{{Short description|2012 video game}} {{Infobox video game |image = File:Deer_Drive_Legends_2019_Nintendo_Switch_Digital_Cover_Art.jpg |caption = |developer = Raylight s.r.l. |publisher = Maximum Games |platforms = Nintendo 3DS, Microsoft Windows, Wii, WiiWare, Nintendo Switch |released = '''Nintendo 3DS'''<br />{{Video game release|NA|May 27, 2012|EU|August 13, 2013 {{small|(eShop only)}}}}'''Wii'''<br />{{Video game release|NA|November 16, 2012}}'''Microsoft Windows'''<br />{{Video game release|NA|November 16, 2012 {{small|(Retail)}}|WW|January 7, 2013 {{small|(Digital)}}}}'''WiiWare'''<br />{{Video game release|NA|November 19, 2013|EU|November 28, 2013}}'''Nintendo Switch'''<br />{{Video game release|WW|June 14, 2019}} |genre = Sports <small>(Hunting)</small> |modes = Single-player, Multiplayer }} '''''Deer Drive Legends''''' is a three-dimensional hunting video game, developed by Raylight s.r.l.<ref name="Raylight Games">{{cite web|url=http://www.raylightgames.com/2012/02/deer-drive-legends-3ds-official-press-release/|title=''Deer Drive Legends'' Official Press Release|publisher=Raylight Games|accessdate=7 May 2012|archive-date=1 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501221836/http://www.raylightgames.com/2012/02/deer-drive-legends-3ds-official-press-release/|url-status=dead}}</ref> This 3D hunting game was published by Maximum Games and released on the Nintendo 3DS in May 2012 for both retail and download via Nintendo eShop.<ref name="GameSpot">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/deer-drive-legends-3d/ |title=''Deer Drive Legends'' Tech Info |publisher=GameSpot |accessdate=7 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503062303/http://www.gamespot.com/deer-drive-legends-3d/ |archivedate=3 May 2012 }}</ref> It was later ported as a Wii and retail Windows PC game, and released in November 2012. The PC version was re-titled as '''''Deer Hunt Legends'''''. Unexpectedly, the Wii version of the game was eventually re-released as a WiiWare title on November 19, 2013,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/11/nintendo_download_14th_november_north_america |title=Nintendo Download: 14th November (North America) |first=Thomas |last=Whitehead |publisher=Nintendo Life |date=2013-11-14 |accessdate=2013-11-15 |archive-date=2013-11-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115140602/http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/11/nintendo_download_14th_november_north_america |url-status=live }}</ref> the first WiiWare title ever since ''Retro City Rampage'' launched on the platform in February 2013. A Nintendo Switch version was released on June 14, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/deer-drive-legends-switch/|title=Deer Drive Legends for Nintendo Switch|website=Nintendo of America|accessdate=2020-11-30|archive-date=2020-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214201028/https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/deer-drive-legends-switch/|url-status=live}}</ref>
The PC version became available in Europe via digital distribution when it was released globally on Steam in January 2013. The Nintendo 3DS and WiiWare versions of the game were released in Europe in August and November 2013 respectively, wherein the Nintendo 3DS version is exclusively an eShop downloadable with a reduced price.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/08/nintendo_download_8th_august_europe |title=Nintendo Download: 8th August (Europe) |first=Thomas |last=Whitehead |publisher=Nintendo Life |date=2013-08-05 |accessdate=2013-11-15 |archive-date=2013-08-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130824074613/http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/08/nintendo_download_8th_august_europe |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/11/nintendo_download_28th_november_europe |title=Nintendo Download: 28th November (Europe) |first=Thomas |last=Whitehead |publisher=Nintendo Life |date=2013-11-25 |accessdate=2013-11-26 |archive-date=2013-11-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131128063707/http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/11/nintendo_download_28th_november_europe |url-status=live }}</ref>
''Deer Drive Legends'' is rated T for Teens by the ESRB.<ref name="YouTube">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWeamyK9tt8|title=''Deer Drive Legends'' Official Trailer|date=25 January 2012|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=7 May 2012}}</ref> ''Deer Drive Legends'' has little relation to the 2007 ''Deer Drive'' and 2009 ''Deer Drive'' games, other than having similar titles and deer hunting concepts.
==Setting== ''Deer Drive Legends'' takes place in numerous locations throughout the world, including the African Savannah, Rocky Mountains, Russia and Great Lakes. Players will explore famed hunting regions across three continents in search of the biggest trophy.<ref name="Gamasutra">{{cite web|url=http://gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/82721/Deer_Drive_Legends.php|title=''Deer Drive Legends''|publisher=Gamasutra|access-date=7 May 2012|archive-date=10 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610225039/http://gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/82721/Deer_Drive_Legends.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Animals=== Players will take down a number of elusive animals such as bears, antelope, elk, deer, wolves, and mountain lions. The game also features prehistoric species as bosses such as the ''Smilodon'', ''T. rex'', aurochs and ''Gastornis''.<ref name="Nintendo-x2.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.nintendo-x2.com/news/view/23799/more-3d-hunting-with-deer-drive-legends|title=More hunting with ''Deer Drive Legends''|publisher=Nintendo-x2.com|accessdate=7 May 2012|archive-date=3 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603224204/http://www.nintendo-x2.com/news/view/23799/more-3d-hunting-with-deer-drive-legends|url-status=live}}</ref>
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