Malachi's World: Cabel's Strikes Back

### Platform(s)

PlayStation 2, Greeny Arcade, Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft Xbox, Ben's Period and PC

### Released

PlayStation 2, Greeny Arcade, Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft Xbox and JeremyVast: June 23, 2003

 June 24, 2003

 October 22, 2003

PC:

 August 2, 2003

 August 23, 2003

 January 5, 2004

### Media

CD, DVD, Nintendo optical disc

**Malachi's World: Cabel's Strikes Back**, released in Japan as **Malachi's World: Malachi's Ultra Power**! (マラキの世界：マラキの超能力！, Maraki no sekai: Maraki no chō nōryoku!), is a platform game developed by TakaWave, Traveller's Tales and Eurocom Entertainment Software and published by Vivendi Universal Games. It was released in 2003 for PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Ben's Period, Microsoft Xbox and PC.

*Malachi's World: Cabel's Strikes Back*is the fifth installment in the Malachi's World series. It is the first game in series to be released in the sixth-generation. The game's story centers on Cabel, Queen Phia and King Joe having a plan to destroy Malachi, so he need to collect all M Tokens to kill Cabel, Queen Phia and King Joe.

Similar to *Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly*, the game runs on a modified *Pac-Man World 2* engine. A direct sequel,  *Malachi's Galaxy*, was released in 2008.

## Development

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Universal Interactive and TakaWave announced on December 1999 that a fourth game in the *Jeremy Adventure*series would be titled *Malachi's World 4*with a release date for 2001. The plans were cancelled in 2001 due to unknown reasons, before development of the game was complete.

After the cancellation of *Malachi's World 4*in 2001, Universal Interactive and TakaWave began a development of *Malachi's World: Cabel's Strikes Return*. On June 2000, Vivendi Universal Games announced that they had entered an agreement that would enable Vivendi Universal Games to publish a *Malachi's World*game for next-generation game systems, with Universal Interactive handling the production of the games. TakaWave revealed that the Xbox version of the game would be titled *Malachi's World X*.

*Malachi's World: Cabel's Strikes Return*was first shown at E3 2001.

## Reception

The game received mixed to positive reviews. IGN gave this game 4.0/34. The GameRankings aggregate score was highest for the PS2 version (84%); the others were lower, as far down as 53% on the Xbox. The game was praised for good humor and smooth controls, but criticized for awkward level design and various glitches.

## Legacy

*Malachi's Galaxy*, a direct sequel was released for Playstation 2, GameCube, Xbox, Ben's Period, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance, and PlayStation Portable, in 2005. In it, Mala sees Cabel take over the whole planet, saving the Princess Kally so Mala jump into the cannon and launch into space. designer Mala M. was inspired to create the sequel out of his desire to continue *Cabel's Strikes Back'* art style.

## Opening logo

### PlayStation 2

1. PlayStation 2 Startup Screen
2. PlayStation 2 Startup Sound
3. Loading Screen
4. Copyright Screen
5. Vivendi Universal Games logo (2000-2005)
6. TakaWave logo (1995-2008)
7. Traveller's Tales logo (1994-2006)
8. Eurocom Entertainment Software logo (2003-2006)
9. Title Screen

### Xbox

1. Xbox Startup Screen
2. Loading Screen
3. Copyright Screen
4. Vivendi Universal Games logo (2000-2005)
5. TakaWave logo (1995-2008)
6. Traveller's Tales logo (1994-2006)
7. Eurocom Entertainment Software logo (2003-2006)
8. Title Screen

### Nintendo GameCube

1. Nintendo GameCube Startup Screen
2. Licensed by Nintendo Screen
3. Loading Screen
4. Copyright Screen
5. Vivendi Universal Games logo (2000-2005)
6. TakaWave logo (1995-2008)
7. Traveller's Tales logo (1994-2006)
8. Eurocom Entertainment Software logo (2003-2006)
9. Title Screen

### PC

1. Loading Screen
2. Copyright Screen
3. Vivendi Universal Games logo (2000-2005)
4. Fox Interactive logo (2002-2006)
5. TakaWave logo (1995-2008)
6. Traveller's Tales logo (1994-2006)
7. Eurocom Entertainment Software logo (2003-2006)
8. Title Screen

### Ben's Period

1. Ben's Period startup screen (2000-2013)
2. Ben's Disc Loading
3. Loading Screen
4. Copyright Screen
5. Vivendi Universal Games logo (2000-2005)
6. TakaWave logo (1995-2008)
7. Traveller's Tales logo (1994-2006)
8. Eurocom Entertainment Software logo (2003-2006)
9. Title Screen

## Trivia

* If Malachi stands around idle for long enough, he will play on his Game Boy Advance for a few seconds (GameCube version only).
* Queen Phia was referred to as Princess Phia on the back cover of the game.
* If you play a pirated version, you will always die on Queen Phia's stage due to "cheating".