Issac the Speedman (series)

**Issac the Jaguar** is an American action-adventure video game series developed by and owned by TakaWave. The video game series was released on March 24, 1990. Issac the Jaguar is inspired by Sega's *Sonic the Hedgehog*, Nintendo's *Super Mario*, Ubisoft's *Rayman*, Activision's *Crash Bandicoot* and *Spyro*, Disney's *Mickey Mouse* and Warner Bros.' *Looney Tunes* and *Collin the Speedy Boy*. Also, it is inspired by King Features Syndicate's *Popeye the Sailor* and Hanna-Barbera's *Huckleberry Hound* as well.

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The game follows a 15-years-old anthropomorphic talking jaguar named Issac, who can run with using super speed. His abilities are spin dash, spin attack, drop dash, tackle attack, double kick, bite attack, doggy punch, and ground pound. Issac is also known as the "World's Fastest Panthera". He can save the world after his enemy, Dr. Chickson from releasing the robots.

## History

After released of *Prince Arabia* and being influenced by Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. in 1986, TakaWave wanted to develop a game featuring a mascot for the company. TakaWave founder Jeremy Carpenter wanted a character as iconic as Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse.

TakaWave developed ideas for characters, an engine, and gameplay mechanics. Issac was originally going to be a pink-haired girl named "Zoey" and was to grab and throw stuff at enemies, showed promise at first but was too complex for the available hardware. The team decided to make the main character a jaguar that can roll into a ball, Zoey was reworked to be a jaguar as a boy and renamed the main character, Issac the Jaguar. Therefore, Issac the Jaguar was born.

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## Games

### Main Series

#### Classic Era

* Issac the Jaguar (Genesis, Amiga; 1990)
* Issac the Jaguar 2 (SNES, Genesis; 1991)
* Issac CD (Sega CD, 3D0, Atari Jaguar CD; 1992)
* Issac the Jaguar 3 (SNES, Genesis, Amiga; 1993)
* Issac Extreme! (PS1, Saturn, N64, PC; 1997)
* Issac: The World of Darkness (JeremyVast, Dreamcast, N64, PS1, PC; 1999)
* Issac: The Tales of Robo (JeremyVast, GameCube, Xbox, PS2, PC; 2001)
* Issac & Malachi: Lost in Time (JeremyVast, GameCube, Xbox, PS2, PC, Game Boy Advance; 2003)

#### Modern Era

* Issac's Adventure (Jeremy Z60, PS3, PS2, GameCube, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360, PC; 2007)
* Issac's World (PS3, PSP, Xbox 360, Wii, DS; 2008)
* Issac's Adventure 2 (Jeremy Z60, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360, PC; 2010)
* Issac Heroes (Jeremy Z60, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360, PC; 2011)
* Issac: Omega Rush (Wii U, PS3, PSVita, Xbox 360, PC; 2012)
* Issac: Before the Sequel (Wii U, Wii, PS3, PSVita, Xbox 360, PC; 2013)
* Isaiah the Jaguar (Wii U, Wii, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4; 2013)
* Issac Rush (Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS; 2013)
* Issac: After the Sequel (Wii U, PS3, PS4, PSVita, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Funcom, PC; 2016)
* Issac Tales (Nintendo 3DS; 2016)
* Issac and the Crystal Eggs (PS4, PSVita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, 3DS, Funcom, PC; 2017)
* Issac: The Battle Forces (PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Funcom, PC; 2018)
* Issac Generations (Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS4, PS3, Wii U, Wii, 3DS, Funcom, PC; 2020)
* Issac: Time-Past! (Nintendo Switch, PS4, PSVita, Xbox One, Funcom, PC; 2020)

### Spin-Off Series

#### Classic Era

* Issac the Jaguar (NES, Game Boy, Master System, Game Gear, Atari Lynx; 1990)
* Issac the Jaguar 2 (NES, Game Boy, Master System, Game Gear, Atari Lynx; 1991)
* Issac Spinball (SNES, Genesis; 1992)
* Issac Chaos (NES, Game Boy, Master System, Game Gear, Atari Lynx; 1992)
* Issac Double Trouble (NES, Game Boy, Master System, Game Gear, Atari Lynx; 1993)
* Punch's Techstar (Sega CD, PS1, Saturn, 32X, 3D0, Atari Jaguar; 1994)
* Sidney's Adventure (Game Boy, Game Gear, Atari Lynx; 1994)
* Issac & TakaWave Jam! (PS1, Saturn; 1996)
* Issac R (PS1, Saturn N64; 1996)
* Issac Blast (Game Boy, Game Gear; 1997)
* Issac Party (PS1, Dreamcast, N64; 2000)
* Issac's Land (Game Boy Advance; 2001)
* Isaac's Land 2 (Game Boy Advance; 2003)
* Issac Party 2 (GameCube, Xbox, and PlayStation 2; 2004)
* Issac's Land 3 (Game Boy Advance; 2005)

####  Modern Era

* Issac's Pinball Time (Game Boy Advance and Game Gear Neo; 2007)
* Issac's Party 3 (Dreamcast Qube, Dreamcast Crystal, PS2, PS3, Wii, GameCube, Xbox 360; 2007)
* Issac: Pocket Adventure (Nintendo DS and Sega LX; 2012
* Issac Classic Collection (Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS; 2013)
* Issac: Tetris Puzzle (Dreamcast T23, Dreamcast Qube, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4, PSVita, Wii U, Wii, Nintendo 3DS, PC, iOS, Android, Windows 10; 2015)

### Remakes

* Sidney & Punch: The Duel Advance! (Game Boy Advance, 2002) (remake to *Punch's Techstar* and *Sidney's Adventure*)
* Issac the Jaguar DS (Nintendo DS; 2007) (remake to *Issac Chaos* and *Issac Double Trouble*)
* Issac the Jaguar 3D (Nintendo 3DS, 2012) (remake to *Issac's Adventure*)
* Issac's Adventure 2: Battle (Wii U, PC; 2015) (remake to *Issac's Adventure 2*)
* Issac's Adventure DX (Wii U, PC; 2016) (remake to *Issac's Adventure*)

 Characters

### Main Characters

* **Issac the Speedman** - Issac is a 15-years-old teenage boy. Issac's abilities are spin dash, spin attack, drop dash, tackle attack, double kick, bite attack, doggy punch, and ground pound. He is voiced by James Arnold Taylor (1997-2005), Jason Griffith (2007-2012) and Josh Keaton (2013-present).
* **Sidney** - Sidney is an 8-years-old flying boy. He is Issac's best friend. He is also a helper of Issac. Sidney's tails can make him fly like a helicopter. He is voiced by Grey Griffin (1997-2013) and Jessica DiCicco (2013-present).
* **Punch** - Tucker is a 17-years-old muscular boy. He is Issac and Sidney's best friend. He can smash the hard rocks, wood and bricks. Punch can punch the enemies just like Issac, but his fists are stronger. He is voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson (1997-2005), Jeff Bennett (2008-2012), and Nolan North (2013-present).
* **Zoey Eilcole** - Zoey is a 12-years-old girl. She is Tinny's love interest. She was rescued by Tinny after the destruction. Katie can spend time with the brown panthera. She is voiced by Anndi McAfee (1997-2005) and Sarah Silverman (2006-present).

### Minor Characters

* **Emily the Lamb** - Emiliy is a 7-years-old lamb. She is Zoey's best friend. She is voiced by Tara Strong (2004-present).
* **Isaish the Jaguar** - Isaish is a 18-years-old black jaguar. She is Issac's rival. He is voiced by Yuri Lownethal (2010-present).
* **Chaya the Bat** - Chaya is a 16-years-old bat. She is voiced by Tress MacNeille (2010-2011) and Janet Varney (2012-present)
* **Pasteur the Dog** - Pasteur is a 15-years-old teenage gray dog. She is voiced by Amanda Leighton (2013-present).

### Villains

* **Dr. Chickson** - Dr. Chickson is an evil mad scientist girl. She is Tinny's enemy. She is voiced by Tress MacNeille.
* **Finger, Granding, and Peanuts** - Finger, Granding, and Peanuts are Dr. Chickson's robotic dog henchbots. They only appear in *The Adventures of Issac the Jaguar*, as well as the comics. Wreck is a bloodhound and Neck is a basset hound. They are voiced by Mala Miles, Jim Cummings and Frank Welker.
* **Lucy the Cyborg Cat** - Lucy is Chickson's second-in-command. She is a orange wolf with a robotic replacement on her arm. First appears in *Adventure*. She is voiced by Mae Whitman (2006-present).
* **Time Dimension** - Time Dimension is a mysterious alien creature appearing in *Generations*.

 Common features

### Gameplay

The gameplay of the main series contains 2D platform style, which is similar to original Sonic the Hedgehog games and Rayman games. In 3D games, the gameplay is similar to 3D Sonic the Hedgehog games.

### Cutscenes

The cutscenes are made of computer-animation and hand-drawn animation, but the gameplay is made of pixel animation (which is used for 2D games) and cel-shaded (which is used for 3D games). Also, the cutscenes are used by hand-drawn animation software, Toon Boom Animation, and CGI cutscenes are animated by TakaWave Animation World.

## Other media

### Television

* The Adventures of Issac the Jaguar (1992-1993, produced by Paramount Television Animation, Amblin Television, Nelvana, Mala M. Productions and Amblimation)
* Issac the Jaguar: The Fastest Alive (2003-2006, produced by TakaWave Animation, Paramount Television Animation & DiC Entertainment)
* Issac: Ready, Fast, Go! (2011-2016, produced by TakaWave Animation and Paramount Television Animation)

### Film

* Issac the Jaguar: The Legend of Metal Jaguar (1996, produced by TakaWave Animation and Paramount Television Animation; direct-to-film)
* Issac the Jaguar: The Demon World (2000, produced by TakaWave Animation, DiC Entertainment and Paramount Television Animation; direct-to-film)
* Issac the Jaguar: Roxie Strikes Back (2003, produced by TakaWave Animation, DiC Entertainment and Paramount Television Animation; direct-to-film)
* Issac the Jaguar: The Secret of the Color Lights (2006, produced by TakaWave Animation, DiC Entertainment and Paramount Television Animation; direct-to-film)

* Issac the Jaguar (2020, produced by Paramount Pictures, TSG Entertainment  Paramount Animation and TakaWave Animation)
* Punch and the Techstar (2021, produced by Paramount Pictures, TSG Entertainment, Paramount Animation and TakaWave Animation)
* Issac: Infinities (2023, produced by Paramount Pictures, TSG Entertainment, Paramount Animation and TakaWave Animation)
* Isaish: Legacies of Dark (2023, produced by Paramount Pictures, TSG Entertainment, Paramount Animation and TakaWave Animation)
* Issac: Enter the Dimension (2025, produced by Paramount Pictures, TSG Entertainment, Paramount Animation and TakaWave Animation)
* The Ring-Liberty (2026, produced by Paramount Pictures, TSG Entertainment, Paramount Animation and TakaWave Animation)
* Punch and the Techstar: Dark Legion (2027, produced by Paramount Pictures, TSG Entertainment, Paramount Animation and TakaWave Animation)
* The Ring-Liberty: The Master of the Kingdom (2027, produced by Paramount Pictures, TSG Entertainment, Paramount Animation and TakaWave Animation)
* Issac: Coming of Killoer (2029, produced by Paramount Pictures, TSG Entertainment, Paramount Animation and TakaWave Animation)

## Trivia

* This game series takes inspirations from Sega's *Sonic the Hedgehog*, Nintendo's *Super Mario*, Ubisoft's *Rayman* and Activision's *Crash Bandicoot* and *Spyro*.

* Sometime after the released of *Sonic the Hedgehog*, Sega sued TakaWave when they thought TakaWave ripped off *Sonic* for the first time, however, that company lost the suit, and as a result, TakaWave continued producing *Issac the Jaguar* games.