4 	25 	17 	11
Killer Whale 	106 	130 	3 	210 	12 	 	38 km/h 	 	9 	25 	20 	13
Komodo Dragon 	123 	125 	3 	100 	32 	22 km/h	 	 	3 	15 	12 	8
Lemming 	46 	10 	1 	32 	17 	23 km/h	 	 	1 	15 	4 	2
Leopard 	156 	47 	3 	170 	23 	33 km/h	 	 	4 	25 	12 	6
Lioness 	150 	75 	3 	128 	30 	32 km/h	 	 	4 	25 	10 	11
Liopleurodon 	249 	20 	5 	256 	36 	 	24 km/h 	 	11 	19 	30 	8
Lobster 	70 	50 	2 	35 	65 	16 km/h	24 km/h 	 	1 	10 	8 	4
Malayan Tapir 	119 	14 	2 	134 	32 	25 km/h	 	 	4 	20 	6 	11
Man O' War 	92 	23 	3 	195 	32 	 	18 km/h 	 	6 	20 	14 	13
Mantis Shrimp 	91 	47 	2 	35 	55 	14 km/h	18 km/h 	 	1 	30 	10 	8
Moose 	393 	50 	5 	500 	60 	20 km/h	 	 	7 	25 	21 	4
Mountain Lion 	98 	30 	2 	65 	45 	33 km/h	 	 	2 	25 	5 	1
Musk Ox 	138 	95 	3 	106 	39 	24 km/h	 	 	4 	25 	8 	3
Naked Mole Rat 	72 	25 	1 	32 	18 	31 km/h	 	 	1 	20 	7 	9
Narwhal 	107 	19 	4 	298 	28 	 	30 km/h 	 	6 	20 	17 	13
Panther 	148 	30 	3 	120 	39 	37 km/h	 	 	3 	25 	8 	6
Piranha 	32 	85 	2 	21 	3 	 	33 km/h 	 	1 	15 	6 	7
Pistol Shrimp 	30 	11 	3 	20 	40 	16 km/h	24 km/h 	 	1 	20 	5 	7
Poison Frog 	62 	90 	3 	35 	30 	20 km/h	 	 	1 	35 	4 	12
Polar Bear 	166 	0 	3 	155 	35 	23 km/h	24 km/h 	 	3 	25 	13 	4
Porcupine 	73 	70 	2 	55 	45 	18 km/h	 	 	2 	20 	5 	1
Praying Mantis 	57 	45 	2 	27 	4 	24 km/h	 	 	1 	15 	8 	11
Ram 	114 	125 	3 	105 	35 	25 km/h	 	 	3 	20 	8 	3
Rat 	28 	50 	1 	21 	19 	18 km/h	 	 	1 	20 	2 	12
Rattlesnake 	49 	105 	3 	24 	6 	15 km/h	 	 	1 	15 	9 	9
Raven 	84 	120 	3 	32 	4 	 	 	35
km/h 	1 	35 	6 	4
Rhinoceros 	227 	80 	4 	300 	50 	20 km/h	 	 	7 	15 	13 	8
Scorpion 	75 	75 	3 	35 	68 	18 km/h	 	 	1 	15 	9 	9
Shield Bug 	45 	70 	2 	25 	50 	21 km/h	 	 	1 	25 	2 	5
Skipper Caterpillar	28 	7 	2 	21 	16 	10 km/h	 	 	1 	20 	1 	5
Skunk 	58 	50 	1 	52 	6 	25 km/h	 	 	2 	15 	4 	1
Smilodon 	317 	144 	4 	245 	25 	27 km/h	 	 	6 	25 	21 	4
Snail 	23 	2 	1 	21 	28 	10 km/h	 	 	1 	20 	2 	7
Snapping Turtle 	183 	0 	5 	122 	90 	14 km/h	22 km/h 	 	3 	10 	12 	7
Snow Leopard 	162 	24 	2 	90 	42 	35
km/h	 	 	3 	25 	10 	3
Snowy Owl 	71 	75 	3 	44 	15 	 	 	25 km/h 	2 	40 	5 	4
Sperm Whale 	153 	130 	5 	420 	15 	 	29 km/h 	 	10 	30 	27 	14
Spitting Cobra 	53 	75 	2 	27 	16 	17 km/h	 	 	2 	20 	6 	6
Spitting Spider 	32 	139 	3 	27 	12 	28 km/h	 	 	1 	25 	3 	6
Tarantula 	101 	40 	2 	65 	15 	25 km/h	 	 	2 	20 	11 	11
Termite 	42 	10 	2 	22 	15 	20 km/h	 	 	1 	25 	5 	10
Tiger 	225 	30 	4 	280 	30 	30 km/h	 	 	5 	25 	13 	12
Walking Stick 	83 	40 	2 	112 	19 	24 km/h	 	 	2 	20 	4 	8
Walrus 	225 	50 	4 	310 	19 	14 km/h	27 km/h 	 	5 	15 	14 	4
Warthog 	83 	75 	3 	60 	32 	24 km/h	 	 	2 	20 	7 	9
Wasp 	78 	95 	3 	18 	25 	 	 	35 km/h 	1 	25 	4 	6
Velvet Worm 	267 	98 	4 	277 	20 	14 km/h	 	 	1 	20 	7 	5
Whale Shark 	105 	7 	4 	540 	31 	 	26 km/h 	 	10 	20 	9 	14
Wild Dog 	90 	0 	2 	60 	26 	28 km/h	 	 	2 	25 	9 	8
Wolf 	110 	60 	1 	75 	15 	33 km/h	 	 	2 	25 	8 	2
Wolverine 	143 	40 	3 	160 	25 	19 km/h	 	 	2 	25 	11 	3
Woodpecker 	37 	19 	3 	28 	16 	 	 	35 km/h 	1 	15 	9 	3
Woolly Mammoth 	357 	50 	5 	700 	19 	18 km/h	 	 	9 	20 	18 	13
Vulture 	117 	115 	3 	96 	12 	 	 	30 km/h 	3 	35 	8 	9
Zebra 	101 	5 	1 	78 	15 	30 km/h	 	 	3 	25 	7 	5
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