>>25097194I still believe that this was made as byproduct of a then-current gaming fad that was going on at the time. First Jak and Daxter was just a friendly, colorful platformer until its edgy shooty-sequels came out. Then we get Bomberman Act Zero, which tried to reboot a cute little astronaut thing into a mean cyborg. We also got Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic with guns) and then '06 (Sonic, starring real human people). and a bunch of other stuff. happened to Ratchet: Deadlocked too. still love that game.