Happy Tree Friends Adventures

Happy Tree Friends Adventures
Title screen.
Developer	Dunami Co., Ltd.
Publisher	Dunami Co., Ltd.
Platform(s)	Windows
Release date	2009
Genre	2D platformer
Mode(s)	1 player
Media	Digital download
Input	Keyboard
Game Engine	Happy Engine Friends 1

Happy Tree Friends Adventures is the very first game from the eponymous series created by Radel999 (or HTFMegaman). The playable characters in the game are from MondoMedia's Happy Tree Friends, while the enemies are from Super Mario Bros., Contra, and Wai Wai World.

Story

The titular tree friends are on their journey to rescue Giggles the chipmunk from Bowser.

Gameplay

The game itself is a basic 2D side-scrolling platform game, with HTF characters as the heroes, which includes Cuddles, Flaky, Petunia, and Nutty. Each character has their own ability, like Cuddles being the fastest shooter, Flaky being able to jump the highest, Petunia moving fast, and Nutty being slow and a low jumper. Before entering a level, the player will be given a chance to select a character for that level. The heroes start with 3 lives and 3 health points (hearts). Getting in contact with enemies and hazards will make them lose a health point. Losing all health points or falling into deep pits will make them lose a life. Lose all lives and the game is over.

The objective of the game is to go through levels and areas, defeating bosses (Bowser and his minions), and rescue Giggles from the hands of Bowser. Players will find and pick up crystals for points, hearts for recovery, and special flashing hearts for extra life. The tree friends can also shoot orbs to defeat enemies.

Controls

Note that the scheme described below uses the default key bindings as defined by The Games Factory/Multimedia Fusion.

• Arrow keys (left and right): Move
• Arrow keys (up and down): Select option on title screen
• Shift: Jump
• Control: Shoot
• Enter: Confirm selection

Characters

Playable characters

• Cuddles
• Flaky
• Petunia
• Nutty

Supporting characters

• Giggles
• Toothy

Enemies

Name	Sprite	Description
Bundle		A slug-like alien lifeform. Moves around quickly in a circular pattern.
Cheep Cheep		A red fish normally found swimming in water. Swims back and forth in a zigzag pattern. Cannot be killed.
Fake Bowser		A blue Bowser-lookalike. Moves back and forth, faster than Hammer Bros.
Hammer Bro		A green biped, helmeted Koopa. Moves back and forth.
Lava Bubble		A fireball guardian of Bowser's territory. It jumps from lava (or any other flaming source), pipes, or bottomless pits, trying to hit the tree friends. Cannot be killed.
Koopa Paratroopa		A Koopa Troopa with wings. Green ones fly back and forth in a zigzag pattern, while red ones fly up and down.
Piranha Plant		A carnivorous plant. Static enemy.

Bosses

• Iggy Koopa (World 1-3)
• Mouser (World 3-3)
• Jagger Froid (World 5-3)
• Giant Alien (World 7-2)
• Bowser (Worlds 2-3, 4-3, 6-3)
  • Giga Bowser (World 7-3)

Items

1up Heart		0 points	Rare	Gives an extra life.
Heart		0 points	Uncommon	Gives an additional health point.
Jewel		50 points	Very Common	-

List of levels

World	Level	Setting	Enemies found
Forest	World 1-1	Forest	Hammer Bro, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant
	World 1-2	Forest	Cheep Cheep, Hammer Bro, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant
	World 1-3	Castle	Hammer Bro, Koopa Paratroopa, Lava Bubble, Piranha Plant, Iggy Koopa
Water Path	World 2-1	Grassland	Cheep Cheep, Hammer Bro, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant
	World 2-2	Grassland	Cheep Cheep, Hammer Bro, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant
	World 2-3	Ship	Hammer Bro, Koopa Paratroopa, Bowser
Dark Forest	World 3-1	Forest	Hammer Bro, Koopa Paratroopa, Lava Bubble, Piranha Plant
	World 3-2	Forest	Hammer Bro, Koopa Paratroopa, Lava Bubble
	World 3-3	Treehouse	Hammer Bro, Koopa Paratroopa, Lava Bubble, Piranha Plant, Mouser
Cloud Land	World 4-1	Sky	Hammer Bro, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant
	World 4-2	Cave	Hammer Bro, Koopa Paratroopa
	World 4-3	Sky	Hammer Bro, Koopa Paratroopa, Piranha Plant, Bowser
Volcano	World 5-1	Volcano	Fake Bowser, Hammer Bro, Koopa Paratroopa, Lava Bubble
	World 5-2	Volcano	Fake Bowser, Hammer Bro, Koopa Paratroopa
	World 5-3	Space	Fake Bowser, Hammer Bro, Lava Bubble, Jagger Froid
Bowser's Spaceship	World 6-1	Space	Cheep Cheep, Fake Bowser, Hammer Bro, Koopa Paratroopa, Lava Bubble, Piranha Plant
	World 6-2	Space	Fake Bowser, Hammer Bro, Koopa Paratroopa, Lava Bubble
	World 6-3	Space	Fake Bowser, Hammer Bro, Koopa Paratroopa, Bowser
Bowser's Lair	World 7-1	Cave	Bundle, Hammer Bro, Koopa Paratroopa, Lava Bubble
	World 7-2	Cave	Bundle, Fake Bowser, Koopa Paratroopa, Lava Bubble, Giant Alien
	World 7-3	Cave	Giga Bowser

Glitches

Collision glitches

As collision detection is poor in this game, it is possible to quickly lose health by standing over the same enemy or hazard and lose all momentum if the player collides with solid objects mid-jump or mid-fall, the latter of which causes the player to fall straight down with no way to steer their character.

Draw distance quirks

The way objects behave beyond the game's draw distance can result in various quirks. Bowser will not spit fire until most of his sprite is on-screen and orbs fired by tree friends will instantly disappear the moment they leave the screen. In case of Bowser, in a similar way to the multi-orb glitch, making his sprite fully shown on-screen may cause him to spit multiple fireballs in a spread shot before resuming his normal programming.

Objects over HUD

Certain non-background objects such as player characters are placed in a layer in front of the HUD's, so these tend to overlap the HUD whenever they pass it, easily shown whenever a tree friend dies from falling into a bottomless pit or when the player manages to fall right between the goal gates in World 4-2.

Wild orb directions

Due to the way the shooting mechanics were designed, orbs fired by the tree friends do not always follow the direction they are facing, easily changed by having them jump or fall. Sometimes, it is possible to shoot diagonally or briefly fire multiple orbs at the beginning of a level until the player moves from their starting spot.

References in later games

• Happy Tree Friends Adventures 2: A sequel to this game. Bowser is shown riding the only remaining head of the Giant Alien from this game's World 7-2 to kidnap Princess Allay. The core gameplay remains the same.
• Happy Tree Friends Adventures 3: The four playable characters plus Giggles and Toothy are the main protagonists, like in Happy Tree Friends Adventures 2. Bowser retains his villain role. Iggy makes his return as one of the bosses. The core gameplay remains the same.
• Happy Tree Friends Adventures 4: Similar to Happy Tree Friends Adventures 3.
• Happy Tree Friends Origins: The final time the tree friends' sprites are designed from Blood Money sprites.
• Happy Tree Friends Adventures Land: The Fake Bowsers make a return in one level dedicated to them, albeit appearing green rather than blue. Its World 8-3: The Room of Gore is also based on this game's final World.
• Happy Tree Friends Adventures Maker: Using the first scenery type, Wai Wai World 2's music (the one that plays in Worlds 1-1, 1-2, 2-1, 4-1, and 4-3) can be heard as the player places objects in the Edit mode. It is also the course's background music.
• Happy Tree Friends Adventures RPG: The Fire Point: Iggy, Mouser, and Jagger Froid return as bosses.

Staff

Level designer

• R. Malinowski

Sound designer

• R. Malinowski

Graphic designer

• R. Malinowski

Level tester

• R. Malinowski

Programmer

• R. Malinowski

Soundtrack

In-Game Usage	Actual Song Name	Game of Origin	Game Publisher	Original Usage
Title Theme	"Opening"	Wai Wai World 2: S.o.S.!! Parsley Castle	Konami	Prologue (Part 1)
Character Select	"Player Select"	Wai Wai World 2: S.o.S.!! Parsley Castle	Konami	Character Select
Forest Theme	"Run, Rickie!"	Wai Wai World 2: S.o.S.!! Parsley Castle	Konami	Parsley City (World 1)
Castle Theme	"Level 1 - Part 1"	Beauty and the Beast (NES)	Hudson Soft	Level 1 (Part 1)
	"Forest"	Zen - Intergalactic Ninja	Konami	Forest Stage
	"Stage Theme 1"	King Kong 2: The Furious Megaton Punch	Konami	Level 1
	"The Cavern of Crud"	Zen - Intergalactic Ninja	Konami	Cave Stage
	"Pride Rock"	The Lion King (Unlicensed NES)	Super Game	Pride Rock (Level 5)
	"Zone J"	Chip 'n Dale - Rescue Rangers (NES)	Capcom	Zone J (Level 10)
	"Final Battle: Vigo the Carpathian"	New Ghostbusters 2	HAL Labratory	Final Boss Theme
Giant Alien Boss Theme	"Scary Alien...?"	Wai Wai World 2: S.o.S.!! Parsley Castle	Konami	Giant Alien Boss Theme
	"Boss"	Zen - Intergalactic Ninja	Konami	Boss Theme
	"Final Boss"	Zen - Intergalactic Ninja	Konami	Final Boss Theme
Credits	"Ending"	Wai Wai World	Konami	Ending/Credits
Level Clear	"Level Clear"	Tiny Toon Adventures (NES)	Konami	Level Clear
World Clear	"Level Clear"	TwinBee 3	Konami	Level Clear
Life Lost	"Life Lost"	Beauty and the Beast (NES)	Hudson Soft	Life Lost
Game Over	"Out of Time"	Alien 3 (NES)	LJN	Time Out/Game Over
Final World Clear	"Round Clear"	Mighty Final Fight	Capcom	Level Clear

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Happy Tree Friends Adventures/Gallery.

Trivia

• This game is based on Super Mario Bros.

Goofs

• Flaky has ears, making her look like her prototype design. This error still appears until the third game of the series.
• Flaky's name is misspelled as "Flacky" in the character selection screen.