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Drill Dozer is a game that was released on the Game Boy Advance in 2005. It was developed by the company that created the Pokémon series, Game Freak, and was published by Nintendo. The game features Jill as she uses her huge drill to drill through almost every thing in sight such as enemies and regular house hold items.
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Drill Dozer is an action platformer in which the player controls Jill and her Drill Dozer. All seventeen massive stages are flooded with enemies, obstacles, and puzzles which force Jill to use Drill Dozer's drill in a wide variety of ways. The drill is activated by simply pushing one of the shoulder buttons. The R button spins the drill forward and the L button spins it backwards.
Scattered throughout the stage are red boxes marked with yellow wrenches that contain either chips or health. Each stage also contains two red gears that upgrades the drill's gearbox to allow Jill to shift her Drill Dozer to the second and third gears. The higher the gear, the more powerful the Drill Dozer's drill is and the longer it spins.
At the end of each stage (with the exception of the secret stages), Jill must face off against an enormous boss and use her drill to exploit and damage its weak point.
In each world, there is a mini-boss and a boss. All of the bosses can be defeated by using the drill in various ways. The only boss where the drill isn't used is in the final battle with Croog. The Drill Dozer falls apart, and Jill's only method of attack (and defense at that) is her fists. This final battle is the only battle where the boss does not have a health meter, as only one successful hit is required to defeat him.
When Jill's Drill Dozer runs out of health, the player receives a game over. The player can then resume the game at the beginning of the room the Drill Dozer was destroyed in by paying the shopkeeper fifty chips.
The Red Dozers' Trailer serves as Drill Dozer's "main menu". Here the player can save their progress, examine Jill's Drill Dozer's equipment, check the treasure they have accumulated, or visit shopkeeper's shop purchase energy tanks, drill bit upgrades, and maps to access chips. The shop is available after the first area, Skullker Factory, is beaten.
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Jill was nominated as the best new character in 2006, and Drill Dozer won Game Boy Advance's "Best Game of the Year" for 2006. Jill appears as an Assist Trophy in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and as a Spirit in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
The game was later released on Wii U's Virtual Console and included Rumble Support.
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External links[]
- Drill Dozer at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Drill Dozer at GameFAQs
| Game Freak video games | |
|---|---|
| Published by Nintendo | Yoshi • Mario & Wario • Drill Dozer • Pocket Card Jockey • HarmoKnight • Little Town Hero |
| Other games | Mendel Palace • Smart Ball • Nontan to Issho: KuruKuru Puzzle • Pulseman Bushi Seiryūden: Futari no Yūsha • Giga Wrecker Alt. |
| Related | Pokémon • Satoshi Tajiri • Ken Sugimori • Junichi Masuda • Shigeki Morimoto |
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