However, Glovel had been corrupted by the cauldron's chemicals and becomes "Cross-Stitch", a malevolent trickster who is determined to destroy Glover and rule the Crystal Kingdom for himself. Glover realizes that in order to bring the wizard back to life and restore the kingdom's beauty, he must enter these worlds, find the crystals within them and bring them back to the castle. One of the balls remains in the kingdom while the other six bounce into each of the portals. Before they could shatter upon impact, Glover quickly casts magic to turn the crystals into rubber balls. The explosion also shakes the crystals from the spires, causing the land to become dark and foreboding. The left glove, Glovel, lands in the cauldron while the right glove, Glover, flies out the window and lands onto the ground outside the castle. Then one day, the wizard accidentally mixes the wrong batch of potions in his cauldron, causing a large explosion that turns the wizard into a statue, sends him falling down the tower, and sends his gloves flying. The wizard himself is accompanied by a pair of magical, sentient gloves named Glover and Glovel, who assist him in creating strange potions and spells. The life force of the kingdom is maintained by seven magical crystals that rest atop the spires of Crystal Castle. The story takes place in a fictional land known as the Crystal Kingdom, where a wizard rules from his Crystal Castle, which is surrounded by six portals leading into other worlds, including the lost city of Atlantis, a circus park, a pirate's domain, a prehistoric era, a horror-themed fortress and outer space. If the ball gets destroyed or Glover loses all three hearts, Glover loses one life and must start from the beginning of the stage or from the last checkpoint. Throughout the stages, there are also plenty of magic potions that help Glover by giving him power-ups for a certain amount of time. The power ball can be used to bounce to higher places, and Glover can slap and throw it farther than in any other forms. The crystal form floats on water and is very fragile, but gives Glover double points for each obtained Garib. The ballbearing form gives precise control over the ball, can be used to throw and slap the ball more carefully and is also magnetic. The bowling ball form allows the ball to not break easily, sink in deep water, and kill enemies by slapping it. It can easily be bounced, slapped, thrown, and even float on water. The rubber form gives the greatest amount of abilities for the ball. With a cheat code, the ball can be transformed into a power (high-bounce or super) ball. The ball can also be magically transformed into one of four main ball forms: rubber ball, ballbearing, bowling ball, and the ball's original crystal form. On the easy difficulty, walking on the ball is automatic while moving the ball across water. While walking on the ball, the controls are reversed. Without the ball, Glover can do both regular and double jumps, cartwheel, fist slam, locate the ball and garibs, and grab the ball. When Glover is in contact with the ball, he can roll, bounce, throw, slap, dribble, walk on top of the ball, and use the ball as a trampoline. There are a total of six worlds, each containing three stages, a boss stage and a bonus stage which can be accessed by collecting all the magic cards known as "Garibs" in a given world. Once all three stages and the boss stage are cleared, a crystal ball can be restored back to the castle. The main objective is to maneuver the ball toward the goal in each stage. Gameplay The player uses Glover's "slap" maneuver on the rubber ball in the Nintendo 64 version. A second updated Windows port was released in 2022 and a port for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S is in development. A sequel titled Glover 2 was planned but was eventually cancelled. The Nintendo 64 and Windows versions received generally positive reviews while the PlayStation version garnered negative reviews. The game follows a magical, four-fingered glove named Glover in his quest to restore the Crystal Kingdom by retrieving crystals that were lost. Glover is a 1998 puzzle-platformer developed by Interactive Studios and published by Hasbro Interactive for the Nintendo 64 and Windows in 1998, and for the PlayStation in 1999 (branded under Hasbro Interactive's Atari Interactive label).
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