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Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal

Publication information
Developer(s)	Insomniac Games
Publisher(s)	Sony Computer Entertainment
Release date	/ November 2, 2004^[1] (August 1, 2005 Greatest Hits re-release^[2]) November 12, 2004^[3] (June 17, 2005 Platinum re-release^[4]) (May 16 2012 Ratchet and Clank trilogy) November 18, 2004^[5] November 25, 2004^[5]
Genre	Action
Modes	Single player, Multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Teen (13+) PEGI: 3+
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2 and Playstation 3 (Ratchet & Clank trilogy)
Chronology
Preceded By	Going Commando
Followed By	Ratchet: Deadlocked

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Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (Japanese: ラチェット＆クランク３：突撃！ガラクチックレンジャーズ Rachetto & Kuranku 3: Totsugeki! Garakuchikku Renjāzu lit. Ratchet & Clank 3: Charge! Galactic Rangers) titled as Ratchet & Clank 3 in Europe, and Ratchet & Clank 3: Up Your Arsenal in Australia, is a action/shooter game developed by Insomniac and published by Sony. It was released in North America on November 2, 2004 and was met with critical acclaim, earning an average review score of about 90%.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10] It is the first game in the series to utilise Sony's Network Adapter for online play. Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal sold over 400,000 copies in its first year in PAL regions (Europe and Australia) earning it the Platinum title on June 17, 2005.^[4] It later earned the American region Greatest Hits title on August 1, 2005.^[2] It's th 3rd Ratchet game

PlotEdit

The European cover for *Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal*.
Added by Nifky

After playing a game of Galactic Chess in Clank's apartment on Megapolis in the Bogon Galaxy, Ratchet and Clank decide to turn on their Holo-Vision. While channel-surfing past Clank's new show, "Secret Agent Clank", Ratchet stumbled across a news report stating that his home planet in the Solana Galaxy, Veldin, was under attack by an army of Tyhrranoids. The duo immediately races to Veldin and upon landing, Ratchet was appointed as the new sergeant for the Galactic Rangers and forced to lead the defense force. Upon clearing the Tyhrranoid threat, Ratchet was contacted by the Galactic President. The President explained that a mysterious supervillain known as Dr. Nefarious was the mastermind behind this attack. The President then asked Ratchet and Clank to find the only man to survive a fight with Nefarious, who was believed to be living on planet Florana. After watching an episode of "Nature's Mysteries" about this person, known as the "Florana Tree Beast," they flew to the Nabla Forest where the Tree Beast forced them to cross the Path of Death. Afterwards, they defeated the Beast in a battle and unmasked him, revealing his true identity: Captain Qwark. Qwark somehow lost his memory and sanity, presumably while trying to save the plant life on Florana, and now believed himself to be a monkey. After Qwark and his cyclops-monkey companion, Skrunch were led to the ship, Sasha Phyronix, captain of the Starship Phoenix, was ordered by the President to assist Ratchet and Clank.

Aboard the Starship, the duo left Captain Qwark in his new quarters. Upon entering the control room, they found Sasha listening to a distress transmission from the President, now revealed to be Sasha's father, on the Galactic Capital, Marcadia. Nefarious interrupted this transmission and declared war on all organic life forms, whom he called "Squishies." Ratchet and Clank immediately ventured out to the capital city to assist the Galactic Rangers in defending the President. Once they cleared the Capitol Building's courtyard of all threats, Ratchet and Clank were sent to the Laser Defense Facility to help restore power to the defense grid. When they reached the facility, they encountered their old friend Big Al "fixing" defense grid. When Al finished fixing the grid, he gave the two his First Edition copy of the Captain Qwark Vid-Comic issue 1. Upon return to the Phoenix, Ratchet played this Vid-Comic on his VG-9000 game system, and the completion of this Vid-Comic sparked Qwark's memory. While Captain Qwark went through rehabilitation and finished fully regaining his senses, Ratchet and Clank were sent to Annihilation Nation to attempt to win the Tyhrraguise, a gadget that transforms the user's appearance into that of a Tyhrranoid. When they returned to the Phoenix after winning the device, they learned that the President had placed Qwark in direct command of the war, and that Qwark had created a squad in their absence.

The "Q-Force", consisting of Big Al, Clank, Helga, Qwark himself, Ratchet, Sasha Skidd McMarx, and Skrunch, was assigned a new mission to infiltrate Nefarious' underwater base on Aquatos to acquire as much information on the enemy's plans as possible. Oddly enough, they discovered that Dr. Nefarious was Clank's biggest fan, and Clank found and downloaded an encrypted star-map to the Tyhrranoids' home planet, Tyhrranosis. Nefarious was shocked to see that his base has been infiltrated, and outraged to find that Qwark was behind it. After Al decrypted the starmap, the group infiltrated and destroyed the base, killing what seemed to be the Queen of the Tyhrranoids. Dr. Nefarious sent the Q-Force a transmission that Al soon traced to planet Daxx.

When the duo landed, they explored the weaposn' facility, eventually coming across classified plans of a new super-weapon capable of wiping out all life, known as the Biobliterator. Clank also found that a transport ship had just left for the Obani Gemini moons the day before. Ratchet, Clank, and Skidd made their way through the first two moons, only to find the third was protected by a "Omega Class Disintegration Shield". Ratchet received an urgent call from the Galactic Rangers who needed his help on Blackwater City against the Tyhrranoids. Ratchet was forced to leave to help them, but Skidd decided to stay and work on the force field. Ratchet and Clank arrived on planet Rilgar and were able to help the Galactic Rangers defend their base. The pair soon discovered that they needed to find Courtney Gears, a pop-star singer who they believed was working with Nefarious. Ratchet and Clank returned to Annihilation Nation to enter the "Meet Courtney" challenge. They were able to complete the challenge and meat Ms. Gears, who was surprised to meet Clank there. When Clank asked her where Nefarious was, she said she would tell him if he got her a part on Secret Agent Clank. He accepted and took her to the set of Secret Agent Clank. Ratchet, however, wasn't allowed to join them, and was forced to wait at Clank's trailer. When filming ended, Clank asked for information on Nefarious, but Gears knocked him out and brought him directly into the arms of Nefarious. Nefarious gave Clank two choices: to either join him in conquering the galaxy and ruling a universe full of robots, or to die with the "Squishies" and become a traitor to his own kind. Back at Clank's trailer, Ratchet was ambushed by the Tyhrranoids. After fighting his way back to the ship alone, he found Clank, who was acting very strange. When Ratchet asked him about the whereabouts of Nefarious, Clank said he found that Nefarious was on a star cruiser called the Leviathan.

The two landed on Obani Draco, the third moon, when Skid was able to bring the shield down. As it turned out, it was actually Courtney's hideout. The two discovered that the Biobliterator was currently stationed there. They quickly traversed the moon and defeated Gears. Upon finishing her off, they received a transmission from Sasha, who tracked the Leviathan to the Zeldrin Starport. They left Skidd - who had been transformed into a robot by the Biobliterator, to be picked up later by the Q-Force and used as a test subject - and headed for the starport to meet up with Qwark.

The Q-Force reached the Leviathan and fought their way through hordes of enemies until they found Nefarious waiting. It was revealed that it was a trap when Nefarious activated the self-destruct system and teleported away. Ratchet & Clank escaped to the Phoenix, but Qwark stayed behind, claiming he saw something important. Ratchet and Clank flew off just as the Leviathan exploded, still debating whether to leave Qwark behind.

After an impromptu funeral for Qwark on the Phoenix, Ratchet and Clank flew to the city of Metropolis, the next city Tyhrranoid attack. During the battle, Nefarious used the Biobliterator to turn helpless citizens and Tyhrranoid invaders alike into robots. Ratchet battled his way to a hovering train, where it was revealed that the real Clank had been the prisoner of Dr. Nefarious since the filming of Secret Agent Clank at Holostar Studios. Clank had been replaced by a clone made by Nefarious named Klunk. After defeating Klunk, Ratchet and Clank were reunited and flew to Zeldrin to investigate the wreckage of the Leviathan, hoping to find what Qwark was looking for.

On Zeldrin, they discovered an encrypted data disc (The Master Plan), and a recording that revealed that Qwark was alive when the cruiser went down. They resolved not to tell the crew that Qwark was alive until they found out why he faked his death. After playing a Vid-Comic that contained possible information as to the whereabouts of Qwark's hideout, they flew to the Thran Asteroid Belt and battled past security robots and hostile Megacorp Lawn Ninjas until they found Captain Qwark himself, who had abandoned his fight against Nefarious in favor of the comfort and safety of his hideout. Ratchet left in disgust, but Clank made one last appeal to Qwark, claiming that he had the chance "to become the hero [Qwark] had always wanted to be."

When they returned to their ship, they received a garbled transmission from Sasha, warning them that the Phoenix was under attack. Ratchet and Clank sped to the Starship and helped the Galactic Rangers regain control of the ship and free the captured Q-Force members. After being rescued, Al told Ratchet that he had finally cracked the encryption on the data disc, which contained a complete copy of Nefarious' battle plans. Ratchet had to fly to the planet Koros to destroy the Biobliterator before it was unleashed on his beloved home, Veldin.

Ratchet and Clank reached Koros, and after battling hordes of Nefarious' troops, Clank used the Ion Cannon there to destroy the Biobliterator. However, Sasha soon reported that a second Biobliterator was housed at a command center on planet Mylon, guarded by an entire army of robot Tyhrranoids. Ratchet and Clank flew to Mylon, fought through the Command Center, and reached the Biobliterator, just in time for Dr. Nefarious and his butler Lawrence to escape. Luckily, a dropship arrived for Ratchet and Clank to pursue Nefarious to his launch site.

At the launch site, Ratchet and Clank battled Dr. Nefarious once and for all. After a short while, he fell down and begged for mercy, fooling Ratchet into a false sense of victory before running away. Ratchet chased after Nefarious, and with the help of the Galactic Rangers, defeated him. Nefarious and Lawrence then warped into the Biobliterator, which transformed into a Giant Mech. When the battle seemed lost, Captain Qwark flew in to help fight alongside them. Ratchet and Captain Qwark engaged in aerial combat against Nefarious and the Biobliterator and eventually destroyed it. The Biobliterator entered self-destruct mode and sent Nefarious and Lawrence into the depths of space on a floating rock.

The ending fades to the premiere of the latest Secret Agent Clank holofilm, where Clank and Skrunch faced off against arch-enemy Maximillian's forces on a snowy world.

The last scene depicts of Dr. Nefarious and Lawrence sitting on an isolated asteroid with no escape in sight.

AppearancesEdit

CharactersEdit

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TechnologyEdit

WeaponsEdit

Main article: List of weapons#Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal

Insomniac expanded on the extremely popular concept of the weapons' upgrading based on usage, with five possible upgrades initially and another three in the "challenge mode" for a total of eight versions of each weapon. Rather significant upgrades (such as enabling a "lock-on" mode) can be added in certain levels in addition to the standard increase in range, power and ammo capacity; upgrading to the final level (both "level 5" in the standard campaign and "level 8 Omega" in challenge mode). Another improvement from the previous game, Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando, is that imported weapons (the ones that continue from the previous game, such as the Miniturret Glove) can also enjoy the many levels of upgrades that the new ones have.

GadgetsEdit

Main article: List of gadgets#Ratchet_&_Clank:_Up_Your_Arsenal

Many of Ratchet's devices were carried over from Ratchet & Clank to Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando, but the alterations from Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando to Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal are much greater. The "Swingshot" idea has been combined with the "Dynamo" becoming the "Hypershot", and the button-timing puzzles of the "Electrolyzer" or "Infiltrator" are replaced with an abstract shooting game called the "Hacker".

ArmorEdit

ItemsEdit

SkinsEdit

Old School Ratchet
Trooper
Brainius
Buginoid
Constructobot
Robo
Robo Rooster
Snowman Skin
Tuxedo Ratchet
Ninja (multiplayer only)
Bones (multiplayer only)
Blarg (multiplayer only)
Tyhrranoid (multiplayer only)
Thug (multiplayer only)
Skrunch (multiplayer only)
Bruiser (multiplayer only)
Hot Bot (multiplayer only)
Gladiola (multiplayer only)
Gray (multiplayer only)
Beach Bunny (multiplayer only)
Evil Clown (multiplayer only)
Dr. Nefarious (multiplayer only)
Dan (multiplayer only)
Santa Ratchet (Japan only)
Pipo-Saru Ratchet (Japan only)
Saurus Ratchet (Japan only)

Drivable vehiclesEdit

Planets and locationsEdit

Veldin - Kyzil Plateau
Florana - Nabla Forest
Starship Phoenix
Marcadia - Capital City
Annihilation Nation - Station Q9
Aquatos - Deep Sea Hideout
Tyhrranosis - Korgon Base and Kavu Island
Daxx - Research Facility
Holostar Studios - Lot 43 and Lot 42
Zygan System - Obani Gemini, Obani Pollux and Obani Draco
Rilgar - Blackwater City
Joraal Nebula - Zeldrin Starport
Zeldrin - Crash Site
Kerwan - Metropolis
Aridia - Outpost X12
Qwark's Hideout - Thran Asteroid Belt
Koros - Ion Cannon
Mylon - Launch Site and Command Center
Insomniac Moon - Insomniac Museum

TrophiesEdit

Character trophies: These nine trophies are found in many places on single planets.

Ratchet Trophy - This trophy can be found in Nabla Forest on Florana. In the second building there's a hidden lookout terrace to the left of an upper terrace. You can walk across the roof ledge.

Al Trophy - This Trophy is found on Tyrranosis on the mission where you must destroy the four plasma turrets. The path to the turret on the far right when facing forward is where you get the trophy. You must kill the Tyrranoid on the high up platform and then jump not wall jump on the side of the platform then double jump up to the ledge of that platform and you will get the trophy.

The Plumber Trophy - On Daxx it is located on the balcony of the building where Ratchet finds the Charge Boots.

Clank Trophy - At the Holostar Studios it is located on a platform to the right of the elevator near the first Hacker Terminal at the very top. Turn to your left if you are facing forwards and you will see an orange ledge. Either high jump or double jump up on this ledge and you will find the Clank trophy.

Skrunch Trophy - On Metropolis it is just after the curved bridge, through the window on the right.

Dr. Nefarious Trophy - On Zeldrin at the crash it's located on a ledge after the second set of debris.

Qwark Trophy - This trophy can be found on Thran at the end of the last corridor in the pod on the left (behind the glass window) right near Qwark's hideout.

Courtney Gears Trophy - On Koros it's located inside the building next to the stacked metallic crates.

Lawrence Trophy - On Mylon it's located at the top of the ramp along the section before the Hacker terminal, located on top of a storage tank at the top of the ramp.

Task trophies: These six trophies are found after do tasks on multiple planets.

Titanium bolt Trophy - Rewarded for collecting all 40 titanium bolts.

Skill Master Trophy - Rewarded for achieving all 30 skill points.

Annihilation Nation Trophy - This trophy is only awarded after completing ALL the gauntlet and gladiator challenges at Annihilation Nation. You must complete the Qwarktastic Challenge at least once.

Friend of the Rangers Trophy - This trophy is only awarded after successfully completing ALL the Ranger battle missions including Operation Iron Shield, Island Strike, Black Tide, Urban Storm & Death Valley.

Omega Arsenal Trophy - Rewarded for upgrading all weapons to Omega level (excluding the RYNOCIRATOR).

Nano Finder Trophy - This trophy is only awarded after accumulating 200 Nano Health Slots. This can only be done in Challenge Mode and you'll have to get about 1/2 way through the game to get health of 200 it.

Demo gameEdit

On Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal there is a demo of Sly 2. To play this, on the main menu, hold L1+L2+R1+R2, then press start, after that then a message will come up. With some versions of the game a free demo disk was included inside the game case allowing the player to play on the Sly 2 demo without entering the code.^[source?]

Beat this demo and a cheat will come up when you press: circle, square, circle, square, up, down, left, left. ^[11] Do this during game play on the main game. Then, enter the code in the pause menu. You get a visual replacement of Ratchet's wrench, giving him the Dual Laser Saber.

Online and splitscreen multiplayerEdit

Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal featured online multiplayer modes, Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, and Siege (in which you storm your opponents' base and try to destroy the power core within) are all represented. Up to eight gamers can play at a time, and the game supports voice chat through a PS2 compatible headset.

You can also play the same games with a friend offline, using two to four controllers.

The weapons of the multiplayer are from the previous Ratchet & Clank games and from Up Your Arsenal single player mode. All of the weapons can be upgraded to V2 by killing enough players with the weapon.

In addition, online rankings can be found on the Insomniac website, but you must register at the community page first.

GraphicsEdit

Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal is one of the few PlayStation 2 games to support both 480P graphics and 16:9 widescreen technologies.

Critical receptionEdit

The game received very positive reviews form a variety of reviewers. GamePro gave the game 4.5 out of 5 stars^[6] and Daily Game.net gave an overall of 9.6 out of 10, with the lowest category being sound (9.2 out of 10) and the highest being gameplay(9.7 out of 10).^[10] Gamespot rated the game 8.7 out of 10 which, while being a good rating, is lower than average scores.^[7] IGN rated Up Your Arsenal as "incredible" with a 9.6 out of 10 overall, it also won an editor's choice award on the site.^[8] GameSpy called the game "outstanding" with five out of five stars, and a "great" multiplayer factor which was the highest multiplayer rating available at the time.^[9] Average critic scores out ten were 9.1, the results where from up to 73 different reviews^[7]^[8]. Game Informer gave the game a 10 out of 10, and the game earned the Game of the Year award. They said the game was absolutely perfect, except they did not particularly like the menu color.^[12]Up Your Arsenal,other than Tools of Destruction is the most critically acclaimed game in the Ratchet and Clank series.

TriviaEdit

The "&" (ampersand) sign in the logo is flipped over to form a "3", indicating that it is the third title in the series.
The meaning of 'arsenal' in Up Your Arsenal is an array of weapons or a collection of weapons, so in this context it means 'up your collection of weapons'. Since that the amount of weapons on Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal is quite a lot, this meaning would apply to the title of the game.
Like on most covers of Ratchet & Clank in Japan, the characters look more happy and cute looking rather than more serious. This is under the cartooning-art style of anime.
The cover of the game was later reused in Ratchet & Clank: Going Mobile.
The imported weapon from Going Commando, the Lava Gun, had a separate upgrade to Going Commando. Instead of the Meteor Gun, it became the Liquid Nitrogen Gun, due to fan complaints that the Meteor Gun changed the entire way the original weapon was meant to be used.
Up Your Arsenal is the first Ratchet & Clank game to reuse music from past games of the series (excluding the remixes for Blackwater City and Metropolis).
- Annihilation Nation's Arena Combat theme - Theme for the Levitator portion of the level from Planet Aranos. (GC)
- Annihilation Nation's Boss theme - Theme for destroying the Blarg tankers over Pokitaru. (R&C)
- Crash Site on Planet Zeldrin - Blargian Snagglebeast fight music from Umbris. (R&C)
- Planet Mylon Command Center - Destroying the cannons surrounding Drek's Fleet in the Veldin Orbit. (R&C)
- Vid-Comic 1 - Special Edition (The version played in the Insomniac Museum featuring the Captain Blackstar fight) - Rail grinding music from Fort Krontos, Batalia. (R&C)
The orange-brown HUD was actually coloured blue, similar to Going Commando's during most of development, but was changed near the end of development to its current scheme. ^[13]