Adventures Uprising

The logo of the game.

### Platform(s)

Imaginate Dreamlock, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Imaginate Unlimit

***Adventures Uprising*** is a 2D action-adventure platform and beat ‘em up video game developed by 5pb. and published by Imaginate. The game follows Millie, Jenell, Aurora and Benjamin as they must go around the world to stop Raotron and his army from taking over and taking control 96% of the world.

The game was released in January 4th, 2019 and it has won many awards.

## Development

Development began in Summer 2017. While Adventures 3 has been rumored and confirmed as a new title for the series, Ulala was thinking about making a typical 2D beat ‘em up platformer game. She named the project “Project Uprising”. Project Uprising will be the first ever 2D game in the Adventures series according to Borkowski. She wanted the game to be the big, yet, dark. A first in the Adventures series.

Borkowski wanted to have new characters “again”. She did announced 1 new character for the third game which is Ana (or Anasofia) but she wants to have 5 new characters for Project Uprising. Those being Emalie (the name Emily but spelled and pronounced different), Jenell, Kellie, Anthony and Killathon. 5pb. Game came to make the project for her so that way it can be a “platforming” success. They use Phantom Breaker: Battlegrounds to replace the characters and stages with the new Adventures characters and make platforming levels. They use the same gameplay from Battleground. The team was going to call it Adventures Invasion but Ulala wants to call it Adventures Uprising instead. The game is set to be released in February 1st, 2019 but instead, pushed back to January 4th, 2019 due to avoid competing with Jump Force and Anthem. Ulala surprisingly forgot about the 3rd Anniversary for the Adventures series. She wanted Adventures Uprising to be a special game for the series 3rd anniversary for being around 3 years. After the game was released, critics find the game mostly fun, fresh and amazing. They like the story, the 2D characters sprites and the gameplay. Ulala was happy about the positive reviews critics have gave.

## April 15th Update

In April 15th, 2019, an update for the game has been released. In the update, the characters appears to have changed their appearance and their names. All except Jenell. Their new names are Millie, Aurora, Benjamin and Raotron.

Hot Dog Downtown Zone has been recolored and has a new boss called “Phantron” where the characters fight with this lightning killatron and has new music while the Burning Field Zone stage has been redesigned and now called “Rainy Field Zone” and the music of the stage has been changed as well.

The final boss has been completely changed. They replaced Killathon’s final form with Raotron’s Bloody Dragoon form and the final boss theme has been changed also.

## Gameplay

*Uprising* pays homage to the graphical style and musical nature of *Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds* and *Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game*, while its gameplay takes inspiration from classic 1990s beat 'em up games, mostly *Guardian Heroes* with the ability to change foreground and background planes.

## Plot

In Arcadium, everyone lived peaceful in harmony. All the sudden, a mysterious intergalactic supervillain named Raotron comes out of nowhere in the middle of the sky and took over 96% of the world. 4% of the world is where Millie and Jenell are at. After they went through Arcadiumville Zone, they encountered Jordyn, a sarcastic 14 year old girl who threatens the duo with a blaster. After threatening them, there was a airship flying through Arcadiumville Zone and Millie and Jenell wants to know what is going on.

The duo went to Snow Forest Zone and befriend a 9 year old girl named Aurora and encounters Jaleko and defeated him to fireworks. The trio went to Hot Dog Downtown and has befriend a teenage 15 year old boy named Benjamin. As soon as they became friends, Phantron came to electrocute the 4 but has been defeated into a flash of thunder.

The quartet now went into Crystal Paradise Zone. Once they found the Power Cube, Jordyn returns and transform into a nightmaratron. The 4 began to run and attack Jordyn at the same time inside of a big pipe and runs outside of the big pipe and made Jordyn fall and explode into ashes. Millie, holding the Power Cube, tells her friends that they have to find a machine that will stop Raotron and his killatron army. They are now in Rainy Field Zone and encountered a giant killatron but defeated it. Seconds later, Raotron appears and has kidnapped Millie and transforms to his nightmaratron form and sets off to Darknaria Zone, leaving Jenell, Aurora and Benjamin behind.

Once Millie and Raotron appears in the zone, Raotron uses the Power Cube, programs it by giving it a wish of his and oppressively transform Millie into a nightmaratron humanoid with hesitation and dumps her into the Ashlands. However, as Millie made it to the end of the level, she died sacrificing her life with the Raotron’s wish. Millie’s friends appears and uses Raotron’s Power Cube to transform her back into her original self with her original colors. The Cube started to talk to the 4 and said that Raotron is waiting for them. After that, the Cube disappears and has disappeared to Raotron’s Empire: Darknaria.

Millie and friends went through Darknaria to defeat Raotron once and for all. After they defeated Raotron, he begins to eat the Power Cube and change into his second form where he becomes the Bloody Dragon. The quartet once again takes him down. After finally defeating him, he explodes and the Power Cube was released from inside him. The Cube began the float in the air and blows out a big red wave to clear out the cloudy dark red sky, the destruction and Raotron’s army and fixed the sky and destruction. The Cube now descends and landed in front of Millie as a gift known as “Keeper of the Cube.”

Aurora, Benjamin and Jenell began to play in the light of day in the Hills of Arcadium from Justice Street Zone in the morning with each other and Millie sits in the ground, looking and smiling at the trio and up at the blue sky and the sun knowing that it’s completely over.

## Characters

 Jenell
 Unlockable Characters
 Aurora
 Benjamin

## Reception

### **Critical Acclaim**

The game received positive reviews. IGN gave it a 10/10 saying "it's the most outstanding, dark and fun Adventures game in the platforming and beat 'em up genres. The 2D sprites are amazing, the gameplay is on point, the story is so epic and the music is charming". Metacritic scores the game a 97/100% on the Dreamlock and a 96/100% on the PlayStation 4. NintendoLife gave it 9/10 stars calling it the "most successful game in Imaginate history". Huneykune gave it 93/100%. SurferReviewer gave it 10/10 dots and calls it a retro masterpiece.

## DLC

When the update has been released in April 15th, 2019, DLC Characters appears as newcomers. Those being Annabelle, Sarah, Princess and Naomi.

## Music

A playlist of the game's music was released in January 4th, 2019 alongside the game:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmHydBtpmDxX9K6u3HXwXve2GbGfln2yd

## Trivia

* The game is only meant for a 2D experience for the *Adventures* series.
* Imaginate confirmed that there will not be a sequel for this because this is the only *Adventures* game to be made for a 2D experience while the entire series is meant for a 3D experience.
* Millie appears as guest characters for *Adventures: Homecoming*.
* The game has won so many awards and impressive reviews that it is marked as a Best Dream title for Imaginate's line of Best Dreams of games that are good.
* A remixed version of the game, *Adventures Uprising: Encore*, will be released in August 2020.