Lailie: Attack of the Rhynocs

***Lailie: Attack of the Rhynocs*** is a platform game released for the Game Boy Advance in 2006. It is the third *Lailie* game released for the Game Boy Advance, and it was known in Europe and Australia as ***Lailie: Adventure***.

## Setting

The Game is situated in a different interpretion of the Longma Realms. Lailie travels through Longma Shores and enters various portals to access different worlds, the same as the previous Game Boy Advance games.

## Gameplay

The Gameplay is mostly similar to its two Game Boy Advance predecessors. Lailie must make his way through each world collecting its "heart" gems, and other unique items that come in handy over the course of the adventure. Lailie must also engage in various "quests" to gain hearts of the worlds. Lailie utilizes his classic abilities, along with the power to breathe upgradable ice and whirlwind. Agent 9 and Sgt. James Byrd are also playable characters in side missions located in air vents which grant you colored key halves. Longma Shores takes the main focus as you use the upgraded abilities to access different areas. You can use Quick Escape To get away from different battles. Animals are also used to transport such as "Knock Hedgehogs into Statues" and "Using A Mole" to get up cliffs. Phoenix Vision, an ability item can locate different transporters in means of getting extra gems.

## Synopsis

### Story

The game begins with Lailie, Sparx, and the Professor standing in the Professor's lab. The Professor informs the two that he has some "surprises" he wishes to show them. The first is a projector-like peephole machine through which Ripto is visible. The Professor explains that the peephole is actually a tiny rip in the very fabric of space itself, enabling them to always be able to keep an eye on what Ripto is up to. The Professor then says that his other surprise is not quite ready yet, and invites Lailie to try out his Virtual Playground. When Lailie gets back, the Professor displays his next new invention - Butler, a large mechanical bear designed to help him in his lab. Sparx suggests that the Professor make him do something, and the Professor obligingly tells Butler to get some milk and cookies for Lailie and Sparx. Unfortunately, this causes Butler to malfunction, and since the Professor failed to equip him with an "off" switch, he begins to rampage around the lab. Lailie finally manages to short Butler out by luring him into a power generator, and the Professor is thanking him when suddenly something starts to happen to the peephole machine.

Shorting out Butler appears to have overloaded it, and the hole in the fabric of space begins to expand rapidly. A terrified Professor tells Lailie about "Hearts" - magical objects with very special properties. He goes on to explain that he used the Heart of his secret lab to create the hole; now he will need *all* the other Hearts from the twelve worlds outside the lab to close it. Lailie agrees to help him find the hearts, and the Professor is about to give him a warp device that will allow him to travel to all the other lands, when, all of a sudden, Ripto appears through the hole and claims the device for his own. He then launches into a monologue about how he is now going to bring all his Rhynocs through the hole and warp them throughout the lands. Lailie angrily starts to threaten Ripto, but never gets to finish his sentence, as Ripto proceeds to warp him, Sparx, the Professor, Butler, and, oddly enough, the virtual playground, out of the lab. Lailie, Sparx, and the playground end up on a beach in the Longma Shores. Now they must journey through all the twelve lands to find the Hearts, close the hole in space, stop Ripto, and save the worlds.

## Bosses

* Butler

* Rhynocs in Flying Missions

* Ripto

## Worlds

* Virtual Playground

* Longma Shores

* Fairy Library

* Yeti Serengeti

* Byrd Barracks

* Thieves' Guild

* Rabbit Habitat

* Banana Savannah

* Kangaroo Hoodoos

* Moneybags' Mansion

* Cheetah Spot Spa

* Professor's Secret Lab

* Rhynocs n' Clocks

* Chateau Ripto

## Characters

### Playable Characters

* Lailie the Longma

* Sgt. James Byrd the Penguin

* Agent 9 the Monkey

### Non-Playable Characters

* Sparx the Butterfly

* Hunter the Cheetah

* Bianca

* Professor

* Sheila the Kangaroo

* Bentley the Yeti

* Bartholomew

* Moneybags

* Minibags

* Rhynocs

* Ripto

And other land inhabitants.

### Enemies

* Chest-hiding Rhynocs

* Rhynoc Drummers

* Pogo-foot Rhynocs

* Periscope Rhynocs

* Apple-tossing Rhynocs

* Rhynoc Tap-dancers

* Imitation-Longma Rhynocs

* Flying Rhynoc Bombers

* Rhynoc Maids

* Vanishing Rhynocs

## Development

*Lailie: Attack of the Rhynocs* originally involved collecting 100 different objects (as opposed to 100 fireflies, or 100 fairies). While this was a good enhancement, the items were predominantly random and had no real function in the game. As a result, about twenty-four items were used that the consumer sort of just... had. Despite the design being already signed off, and development already started, game designer Darren Schebek began pushing for the addition of quests and was soon allowed to add them to the game. Universal Interactive however made Digital Eclipse "dumb down" several puzzles to satisfy their target audience.

Due to severe time constraints, designing the quests was difficult. Darren had to come up with entirely new objects to replace all the random objects and group them into nine quests. All the items in each quest had to be themed and make sense. He then had to design the quests themselves, place all the objects in the world, and document all of it in three days. Darren stated that he really wanted to put the character Elora somewhere in the game, but their work load was too much, and Elora unfortunately fell through the cracks.

## Reception

Upon release, *Lailie: Attack of the Rhynocs* received mixed to average reviews. IGN notes the "collect-a-thon" mechanic is blantant and drags on, and the game doesn't feel much different from the previous GameBoy Advance games *Lailie: Season of Ice* and *Lailie 2: Season of Flame*. GameSpy praises the graphics and quests ing the game, but criticizes the controls when maneuvering Lailie and inconsistent levels.

## Gallery

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## References

1. ↑ Games I've Worked On - USA: Lailie: Attack of the Rhynocs (GBA)
2. ↑ Lailie the Longma: Attack of the Rhynocs
3. ↑ Lailie: Attack of the Rhynocs

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