Beast Rizer 8

Beast Rizer 8 (ビーストライザー8) is a 3D platformer video game developed by Burst Arts Inc. and published by Namco. It was released in Japan on September 10, 2005 and then ported overseas on December 4, 2005. It is centered around Theo and the Garage Kids as they encounter mysterious beastmen with hidden abilities, as well as a monster seeking their power. It is available for the PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, and Xbox.

Plot
The Beast Brothers and their friends have noticed a strange event: one in which the Neo Islands were under attack by a group of young beastmen capable of performing unique abilities without the use of Power Items. The Garage Kids decide to split up and defeat these strange children, only to be weakened and attacked due to their unbelievable strength. Selene discovers Operetta, a holographic girl that has been acting as her PC the whole time, and she helps the heroes find a way to deal with these “Powered Children.” But unbeknownst to them, a monster roams the Neo Islands, seeking the Powered Children as well as another…

Playable Characters

 * Theo Stormwald (Coyote)
 * Ozzy Colemann (Crocodile)
 * Ronan Foster (Lynx)
 * Selene Melodia (Wolf)
 * Soul Squarelight (Hybrid)
 * Tyson Phillips (Rat)
 * Mars Sweetland (Axolotl)
 * Toby Tennant (Turtle)
 * Gloria Glass (Snake)
 * Yoshino Kaneko (Fox)
 * Tyrell Konjin (Tiger)
 * Rika Silvers (Gorilla)
 * Cindy Acerola (Rabbit)
 * Iris Leonira (Insect hybrid)
 * Operetta: An artificial intelligence computer program contained in a handheld who eventually began projecting the holographic form of a young girl. In the past she was born Olivia Reed, Selene’s childhood friend, an Esper and terminally ill daughter of Albert Reed. As she was dying Albert tried to save her by uploading her mind in a computer program. It failed and resulted in an initially emotionless AI. Operetta had done this because she realized the greater power she had in her digital form she almost went mad with power and erased her own memories to protect her friends. She eventually regained her memories, though, and gained better control of her powers, and now assists the beastmen.

Bosses
Peter Elm: A headphone-wearing boy with the ability to stretch his limbs. He was one of the young beastmen Lee found to experiment his Hybrid Project on. His beast form is the kangaroo.

Grant Crawford: A large young man who can summon small fish robots. He was a part of Lee’s Hybrid Project, along with the other Powered Children. His beast form is the whale.

Wendy Cross: A stoic girl with expressive combat skills and the ability to project astral clones of herself. She was also one of the beastmen who were a part of Lee's Hybrid Project. Her beast form is the jackal.

Zara Edwards: A quiet young woman with invisibility skills. She is one of the subjects of the Hybrid Project by Lee, which also contained other young beastmen. Her beast form is the panther.

Taran Kang: A virtuous young man who can control light. He, like the other Powered Children, is a subject for the Hybrid Project. His beast form is the ram.

Melvin: A robot styled after a cartoon character. While not part of the Hybrid Project, he still assists the Powered Children in fulfilling Lee’s experiments. He is not a beastman like the others, but a Metarizer with access to a mech that is also based around a cartoon character.

Hybrid: The main antagonist of the game. He is Lee's latest project: a fusion of a bio-weapon and three beastman subjects. Feeling the need to perfect himself, he searched the Neo Islands, looking for the other young subjects. Eventually, he got to most of them and became the perfect being he longed of becoming. In addition to Peter, Gareth, Wendy, and Zara’s abilities, Hybrid can also control ice, fire, and life.

NPCs
Kristine, Topper, and Grinder: The bumbling trio of Porter Tech agents that have always gone after the Beast Brothers.

Lee: An ex-Porter Tech scientist once responsible for unleashing the Darklings. For years, he has been undergoing the Hybrid Project, which he will create the “perfect beastman.”

Zeus and Lilac Stormwald: Two coyote beastmen who are the parents of Theo. Once believed to have died in the Vigor Islands incident years ago, it was revealed that they are one of the few beastmen to actually survived the destruction of their home.

Garland Colemann: A crocodile beastman who is the father of Ozzy. He was one of the few beastmen survivor to outlive the destruction of Vigor Islands.

Ashe Foster: A lynx beastwoman who is the mother of Ronan. She also survived the Vigor Islands incident, along with a few survivors.

Vondell Lionheart, Charles Drafters, and Sal Greenspike: The three beastmen who were originally part of the Hybrid Project. A trio of childhood friends, they left Vigor Islands long before it was destroyed, and were held captive by Lee for years as part of his Hybrid Project. During the final battle against Hybrid, Theo nearly sacrificed himself to free the three, as well as the other Powered Children. Their beasts forms are the lion, stallion, and bear respectively.

Stages

 * Eight City (Prologue stage)
 * Spiral Falls
 * Pinball Court
 * Clatter Resort
 * Aurora Pass
 * Squash Ridge
 * Glow Gardens
 * Clocker Bros. Studios
 * Hybrid’s Coliseum