![]() ![]() A Sega Saturn version was planned, but was shelved after the Saturn's lackluster performance in America.From there, the idea progressed to an item that could do hand-like motions, only with 1,000 times the strength of a typical human, before it finally evolved into the game's final premise of a male character, Wex, who controlled the "Rig". The pun is carried further by a bar of 'Im Just Wild About Harry' playing in the underscore of the opening credits. The title is a play on 'a wild hair', the first of many puns between 'hare' and 'hair' that would appear in Bugs Bunny titles. Initial ideas for the game included having a female character who possessed a special glove that could instantly vaporize enemies. A Wild Hare is a 1940 Merrie Melodies short directed by Tex Avery.What Could Have Been: According to the September 1997 issue of Ultra Game Players, an animated series was in the works to coincide with the game release. At its core, Wild9 Wild 9 is about a guy named Wex with a rather unspecified weapon called the RIG, an arm-mounted BuffySpeak tractor beam-like electric.The game was eventually released in September 1998. It was originally scheduled to be released in 1997, but Dave Perry fired a good chunk of the team members because they weren't delivering the effects and gameplay that he wanted. Troubled Production: The project began in 1996.Being a 2D sidescroller released just when 3D was starting to take over didn't help. ![]() ![]() Stillborn Franchise: Judging from the comic book style character designs along with the large amount of story, character information and world-building in the instruction booklet, it's pretty obvious that Shiny really wanted to make Wild 9 into a franchise. ![]()
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