Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters

Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters

Released: February 13, 2007
Type: Main Game

Platforms:

PlayStation Portable PlayStation 2

Genres:

Shooter Platform Adventure

Game Modes:

Single player Multiplayer

Themes:

Action Science fiction Comedy

Player Perspectives:

First person Third person

Ratings

User Rating

68.9
Based on 80 ratings

Critics Rating

60.3
Based on 6 ratings

Total Rating

64.6
Based on 86 ratings

Summary

Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters (known as Ratchet & Clank 5 in Japan) is a 2007 platformer video game developed by High Impact Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2. The game is the first Ratchet & Clank title on the PSP handheld. Development company High Impact Games was spawned from the original Ratchet & Clank developer, Insomniac Games. The story is about Ratchet and Clank as they are interrupted from their vacation to search for a kidnapped girl and encounter a forgotten race known as the Technomites.

Storyline

While on a vacation in Pokitaru, Ratchet and Clank meet a little girl named Luna who is writing a school report on heroes. Shortly after they meet her, Luna is kidnapped by mysterious robots. Clank then stumbles upon a mysterious artefact from an ancient race, the Technomites. Although Ratchet is initially sceptical about their existence, Clank believes they do exist. Ratchet and Clank set out to save Luna and, in the process, encounter Captain Qwark, who is attempting to find his biological parents. Ratchet allows him to use his ship's computer to aid in his search to make him stop following them.

On Kalidon, Ratchet is kidnapped by Luna, who faked her kidnapping, and Clank is left in a junkyard on Metalis. However, Clank transforms into his Ultra-Mech form and sets off to destroy enemy troops and save Ratchet. Meanwhile, Ratchet's DNA was taken to produce an army of clones. Emperor Otto Destruct, leader of the Technomites, has recognized Ratchet's potential and hopes to use his DNA to make the ultimate soldier. Finding out that Luna is actually a robotic puppet and ship, the duo track it down to Dayni Moon, where Luna reveals the clone plot to Ratchet and Clank and explains the Technomites are bitter for never receiving credit from the general population for their technological advances.

After destroying the Luna puppet, Clank tries to get the clone factory coordinates from it but is infected with a computer virus and malfunctions, allowing the Technomite soldiers inside the puppet to enter Clank. Ratchet uses his shrink ray to go inside Clank, meeting his internal security system, and they collaborate to eliminate the intruders and restart Clank's processor. Clank reveals that he obtained the factory coordinates before being deactivated, and they head to a planet known as Quodrona. After Ratchet kills dozens of clones, Otto reveals that what Luna told them was a "cheesy story", and his real plan is to steal the intelligence of every being in the galaxy, using a special machine that transfers the intelligence from one being to another.

Qwark, persuaded by Otto, thinks Otto is his father and temporarily fights on his side. Ratchet and Clank eventually beat Otto. Afterwards, they learn from Skrunch that Qwark's real parents had been killed by defective Technomite equipment. Qwark tries to use Otto's machine to give Otto his intelligence, but Skrunch interferes and causes Otto to gain his intelligence instead. Back in Ratchet and Clank's apartment, the shrunken Ratchet clones are sold as toys, and the two keep the shrunken Qwark company while watching an advertisement commercial for the new toy line.

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Involved Companies

High Impact Games

Role:
Developer

Sony Computer Entertainment

Role:
Publisher

Keywords

vehicular combat exploration mascot death robots spaceship action-adventure backtracking online building artificial intelligence teleportation wall jump good vs evil climbing vehicle combat explosion digital distribution anthropomorphism platform exclusive pre-release public testing voice acting protagonist's name in the title polygonal 3d skill points in game upgradeable weapons collectibles checkpoints black market auto-aim stat tracking pack-in game playstation tv support moving platforms destructible environment gliding mirror mode grind new game plus falling object combat-based platformer fictional currencies big head mode greatest hits comic relief damage over time male protagonist

Alternative Names

Ratchet & Clank 5 Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters Ratchet & Clank 5 Clash! Dodeca Galaxy Milli Milli Army Ratchet & Clank: El Tamaño Importa

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