Let's Play Darkwing Duck (Game Boy) #3 | Steelbeak
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Darkwing Duck is a platformer on the Disney television series Darkwing Duck. The game was developed by Capcom for the NES in 1992 and was ported to the Game Boy in 1993. It was lauded for its quality and for keeping up with Capcom's high standards of the time.
A mysterious crime wave has hit St. Canard and S.H.U.S.H. requires the services of the caped crime fighter Darkwing Duck to stop it as it appears that F.O.W.L. and their valued operative Steelbeak is behind the uprising. They have hired six of Darkwing's greatest foes to wreak havoc in different areas throughout St. Canard. Darkwing must subdue each of these criminals in order to find Steelbeak and save the city.
Darkwing Duck is a platformer with a couple of elements similar to Capcom's Mega Man video game series. The gameplay is based on typical platforming while using a Gas Gun to take down enemies. The player may choose from three different stages at the start of the game with another set of three becoming available after that.
Once all six stages are clear, Darkwing proceeds to F.O.W.L.'s Floating Fortress for his final confrontation with Steel Beak. Allegedly the game itself is running on a tweaked Mega Man V engine, though this has never been confirmed.
Darkwing begins with his standard Gas Gun but can collect different types of gas throughout each stage: Thunder, Heavy, and Arrow. Each special gas requires having ammunition and take up different amounts and function differently, but the player can only have one type of special gas at a time.
The Game Boy version is largely identical to the NES version. As Capcom did with the Mega Man Game Boy titles, no sprites were downsizes, and the game takes place in a more confined space instead. As a result, the game retains the graphical quality of the NES version.