<s>
Claymates	B-Device
is	O
a	O
platform	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
(	O
SNES	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
Interplay	O
's	O
clay	O
animation	O
titles	O
which	O
also	O
included	O
the	O
ClayFighter	B-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Claymates	B-Device
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Visual	O
Concepts	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Interplay	O
Productions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interplay	O
entered	O
into	O
a	O
distribution	O
contract	O
with	O
clay	O
animation	O
studio	O
Cineplay	O
Interactive	O
,	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
Will	O
Vinton	O
Productions	O
which	O
also	O
included	O
the	O
fighting	O
game	O
ClayFighter	B-Application
and	O
the	O
chess	O
game	O
Battle	B-Application
Chess	I-Application
4000	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Claymates	B-Device
was	O
produced	O
by	O
Interplay	O
veteran	O
Michael	O
Quarles	O
,	O
designed	O
by	O
Gregory	O
A	O
.	O
Thomas	O
of	O
Visual	O
Concepts	O
,	O
and	O
animated	O
by	O
A-OK	O
Animation	O
,	O
the	O
last	O
of	O
which	O
was	O
responsible	O
for	O
mascots	O
such	O
as	O
Gumby	O
and	O
the	O
Pillsbury	O
Doughboy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thomas	O
conceived	O
Claymates	B-Device
under	O
the	O
working	O
title	O
"	O
Animal	O
Connection	O
"	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
before	O
production	O
moved	O
to	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quarles	O
stated	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
clay	O
characters	O
were	O
made	O
in	O
an	O
attempt	O
"	O
to	O
have	O
the	O
consistency	O
of	O
something	O
like	O
Flintstones	B-Application
in	O
character	O
and	O
story	O
"	O
while	O
Thomas	O
claimed	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
have	O
"	O
the	O
speed	O
of	O
Sonic	B-Application
,	O
the	O
maps	O
of	O
Mario	B-Application
,	O
and	O
colors	O
that	O
have	O
never	O
been	O
done	O
before	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
proprietary	O
MIDI	O
tool	O
allowed	O
composers	O
to	O
play	O
music	O
and	O
sound	O
effects	O
directly	O
from	O
SNES	B-Application
ROM	B-Device
files	O
to	O
save	O
on	O
memory	O
by	O
only	O
occupying	O
18	O
kilobytes	O
of	O
space	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Characters	O
from	O
Claymates	B-Device
would	O
also	O
appear	O
in	O
the	O
pre-fight	O
introductions	O
of	O
ClayFighter	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
around	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
line	O
"	O
Blaze	O
Processing	O
"	O
featured	O
on	O
the	O
box	O
art	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
manual	O
of	O
Claymates	B-Device
is	O
a	O
reference	O
to	O
Sega	O
's	O
claims	O
of	O
"	O
Blast	O
Processing	O
"	O
in	O
some	O
its	O
US	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
advertisements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Genesis	O
version	O
of	O
Claymates	B-Device
was	O
planned	O
but	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2021	O
,	O
Claymates	B-Device
was	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
Online	I-Application
classic	O
games	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Claymates	B-Device
received	O
mostly	O
positive	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
