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Death, Jr.




  Developer Backbone Entertainment
  Publisher Konami
  Released August 16 , 2005
  Genre Action Adventure
  Modes Single Player
  Ratings ESRB : Teen (T)
  Platforms PlayStation Portable
  Media UMD


''Death, Jr.'' is a Handheld Video Game for the PlayStation Portable . It is notable in that it was the very first PSP game ever shown publicly and advertised as a Killer-app . It is also going to be made into a feature film as well. It was released to fairly mediocre reviews and noted for numerous problems about the camera, gameplay and uninspiring graphics, but was praised for it's Tim Burton -esque themes and quirky characters.

The game, movie, and comic book are about the teenage son of the and a thing for locked boxes; Stigmartha, a girl who bleeds from her hands whenever she's nervous; Smith and Weston, Conjoined Twins who are very smart and conjoined at the head; The Seep, an armless, legless, foul-mouthed kid in a vat; and The Dead Guppy, a character who speaks for himself.

The friends go on a field trip to a museum, where they find a locked box that Pandora wants opened, so DJ opens it to impress her. Unfortunately, all Hell breaks loose and demons run amok. It's up to DJ to stop them, revert the town back to normal, all the while making sure dad doesn't find out!

In the game you have a variety of guns ranging from pistols to a rocket launcher. The controls are simple. You move around with the analog nub and attack people with the square and circle buttons. There is a lot of emphasis in the game on the combos which can be achieved by linking attacks to each other very soon. Death Jr. is a fairly short game with short cut scenes and various enemies. It is worth noting that although Death himself, DJ's father, appears on the cover of the game's case, he does not actually appear in-game. It is strange that a game about the son of the Grim Reaper would not actually have the Grim Reaper in it.


CHARACTERS



DJ

DJ is the teenaged son of the grim reaper. He has had many cats which he knows by number because he always ends up killing them. He loves his dad, Death, but he thinks he is treating him like a baby. He uses the student reaper scythe, and has killed several demons with it. He has a crush on Pandora. He doesn't realise he and the others are that much different from normal people, he just sees people by what they are like inside.


Pandora

She is a cute little goth girl with Obsessive-compulsive Disorder , meaning she can't look at a box without opening it. She opens the box that unleashes Moloch. She has a crush on DJ, who accidently kills her when using his fathers scythe. Death eventually brings her back to life. She knows a lot about locks, and can open almost anything.


The Seep

The Seep is a foul mouthed, limbless fetus in a vat. He is sarcastic, rude, cruel, selfish and stinks. In the game he is pushed around by Stigmartha, but in the comic he has robotic tank treads. His diaper is frequently removed so Pandora can use the pin as a lock pick, causing grief to both him and Marty. He seemingly leaves the museum before the battle with Moloch, but returns in time to save the day by running over Moloch's robe. In the game his soul is trapped in suburbia.


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