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''Wakfu'' is a tactical turn-based
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developed by
Ankama Games Ankama is a French entertainment company headquartered in Roubaix, France, focused on the design of massive multiplayer online role playing games ('' Dofus'', '' Dofus Arena'' and '' Wakfu''). The company is also active in publishing, animatio ...
and released for
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,
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, and
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on 29 February 2012. The game takes place 1,000 years after Ankama's previous game, ''
Dofus ''Dofus'' is a tactical turn-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Ankama Games, a French computer game manufacturer. Originally released solely in French, it has since been translated into many ...
''. A spin-off game, ''
Islands of Wakfu ''Island of Wakfu'' is an action-adventure game developed by Ankama Play and published by Microsoft Studios for the Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade service. It is set in the universe of '' Dofus'' 10,000 years before the events of the game and is a s ...
'', was released on
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on 30 March 2011. An
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based on the game began airing in France from 30 October 2008. The series has also spawned various comics, a trading card game and a board game.


Story

In the time of ''Dofus'', an ogre named Ogrest managed to get all six Dofus eggs for the sake of someone he loved. However, she was interested only in the eggs, and Ogrest killed her in a fit of rage. Later realizing what he'd done, he climbed atop Mount Zinit and cried for 1,000 years. This brings us to the time of ''WAKFU''. Now the "goal" is to defeat Ogrest, but, like in ''Dofus'', this is not necessary. The timeline has moved thusfar that the Ogrest is no longer the main villain of the story. It appears that it was not the Ogrest who caused this world to flood, but the Eliotrope OROPO. In the battle between Ogrest versus Yugo, Yugo gained control over the six Eliatrope Dofus and created alternate versions of himself, and then sent them back into the past. This also explains the appearance of the Eliotrope class in the game.


Gameplay

''Wakfu'' features a turn-based combat system similar to ''
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'', it also contains elements inspired by
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. Players walk around with the screen
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while they move, as opposed to ''
Dofus ''Dofus'' is a tactical turn-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Ankama Games, a French computer game manufacturer. Originally released solely in French, it has since been translated into many ...
'' where the camera is static and characters move to a new area by walking to the edge of the current screen. Some parts of the game are player-managed: Governmental affairs such as organising militias or elections for positions like governor are performed by players themselves. Another similar addition is environmental management by players. Players can maintain resource levels by planting seeds as they harvest crops and hunt wildlife or simply take what they want, decreasing availability for other players, If players manage to maintain this they will earn various Nation bonuses. Since 2014 a new feature came to the World of Twelve, The Riktus Clan. The Riktus Clan nation was meant to be a criminal Nation, getting Nation bonuses by destroying the ecosystems of other nations. There are 18 classes, each one featuring 25 abilities (and 3 abilities which can be obtained by doing a quest). Each class has three types of
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spells (out of four possible elements) with 5 spells per type, one category of 5 special actions specific to the class, and one category of 5 abilities that passively improve the character's other capabilities, since a short period, new elements were released but only for specific classes, such as Stasis or the Light element. Contrary to typical RPGs which present characters with new, more powerful abilities throughout the course of the game, ''Wakfu'' grants characters all their spells by the early stages and thereafter allows players to strengthen them. ''Wakfu'' features the same classes as ''
Dofus ''Dofus'' is a tactical turn-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Ankama Games, a French computer game manufacturer. Originally released solely in French, it has since been translated into many ...
'', although many have different appearances or roles. As in ''Dofus'', ''Wakfu'' features professions which characters may learn. Harvesting professions let characters "collect resources or basic materials from the fauna and flora". Crafting professions "allow you to transform these basic ingredients into ... equipment, accessories or even potions." The most famous monsters from ''Dofus'', such as Tofus, Moskitos and Gobballs are present in ''Wakfu'', although they have been redesigned with the addition of subclasses. The graphic designers at
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have also developed new creatures, like Phorreurs and Grave-diggers; Smares (monsters that look like a
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) have been included.


Development and release

Ankama Games began development in 2006. In October 2011,
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revealed the game to launch in February 2012. Square Enix published the game in North America until 15 January 2013, when Anakama assumed the role.


Animated series

Ankama Animation has been producing a French-language cartoon series by the same name, based on the video game. The first season of 26 episodes began airing on 30 October 2008, and new episodes continued to air into June 2010 on
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. The show is animated with
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software; all the production is done in France except episode 22 "Rubilax" and the special episode "Noximilien", both produced in Japan. The series is directed by Anthony "Tot" Roux, and character design is directed by Xavier "Xa" Houssin and Kim "Tcho" Etinoff. During the London MCM Expo, the first two episodes were shown for the first time in English, and a
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campaign has been launched to fund the complete first season in English. A spin-off called ''Mini-Wakfu'', which features humorous shorts with characters Sporting some super deformed packages, has aired since September 2009. The special episode "Noximilien l'Horloger", which tell the origins of the first season antagonist, Nox, was produced in Japan, it features a radically different art style made by the same team of animators who worked on Kaiba and Kemonozume, it was directed by Eunyoung Choi with
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on character design. The series is set 12 years after the game, and inside the latter can be found numerous citations about the cartoon. In 2015 a Movie of Dofus was released, and they are planning on releasing the Wakfu movie in 2018. Season 3 of the animated series aired from September 2 to September 17, 2017, and consisted of 13 episodes.


References


External links

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''Wakfu'' TV cartoon website
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