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The Ratchet & Clank series is a series of 3D platform/third-person shooter video games developed by Insomniac Games and High Impact Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. As the series grew it became more of a franchise with merchandise and other media such as comic books. The Ratchet & Clank games up to A Crack in Time (not counting Ratchet & Clank: Going Mobile) have combined to sell over 23 million copies worldwide.^[2]

The series' two main characters are Ratchet, a Lombax mechanic, and Clank, his robotic companion. Ratchet is controlled by the player for the majority of the game series. The series is known for its over-the-top weapons. The currency of the game's worlds are bolts, and the health unit is Nanotech. There are also space combat levels.

Contrary to popular belief, the PlayStation 2 games do not run on a modified version of Naughty Dog's Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy engine.^[3] However, some renderers from Naughty Dog were used.

Contents 1 Games 1.1 Ratchet & Clank 1.2 Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando 1.3 Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal 1.4 Ratchet: Deadlocked 1.5 Ratchet & Clank: Going Mobile 1.6 Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters 1.7 Secret Agent Clank 1.8 PlayStation Move Heroes 1.9 Ratchet & Clank Future series 1.9.1 Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction 1.9.2 Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty 1.9.3 Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time 1.10 Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One 2 Upcoming Games 2.1 The Ratchet & Clank Trilogy 2.2 PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale 3 Cancelled Games 3.1 Ratchet & Clank: Clone Home 4 Mini-games 4.1 Challenge Clank 4.2 My Blaster Runs Hot 4.3 8-Bit Mini Mayhem 4.4 Race Through Time 5 Books, Comics and Manga 5.1 Ratchet & Clank Manga 5.2 The Adventures of Captain Starshield 5.3 Ratchet & Clank comic series 6 Connections with other games 6.1 Spyro 6.2 Jak and Daxter 6.3 Resistance 6.4 Sly Cooper 6.5 Super Mario Bros. 6.6 Hotshots Golf: FORE! 7 See also 8 External links 9 Sources and references

GamesEdit

Ratchet & ClankEdit

Ratchet & Clank was released on November 4, 2002 in North America and Europe on the PlayStation 2. In the game, Chairman Drek plans to take pieces of different planets across the Solana Galaxy and create one planet for his people, the Blarg. Aside from the two protagonists, the game also introduces Captain Qwark, who appears in most of the following games.

Ratchet & Clank was the first Western game to be bundled in with the PlayStation 2 in Japan.

Ratchet & Clank: Going CommandoEdit

The sequel, Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando (Ratchet & Clank: Locked and Loaded or Ratchet & Clank 2 in the UK and Europe), was released on November 11, 2003 in North America on the PlayStation 2. There are many improvements over the first game, in that weapons, and also Ratchet's spaceship, can be modified. Going Commando also introduced strafing to gameplay. The game takes place in a different setting than the first game, this time in the Bogon Galaxy.

Ratchet's personality is drastically different in Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando, since many people complained about his attitude in the first game.

Ratchet & Clank: Up Your ArsenalEdit

The third game in the series, Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (Ratchet & Clank 3 in the UK and Europe) was released on November 2, 2004 in North America on the PlayStation 2. UYA improves on Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando by adding more weapons and mods. In UYA, Ratchet and Clank take on Dr. Nefarious in his plan to turn all of the Solana Galaxy population into robots.

Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal is also the first game in the series to offer online competitive multiplayer.

Ratchet: DeadlockedEdit

Released on October 25, 2005 for the PlayStation 2, Ratchet: Deadlocked (Ratchet: Gladiator in the UK and Europe). In Deadlocked, Ratchet and Clank are captured and forced to compete in an underground sport called "DreadZone" in a remote section of the Solana Galaxy known as the "Shadow Sector", run by the media mogul Gleeman Vox. Ratchet: Deadlocked supports online play and a cooperative mode.

In Ratchet: Deadlocked, Clank is reduced to an unplayabale, supporting character, reflecting the game's title.

Ratchet & Clank: Going MobileEdit

Ratchet & Clank: Going Mobile was released in November 2005 only for mobile phones. A 2D platformer, it was not developed by Insomniac, but by the company Handheld Games. Ratchet & Clank are transported into your mobile phone and have to fight their way back out. There are seven weapons available, and twelve levels (including an Arena). Finally, they have to defeat Maximillian, Secret Agent Clank's nemesis.

Going Mobile is the first 2D Ratchet & Clank installment, only available on mobile phones.

Ratchet & Clank: Size MattersEdit

Another Ratchet & Clank game, Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters. Now available for both the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable this time however developed by High Impact Games, a company composed of former Insomniac Games employees. Ratchet and Clank are having a well-earned vacation on Pokitaru when a little girl named Luna is kidnapped and the duo are lured into a scheme plotted out by an ancient race of Technomites.

Secret Agent Clank Edit

Secret Agent Clank is the first game focused on Clank, who goes on a mission to rescue Ratchet after he is found guilty for a crime he didn't commit. It is then up to Clank to prove his innocence. It was released on the PlayStation Portable worldwide by High Impact Games and on the PlayStation 2 in America only by Sanzaru Games.

PlayStation Move Heroes Edit

PlayStation Move Heroes is a 2011 Action-adventure video game developed by Nihilistic Software for the PlayStation 3 video game console utilizing the PlayStation Move. In this game participate: Ratchet & Clank, Jak & Daxter and Sly & Bentley franchises to form a total of six main characters.

Ratchet & Clank Future seriesEdit

The Ratchet & Clank Future series consists of three games. Named the "Future" trilogy due to the 3 games being the first Ratchet & Clank titles to be on the PS3 exclusives, the games have a single story arc that is more dramatic and emotional than the plots of previous titles.

Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of DestructionEdit

The first Ratchet & Clank game for the PlayStation 3 was released October 23, 2007. Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction was developed once again by Insomniac Games for the PlayStation 3. It is also the first game to be set in the Polaris Galaxy. Ratchet learns about the Lombax Secret, and that he is the only Lombax that remains in the universe. Meanwhile, Emperor Percival Tachyon tries to bring back the Cragmites from Banishment, which involves finding the Lombax Secret. There are many gameplay and graphical improvements from PS2 titles and it has been highly praised.

Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for BootyEdit

Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty is the first game to be downloadable content from the PlayStation Network, in Europe it was released on Blu-Ray disc as well, both for the PS3. It is the seventh installment in the Ratchet & Clank series, and takes place after Tools of Destruction. It sees Ratchet trying to track down Clank, after the Zoni took him away at the end of Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction. It was released on the PlayStation Network on August 21, 2008.

Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in TimeEdit

Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time is the latest game in the Ratchet & Clank Future series. It was released for the PlayStation 3 on October 27, 2009. The game takes place after the events of Quest for Booty and focuses on Dr. Nefarious returning with another master plan. Ratchet and Clank are still separated, but nevertheless co-operate remotely. Ratchet meets another Lombax named Alister Azimuth on his journey who serves as a mentor.

Ratchet & Clank: All 4 OneEdit

Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One includes co-operative multiplayer and it allows up to four players to play as either Ratchet, Clank, Qwark and Nefarious. After Nefarious' evil plan backfires and the four are trapped in the Creature Collector, they have to cooperate to get back home.

Upcoming GamesEdit

The Ratchet & Clank TrilogyEdit

The Ratchet & Clank Trilogy was leaked by Amazon France with a release date of May 16 2012. On March 12, 2012,

Here it was referred to as Ratchet & Clank HD Collection, Sony confirmed that a Ratchet and Clank HD collection is to come and the release date is still May 16 in Europe and Fall in America. The game has the original three games plus trophies and online support for Up Your Arsenal's multiplayer.

It seems to have a similar scheme to Size Matters, as the 'Ratchet' is orange, and the bar for 'collection' is similar to the 'SIZE MATTERS' part of the logo. Strangely, the collection does not include Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters.

PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Edit

PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale is a 2012 Fighting-Action video game developed by SuperBot Entertainment for the PlayStation 3 video game console. In this game participate: Ratchet (Ratchet & Clank series), Sly Cooper (Sly), Kratos (God of War), Mael Radec (Killzone), Sweet Tooth (Twisted Metal), Fat Princess (Fat Princess) and PaRappa the Rapper (PaRappa the Rapper).

Cancelled GamesEdit

Ratchet & Clank: Clone HomeEdit

Ratchet & Clank: Clone Home, is, so far, the only Ratchet & Clank game that has been cancelled. It was decided to be released only for mobile phones. Ratchet & Clank: Clone Home would have continued where Going Mobile ends, although the storyline of Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters interfered.

Mini-gamesEdit

Challenge ClankEdit

Challenge Clank was a minigame found in the website Ratchetandclankgadgets.com, it was a Tetris game.

My Blaster Runs HotEdit

My Blaster Runs Hot is a minigame in A Crack In Time that features Qwark and Slate McSteel. Can be found in the Agorian Battleplex

8-Bit Mini MayhemEdit

8-Bit Mini Mayhem is an online game. The Fearsome Four are trapped in the Creature Collector's Vault and must escape.

Race Through TimeEdit

Race Through Time is an online game that features 2D Sections of the Great Clock.

Books, Comics and MangaEdit

Ratchet & Clank MangaEdit

Ratchet & Clank Manga is a series of Manga comics released in Japan.

The Adventures of Captain StarshieldEdit

The Adventures of Captain Starshield is an online comic released on Insomniac Games website.

Ratchet & Clank comic seriesEdit

Main article: Ratchet & Clank comic series

The Ratchet & Clank comic series is a series of comics featuring Ratchet and Clank as they track down the planet thief Artemis Zogg. The issues are as follows:

• Ratchet & Clank: Issue 1: Ears of War
• Ratchet & Clank: Issue 2: Friends with Benefits
• Ratchet & Clank: Issue 3: Lost and Spaced
• Ratchet & Clank: Issue 4: Thanks for the Armories
• Ratchet & Clank: Issue 5: Multiple Organisms
• Ratchet & Clank: Issue 6: Bros Before Foes

Connections with other gamesEdit

SpyroEdit

The same developer created both of the series, both have similarities. They are:

• Both have Dan Johnson references.
• Both have platforming elements.
• Both have Skill Points

Jak and DaxterEdit

Since two developers made the series, Jak and Daxter have made several appearances and have several similarities (after the first Jak and Daxter). Here they are:

• Both games have made an appearance in each other.
• Both are set in futuristic-looking environments.
• Both have had a game made by High Impact Games.
• Both have had a whole game featuring the sidekick as the main character (Secret Agent Clank of the Ratchet & Clank series and Daxter of the Jak and Daxter games).
• They both appear in PlayStation Move Heroes.

ResistanceEdit

• After earning enough trophies, you can give your soldier a Clank backpack.
• The series was made by Insomniac Games.
• They both have skill points.
• Resistance 3 had an easter egg in the form of a toy Hydra tank that a child was playing with in a cutscene.

Sly CooperEdit

• Ratchet and Clank appear on a wall in Sly 2.
• Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal has the Sly 2 demo.
• They both appear in PlayStation Move Heroes.

Super Mario Bros.Edit

"Plumbers don't just go jumping down strange pipes all willy nilly - that would be ridiculous!"

—The Plumber^[src]

• When the Plumber was in Clank's memory banks he references the Super Mario Bros. heavily through the use of warp pipes and occupation (i.e. plumber).
• Orvus is voiced by Charles Martinet who is commonly known for voicing Mario in most of the games.

Hotshots Golf: FORE!Edit

• Both Ratchet and Clank appear as a playable character and a caddie, respectively.

See alsoEdit

• Ratchet & Clank Future series
• PlayStation Move Heroes

External linksEdit

• IGN's "A History of Ratchet & Clank"

Sources and referencesEdit