A bunch of Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I DON’T KNOW! details

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– Princess Bubblegum has employed Finn and Jake to determine why prisoners are escaping from the Land of Ooo
– Over 100 levels included
– Every five levels you return to the Candy Kingdom
– Here you switch characters and buy upgrades
– Boss battle every 10 levels
– New environment every 20 levels
– Defeat enemies, collect treasure, find the exit
– Can choose Jake, Finn, Parsley, Cinnamon Bun at the beginning of the game
– Unlock more playable and non-playable characters by rescuing them, defeating them, etc.
– All characters have their own unique attacks, etc.
– Differences in speed, attack power, health/defense, to ability to float across chasms
– Secret characters include Ice King, Marceline, and Lumpy Space Princess
– Can use a basic attack
– Hold to charge up your attack
– Cinnamon Bun can vomit a torrent of colorful sprinkles
– Die in a level and your teammates can come to your rescue and try to revive you before you disappear
– Otherwise you’ll need to wait until the next level
– Characters have a unique summon attack as well
– This builds up as you defeat enemies
– “The orange bar underneath the hearts [is] your… ‘imagination’ [which] builds up your summons. Finn’s is like a massive attack so every enemy gets damaged. Ice King… freezes everybody.” – D3 representative Edith Yang told
– Encounter different enemies based on the environment
– One enemy is the Hug Wolf
– Hug Wolves, “don’t actually hurt you, but… hug you,”
– Have to hug other players in order to dispel the curse
– Some treasures have “familiars”
– These have different effects that aid in attack, defense or do “absolutely nothing”
– Ex: Stanley the watermelon merely rolls around the characters’ legs
– Other treasures are automatically sent back to the Candy Kingdom upgrade station
– End of boss battles feature pixelated “screens” like PC classics such as Monkey Island
– Original voice acotrs involved
– Nintendo exclusive features
– Pays homages to Diablo, Gauntlet, etc.