| “ | This advanced test is designed to assess the extent of your reactionary abilities. | ” |
| — Game Tutorial Tape Narrator, Wack-a-Wuggy Tutorial | ||
Wack-a-Wuggy, also spelled as Whack-A-Wuggy, is a location seen in Chapter 2: Fly in a Web of Poppy Playtime.
This location is one of the minigames The Player must face to obtain the three Train Code fragments. The game is similar to Whack-a-Mole.
Appearance[]
In the Wack-a-Wuggy, the floor is covered in what appears to be sand, along with multiple drawings of colorful buildings on the walls. There are 18 holes in the walls, in which a troop of Mini Huggies come out of. The lighting is dim on the holes. Above the area, there is an observation room with a big window, where scientists originally evaluated the orphans as the minigame progressed, as well as other minigames.
Purpose[]
Just like the other Game Station minigames, Wack-a-Wuggy was designed to test and improve the orphans’ abilities as preparation for their eventual transformation into their assigned toy. This specific game was designed to determine the child’s hand-eye-coordination and reaction time skills.
Gameplay[]
Upon entering the room, The Player is faced with eighteen holes surrounding them. A television mounted on the ceiling automatically turns on and shows a tutorial on how to play Wack-a-Wuggy. At the end of the video, Mommy Long Legs highlights some aspects of the Mini Huggies, and then wishes The Player good luck.
The game lasts an average of two minutes. When it starts, a few Mini Huggies begin to emerge from the holes. The Player must then use one of their GrabPack hands to hit them back into their holes before they attack. As they hit the Mini Huggies, the number of creatures gradually increases, requiring more reaction from The Player. After hitting countless Mini Huggies, the game ends.
As in Musical Memory, Mommy is briefly disappointed, but pretends to be proud of The Player's second victory. She then gives them the second part of the Train Code. Mommy makes her final statements, laughing menacingly afterwards. Since the entrance door to Wack-a-Wuggy is locked, The Player uses the same gap at the bottom where Mommy handed over the code and moves on.
Trivia[]
- According to Mommy Long Legs, the Mini Huggies all had strings attached to them so that they could be pulled back when they got too close to the children playing the game. She had removed the strings in order for them to attack The Player.
- Although the game is titled "Wack-a-Wuggy", the correct name would be "Whack-a-Wuggy", as the word whack is a noun that means a hit, and a verb which means to hit, while wack is a slang adjective which means unusual or bad.[1]
- This is the only Game Station minigame where the Player genuinely wins the game.
- This is due to the player turning off Musical Memory and escaping from Statues.