Prehistoric Battleground

Rating: T

Avalible on: WiiU

Story
In the year 2094 A.D., the exploding human population and efforts to save endangered species sparked a war over land that is national wildlife parks. In order to stop the war, the countries and governments of the world are forced to surrender to the evil empire of Lord Edgar Extinct and give up on protecting wildlife from extinction so everyone on Earth can have the resources they need. In addition to repealing the Endangered Species Act, the Extinction empire also create the complete opposite of the Endangered Species Act, the Extinction Act. This act is a group of laws saying that conservation of wildlife is illegal and all wild habitats must be destroyed in order to create room for more homes to be built.

However, while this is all happening, a small group of rebelling environmentalists quietly for a small organization known as the Endangered Rebellion. This organization saves many species of animals, plants and even fungi from extinction and try to stop the evil forces of the Proanthropon Empire with little success. What results from the conflicts between the environmentalists and Proanthropons is the Eco-Rebellion War. The environmentalists quickly start losing most battles to the brink of losing the war.

Until they find you (the player) in the year 2112 A.D. and urgently asks you to help them stop the evil forces of the empire. They also team you up with a 15-year old zoologist-soldier, Edison Saurus, and a 14-year old female spy named Acacia Therium. Then, the organization tasks you, Edison and Acacia to use a time portal they invented earlier to go back into prehistoric times and tame prehistoric animals in order to use them against the forces of Edgar Extinct and end his evil empire in order to save all wildlife from extinction.

Heroes

 * Edison Saurus is a 15-year old zoologist-soldier who wants to overthrow the evil empire of Proanthropo. This is because his parents were caught and executed by the Proanthropons since they were environmentalists and he was almost killed to. Throughout the game, Edison has trouble fighting the Proanthropon empire because he fears having the same fate as his parents. However, as the story progresses, Edison Saurus is able to overcome his fears and help you and his friends put an end to the Proanthropon empire. His prehistoric animal of choice is a male steppe mammoth named "Old Tusker". He also has a male Inostrancevia named "Saber", a female Deinonychus named Samantha, and a female Gigantoraptor named Zina. Edison Saurus is voiced by Yoshimasa Hosoya.

Gameplay
The gameplay of prehistoric battleground is where you travel back to prehistoric time periods in order to rescue and tame prehistoric animals as well as using them to battle the evil forces of Lord Edgar Extinct and battle against friends. You can also trade prehistoric animals with friends. There's even the option for online and offline multiplayer. In order to tame prehistoric animals, you have to go back to prehistoric habitats in order to find and tamed them. You also can only tame prehistoric animals when they're young. Not all of them are tamable, though. You can equip four prehistoric animals at a time and some battles only allow animals from one or two tiers.

There are three different tiers when it comes to battling your prehistoric animals with friends. These tiers are large land animal, small land animal and ocean animal. In order to keep the game balanced, the certain animal cannot be used outside their tier. Each animal also has five different stats, these stats are health, offense, defense, agility and accuracy. Some prehistoric animals such as Ankylosaurus have more defense and health while some such as Troodon have higher accuracy and agility. A few animals in the small and large land animal tiers such as Koolasuchus can drag or throw their opponent into the water where they have much more mobility and are much faster. For all of the catchable animals, see Prehistoric Battleground: Catchable Prehistoric Animals.

When your tamed animals aren't battling, you can play with and feed the similar to Pokémon Amie and Nintendogs. You can also name your creatures any name you like. However, the nicknames are replaced by their default name when battling online.

Gadgets
Each prehistoric habitat has its own hazards that you have to watch out for such as the volcanic ash from the Montanan Volcanic Fields and the extreme heat from the Siberian Desert. Also, in order to get past hostile adult animals, caverns and other dangerous obstacles, you're equipped with a few gadgets to help you avoid these hazards.


 * Gadget #1: your grapple gun which can help you swing through trees and get you out of ditches and deep holes
 * Gadget #2: your flashlight which gives you light in dark areas
 * Gadget #3: with the binocular helmet you can see from a very far distance when activated
 * Gadget #4: with the zapper whip you can defend yourself against dangerous animals
 * Gadget #5: the rope ladder can let you safely climb down ravines and other caverns without taking fall damage
 * Gadget #6: the glider can do a similar purpose to that of the rope ladder but can also allow you to fly if you're in a windy area and can let you glide down tall trees safely
 * Gadget #7: the machete can help you fend off hostile animals and cut tall grass, ferns, bushes and tree limbs
 * Gadget #8: the portable time portal can allow you to go back to the present

Avatar Creator
The game also has an anime art style for all the characters. This includes your avatar. In the game you have the option to play as either a boy or girl and can be any different skin, hair, eye color. As an alternative you can import your mii to use as an avatar.

North America

 * Montanan Volcanic Plains (Montana 66 MYA)
 * Colorado Fern Prairies (Colorado 150 MYA)
 * Triassic Arizona (Arizona 220 MYA)
 * Californian Plains (California 10,000 YA)
 * Utah Forest (Utah 120 MYA)
 * Pennsylvanian Rock Beach (Pennsylvania 360 MYA)

Eurasia

 * Siberian Tundra (Siberia 10,000 YA)
 * Gobi Desert (Gobi Desert 73 MYA)
 * Mongolian Scrubland (Gobi Desert 26 MYA)
 * Tethys Sea (Sahara Desert and Pakistan 36 MYA)
 * European Sea (Europe 150 MYA)
 * Siberian Desert (Siberia 250 MYA)
 * Germany Rainforest (Germany 50 MYA)

South America

 * South American Savannah (South America 2 MYA)
 * Patagonian Plains (South America 96 MYA)

Africa

 * Saharan Swamps (Sahara Desert 100 MYA)
 * Great Rift Valley (Ethiopia 3 MYA)
 * Malagasy Forest (Madagascar 70 MYA)

Australia/Antarctica

 * Prehistoric Outback (Australia 40,000 YA)
 * Ice Forest (Australia 110 MYA)

DLC Worlds (Can be downloaded on the Eshop for $1.99 each)

 * Antarctic Forest (Antarctica 190 MYA)
 * Patagonian Scrubland (South America 70 MYA)
 * North Pole (Can be only downloaded in December)
 * Miocene Ocean (Oceans 12 MYA)