

Peppino's signature maneuver is a continuous dash, used to smash purple bricks in his path and chip away at enemies, along with making longer jumps and running up walls. He can safely drop whatever he's holding by pressing down while planted on the ground. Pressing down while in midair has him perform a piledriver. Pressing the button again has him perform a powerful finishing blow that sends them flying forward, or upward if up is held while performing the attack. When something is in his grasp, he can carry it around as he pleases. Peppino can also lunge forward in order to break purple bricks or grab enemies and objects. His moveset consists of a jump, crouch, crawl and body slam, which can break bricks from a tall height. Combos from x80 and higher repeat the rankings, but with a Very in front, so x80 is Very Lame, x85 is Very Cheesy, and so on. If a combo runs out, the player is awarded points depending on the size of the combo, along with a ranking: Lame (x1) Cheesy (x5) Not Bad but Not Great Either (x10) Getting Somewhere! (x15) Nice, Good Job (x20) Cheflike (x25) Brutal! (x30) Evil (x35) Unclean (x40) Disturbing (x45) Twisted (x50) Psychotic (x55) Ill-willed (圆0) Crushing (圆5) Funny! (x70) or Unfunny (x75). Points gained from enemies increase by 5 as it goes higher. This combo is maintained through collecting toppings and defeating even more enemies, the latter increasing the combo by 1.

Small toppings and Pizza Blocks are normally worth 10 points, while large toppings and Pizza Blocks are normally worth 100.Īdditionally, defeating an enemy starts a combo. Unlike many other action games of this caliber, he is immune to death, normally only losing 50 points when hit. The game has the player take control of Peppino, as he navigates through multiple large levels, collecting pizza toppings of various sizes and defeating enemies to score points. Gustavo, an adventurer, assists Peppino in his quest. Pizza Tower mainly follows Peppino Spaghetti, a struggling Italian pizza chef climbing the titular Pizza Tower on a quest to stop Pizzaface from blowing up his pizzeria with a laser at the top of the tower.
