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[[File:TdP-Steam-TheNoiseUpdate.png|The Noise Update promotional artwork seen on Youtube and Steam.|1265px|thumb]]
[[File:TdP-Steam-TheNoiseUpdate.png|The Noise Update promotional artwork seen on Youtube and Steam.|1265px|thumb]]
'''The Noise Update''', starting with version 1.1.0, introduces [[The Noise]] as a playable character in [[Pizza Tower (Game)|Pizza Tower]].
'''The Noise Update''' (numbered as version '''1.1.0 - 1.1.063''') released on March 12th 2024. It's a version of the game [[Pizza Tower (Game)|Pizza Tower]], that primarily adds [[The Noise]]'s playable campaign into the game, as well as smaller improvements and features. 1.1.0 specifically is the second to last ''major'' update before the game’s discontinuation.


The update was announced earlier the same day (or the previous day depending on the timezone) within a Twitch.tv livestream on McPig_Jr's account titled "When we finish Ancient Aliens, we will release the The Noise Update".".
==Changes==
==Changes==
[[The Noise]] can be unlocked as a playable character in two ways: hitting [[Peppino]] on the title screen one hundred times, or by completing [[Pizza Tower (Game)|the game]] as Peppino. Upon unlocking The Noise, pressing down on the title screen allows the player to change campaigns.
[[The Noise]] can be unlocked as a playable character in two ways: hitting [[Peppino]] on the title screen one hundred times, or by completing [[Pizza Tower (Game)|the game]] as Peppino. Upon unlocking The Noise, pressing down on the title screen allows the player to change campaigns.
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===Gameplay changes===
===Gameplay changes===
*Three new Noise save files are created upon beating the game (or 'unlocking The Noise'), featuring a playable Noise with several moveset differences:
*Three new Noise save files are created upon beating the game (or 'unlocking The Noise'), featuring a playable Noise with several moveset differences:
**Instead of climbing walls, Noise will bounce upward off of them using his skateboard.
**Rather than climbing a wall, the Noise bounces off them, and can spin out by pressing grab inbetween bounces.
**The dive is replaced with a tornado move, in which Noise will perpetually spin like a tornado as long as the down key is held.
***While wall bouncing, the player can cancel and spin out by pressing the grab button. Hitting another wall in this state will make Noise bounce again, each consecutive bounce becoming weaker until it becomes obsolete.
**Noise can activate the Super Jump without having to be in mach 3.
*** If the player is holding the Run key when landing after a wall bounce, The Noise will be put into a Mach 3 state.
**The dive is replaced with a tornado move, in which Noise will perpetually spin like a tornado as long as the down key is held. In this state, he can move horizontally, kill enemies, and fit through 1-tile gaps (which will put him back into a Mach state).
***Letting go of the down key while in tornado form will put Noise in a very short wall bounce, and grabbing while in tornado form will put Noise in a crouched running state. The Noise will almost never retain any speed past Mach 3 after performing a tornado move, unlike the dive.
**Jumping while holding up on the ground lets Noise instantly prepare a Super Jump.
**While performing a Super Jump, Noise can slightly move horizontally.
**While performing a Super Jump, Noise can slightly move horizontally.
**Jumping while holding up in the air allows Noise to crash into the ground with his Noise Crusher. This is functionally identical to Gustavo and Brick's double jump.
**Jumping while holding up in the air allows Noise to crash into the ground with his Noise Crusher, as a replacment for Peppino's dive body slam. This is very simlair to Gustavo and Brick's double jump.
**Most [[Transformations|transformations]] and other level gimmicks work differently when playing as The Noise.
**Most [[Transformations|transformations]] and other level gimmicks work differently when playing as The Noise.
**The Noise's uppercut reaches far higher than Peppino's.
**The Noise's uppercut reaches far higher than Peppino's.
*After beating the game as The Noise, The Noise can then jump off the tower in the room before Pizzaface to enter [[Peppino]]'s House. Leaving it will unlock Swap Mode.
*Swap Mode:
**After beating the game as The Noise, smoke will be coming from below the room before the Pizzaface boss. The Noise can then jump off the tower to enter [[Peppino]]'s House. Leaving it will unlock Swap Mode.
**This mode allows the player to swap between Peppino and The Noise by pressing the down key while taunting, or when getting hurt.
**This mode allows the player to swap between Peppino and The Noise by pressing the down key while taunting, or when getting hurt.
**Another player can join the game using a second controller. The two players fight over control to gain the most points, which works similarly to the [[Coop|Coop build]].
**Another player can join the game using a second controller. The two players fight over control to gain the most points, which works similarly to the [[Coop|Coop build]].
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===Visual changes===
===Visual changes===
*If the player reaches a combo of 50 or more before Pizza Time, the TV HUD will feature a 'heated' character expression.
*If the player reaches a combo of 50 or more before Pizza Time, the TV HUD will feature a 'heated' character expression.
**Previous to the Noise Update, Peppino's TV sprite for a 50+ combo had been used in the scrapped [[Heat Meter]] mechanic.
*If the player kills an enemy in the first room of a level, the Combo Ghost featured in the combo meter will be purple to indicate that a P-rank is possible. When the player loses the combo, the next combo will use the original yellow Combo Ghost, signifying the loss of a potential P-rank.
*If the player kills an enemy in the first room of a level, the Combo Ghost featured in the combo meter will be purple to indicate that a P-rank is possible. When the player loses the combo, the next combo will use the original yellow Combo Ghost, signifying the loss of a potential P-rank.
*When playing The Noise's campaign or Swap Mode, the TV HUD and the combo meter text will be yellow.
*When playing The Noise's campaign or Swap Mode, the TV HUD and the combo meter text will be yellow.
*The Fake Peppino Chase ending background has had the ''Do Enter Not Inside!'' sign changed to ''Do Not Go Inside!''
*The Fake Peppino Chase ending background has had the ''Do Enter Not Inside!'' sign changed to ''Do Not Go Inside!''

===Audio changes===
*[[Present|Beer Bottles]] make a unqiue sound when touched.


===Per-Level Changes===
===Per-Level Changes===
* [[Tutorial]] shows off differences about the Noise to Peppino, as he's unlocked after beating the game as him.
* Noise's [[Tutorial]] shows off differences between Noise and Peppino.
* All boss fights give The Noise a special ability to throw bombs instead of grabbing.
* All boss fights give The Noise a special ability to throw bombs instead of grabbing.
* In Vigilante's fight, The Noise will disrespect his honorable draw and shoot him automatically.
* In Vigilante's fight, The Noise will disrespect his honorable draw and shoot him instantly.
* [[The Doise]] replaces Noise as the third boss.
* [[The Doise]] replaces Noise as the third boss.
* Fake Peppino is noticeably faster in his chase sequence when playing as The Noise.
* Fake Peppino is noticeably faster in his chase sequence when playing as The Noise.
** The Noise will angrily yell at Fake Peppino if he gets caught, causing him to be scared and run away.
** The Noise will angrily yell at Fake Peppino if he gets caught, causing him to be scared and run away, making loss consequenceless.
* In [[John Gutter]], the music is replaced with ''The Noise's Jam-Packed Radical Anthem''.
* In [[John Gutter]], the music is replaced with ''The Noise's Jam-Packed Radical Anthem''.
* In [[Fastfood Saloon]], Noise can kill [[Horsey]] after finishing a race with him.
* In [[Fastfood Saloon]], Noise can kill [[Horsey]] after finishing a race with him.
* In [[Gnome Forest]], Noise continues the level as himself instead of swapping with [[Gustavo and Brick]].
* In [[Gnome Forest]], Noise continues the level as himself instead of swapping with [[Gustavo and Brick]].
** He also doesn't deliver pizzas, and instead kills both the pizzas and the gnomes, giving him the Toppins for free.
** In the Gustavo and Brick tutorial room, all of the Pizza Grannies will be missing except for the first one, who teaches the player about the crusher jump.
** All of the [[Noise Goblin]] are friendly towards The Noise. If you beat the level without killing any of them, you will get the Forest Goblin clothing.
* In [[GOLF (Level)|GOLF]], The Noise will rewrite the par if he goes over it.
* In [[GOLF (Level)|GOLF]], The Noise will rewrite the par if he goes over it.
* In [[The Pig City]], The Noise will transform into a version of himself that hangs onto rails using his gloves, in a similar way to Gustavo and Brick.
* In [[The Pig City]], The Noise will transform into a version of himself that hangs onto rails using his gloves, in a similar way to Gustavo and Brick.
** He will also kill [[Grandpa Pepper]] instead of getting hurt, and doesn't receive any clothes.
* In [[Peppibot Factory]], a bucket is placed at the start of the level, which follows the player and spills water on a row of electric sockets to disable them in a later section that would otherwise be difficult to traverse as The Noise.
* In [[Peppibot Factory]], a bucket is placed at the start of the level, which follows the player and spills water on a row of electric sockets to disable them in a later section that would otherwise be difficult to traverse as The Noise.
* In [[Refrigerator-Refrigerador-Freezerator]], the Noise chugs a strange keg. This gives him the Devil's Choice power up, but without the invincibility.
* In [[Refrigerator-Refrigerador-Freezerator]], the Noise chugs a keg of gasoline. This gives him the ability to fly, simliar to the Devil's Choice power up.
* In [[Don't Make A Sound]], when caught by one of the [[Toppin Monsters]], the Noise becomes a corpse, being unable to move before another Noise appears shortly after.
* In [[Don't Make A Sound]], when caught by one of the [[Toppin Monsters]], the Noise becomes a corpse, being unable to move before another Noise appears shortly after.
** This does not cause the player to lose any Pizza Points.
* In [[WAR]], there are buckets placed throughout the level in place of where Gustavo would normally be. If there is an enemy nearby when the player runs into a bucket, it will splash water on the enemy, killing said enemy.
* In [[WAR]], there are buckets placed throughout the level in place of where Gustavo would normally be. If there is an enemy nearby when the player runs into a bucket, it will splash water on the enemy, killing said enemy.
* In [[The Crumbling Tower of Pizza]], The Noise will collect Noisette, a Noisey, and The Bucket. He will kill everyone else he comes into contact with, including the bosses, Mort the Chicken, Snotty (if left alive prior) and Gerome.
* In [[The Crumbling Tower of Pizza]], The Noise will collect Noisette, a Noisey, and The Bucket. He will shove away everyone else he comes into contact with, including the bosses, Mort the Chicken, Snotty (if left alive prior) and Gerome.
** Killing Snotty in [[The Crumbling Tower of Pizza]] will not kill him in your save file.


===The Doise Boss===
===[[The Doise|The Doise Boss]]===
[[File:PT-TheDoise_Boss.png|thumb|right|350px|The Noise and The Doise having a brawl in Doise's Boss Arena.]]
[[File:PT-TheDoise_Boss.png|thumb|right|350px|The Noise and The Doise having a brawl in Doise's Boss Arena.]]
The Noise has a special boss encounter on his debut floor, Vacation Resort. After buying the Boss Gate from [[Noisette]] on the floor, instead of The Noise's arena gate, it is instead replaced by The Doise's, a recolor bootleg version of Noise. The boss fight goes just as The Noise's, except with some differences:
The Noise has a special boss encounter on his debut floor, Vacation Resort. After buying the Boss Gate from [[Noisette]] on the floor, instead of The Noise's arena gate, it is instead replaced by The Doise's, a recolor bootleg version of Noise. The boss fight goes just as The Noise's, except with some differences:
*The arena takes place in what seems to be a hivemind of Doise creatures, melting and scrolling vertically.
*The arena takes place in what seems to be a hivemind of Doise creatures, melting and scrolling vertically.
*The Doise's projectiles are instead Rocks instead of bombs like The Noise.
*The Doise's bombs and Noiseys are replaced with boulders.
*Revisiting the boss after defeating it will show The Doise's dead corpse, granting the player an instant P-Rank.
*This Boss fight is also the only one to have the Boss stay dead in the game.
*Revisiting the boss after defeating it for the first time will show The Doise's dead corpse, granting the player an instant P-Rank and the associated Chef Task. He can be re-summoned by taunting at his boss gate three times.


'''For more information, check the page for The Doise [[The Doise|Here]].'''
'''For more information, check the page for The Doise [[The Doise|Here]].'''

===Chef Tasks===
This is a [[Chef Tasks]] dedicated specifically to [[The Doise]] Boss:
{{ChefTasks
|name1 = Denoise
|image1 = Spr achievement bosses 2.png
|desc1 = Defeat The Noise without getting hurt.}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
{{TriviaNote}}
{{TriviaNote}}
*Directly before the release of The Noise Update, McPig had streamed himself playing "Ancient Aliens" on Twitch with the title: "When we finish Ancient Aliens, we will release the The Noise Update". The stream featured the likenesses of [[Peppino]], [[The Noise]], [[The Doise]], [https://pizzatower.miraheze.org/wiki/List_of_miscellaneous_characters#El_Diego El Diego]], [[Maurice]], [[Stupid Rat]], and several more characters unrelated to Pizza Tower.
*The pre-release stream featured the likenesses of [[Peppino]], [[The Noise]], [[The Doise]], [https://pizzatower.miraheze.org/wiki/List_of_miscellaneous_characters#El_Diego El Diego]], [[Maurice]], [[Stupid Rat]], and several more characters unrelated to Pizza Tower.
*In the weeks leading to The Noise Update's release, the update would be vaguely teased by Pizza Tower developers on Twitter. This included pictures and videos relating to buckets, a single frame of The Noise's deflating animation, and Mr. Sauceman announcing that The Noise has indeed spoken ([https://youtu.be/PMEKeYV_sMI?si=1SA9Nsz12aYeuYae I Need A Noise] features the same sentiment in its official description).
*In the weeks leading to The Noise Update's release, the update would be vaguely teased by Pizza Tower developers on Twitter. This included pictures and videos relating to buckets, a single frame of The Noise's deflating animation, and Mr. Sauceman announcing that The Noise has indeed spoken ([https://youtu.be/PMEKeYV_sMI?si=1SA9Nsz12aYeuYae I Need A Noise] features the same sentiment in its official description).
*The Noise update was first shown off in December of 2023 by McPig on Twitter.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
PT-Spr titlecard noise.gif|Every single Noise Sticker that gets slapped onto titlecards.
PT-Spr titlecard noise.gif|Every single Noise Sticker that gets slapped onto titlecards.
</gallery>
===Hub===
<gallery widths="133" heights="133">
PT-Spr_peppermangraffitiN.png|[[Pepperman]]'s graffiti inside the Western District.
</gallery>

====Characters====
<gallery>
PT-Spr_bucket.png|[[Bucket]], replacing The Noise's spot in the [[Slum]].
PT-spr_noisette_idle.gif|Noisette's idle.
PT-spr_noisettedance.gif|Noisette dancing, seen in the [[Sound Test]].
</gallery>
<gallery>
PT-spr_noisettestick_idle.gif|Noisette waiting for the player to give her money.
PT-spr_noisettestick_helicopter.gif|Noisette using her hat's bunny ears as a helicopter to fly.
PT-spr_noisettestick_takemoney1.gif|Noisette taking money from the player.
PT-spr_noisettestick_takemoney2.gif|Noisette kissing the player with red lips.
PT-spr_noisetterabbit_idle.gif|Noisette as a pink rabbit, after paying to open the final boss gate.
PT-spr_noisetterabbit_takemoney.gif|Noisette Bunny taking the player's money.
PT-spr_noisetterabbit_jump.gif|Noisette Bunny hopping away after being paid.
</gallery>
<gallery>
PT-spr noisette fall.png|Noisette falling.
PT-spr_noisette_exit.gif|Noisette pointing the player to the exit.
PT-spr_noisette_kidsparty.gif|Noisette puppet in [[Don't Make A Sound]], pointing the player to the exit.
</gallery>
<gallery widths="200" heights="200">
PT-spr_noisettenotification.gif|Noisette's face up close on a pink television, alerting the player they are able to open a boss gate.
PT-spr_noisetterabbitTV.gif|Noisette as a pink rabbit on a pink television, alerting the player they may pay her extra money.
</gallery>

===Backgrounds===
<gallery widths="230" heights="130">
PT-bg peppinohouse.png|Peppino's Bedroom.
</gallery>
</gallery>



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The Noise Update promotional artwork seen on Youtube and Steam.

The Noise Update (numbered as version 1.1.0 - 1.1.063) released on March 12th 2024. It's a version of the game Pizza Tower, that primarily adds The Noise's playable campaign into the game, as well as smaller improvements and features. 1.1.0 specifically is the second to last major update before the game’s discontinuation.

The update was announced earlier the same day (or the previous day depending on the timezone) within a Twitch.tv livestream on McPig_Jr's account titled "When we finish Ancient Aliens, we will release the The Noise Update".".

Changes

The Noise can be unlocked as a playable character in two ways: hitting Peppino on the title screen one hundred times, or by completing the game as Peppino. Upon unlocking The Noise, pressing down on the title screen allows the player to change campaigns.

Gameplay changes

  • Three new Noise save files are created upon beating the game (or 'unlocking The Noise'), featuring a playable Noise with several moveset differences:
    • Rather than climbing a wall, the Noise bounces off them, and can spin out by pressing grab inbetween bounces.
    • The dive is replaced with a tornado move, in which Noise will perpetually spin like a tornado as long as the down key is held.
    • Noise can activate the Super Jump without having to be in mach 3.
    • While performing a Super Jump, Noise can slightly move horizontally.
    • Jumping while holding up in the air allows Noise to crash into the ground with his Noise Crusher, as a replacment for Peppino's dive body slam. This is very simlair to Gustavo and Brick's double jump.
    • Most transformations and other level gimmicks work differently when playing as The Noise.
    • The Noise's uppercut reaches far higher than Peppino's.
  • After beating the game as The Noise, The Noise can then jump off the tower in the room before Pizzaface to enter Peppino's House. Leaving it will unlock Swap Mode.
    • This mode allows the player to swap between Peppino and The Noise by pressing the down key while taunting, or when getting hurt.
    • Another player can join the game using a second controller. The two players fight over control to gain the most points, which works similarly to the Coop build.
  • Headless Fake Peppino can now be parried.

Visual changes

  • If the player reaches a combo of 50 or more before Pizza Time, the TV HUD will feature a 'heated' character expression.
  • If the player kills an enemy in the first room of a level, the Combo Ghost featured in the combo meter will be purple to indicate that a P-rank is possible. When the player loses the combo, the next combo will use the original yellow Combo Ghost, signifying the loss of a potential P-rank.
  • When playing The Noise's campaign or Swap Mode, the TV HUD and the combo meter text will be yellow.
  • The Fake Peppino Chase ending background has had the Do Enter Not Inside! sign changed to Do Not Go Inside!

Per-Level Changes

  • Noise's Tutorial shows off differences between Noise and Peppino.
  • All boss fights give The Noise a special ability to throw bombs instead of grabbing.
  • In Vigilante's fight, The Noise will disrespect his honorable draw and shoot him instantly.
  • The Doise replaces Noise as the third boss.
  • Fake Peppino is noticeably faster in his chase sequence when playing as The Noise.
    • The Noise will angrily yell at Fake Peppino if he gets caught, causing him to be scared and run away, making loss consequenceless.
  • In John Gutter, the music is replaced with The Noise's Jam-Packed Radical Anthem.
  • In Fastfood Saloon, Noise can kill Horsey after finishing a race with him.
  • In Gnome Forest, Noise continues the level as himself instead of swapping with Gustavo and Brick.
  • In GOLF, The Noise will rewrite the par if he goes over it.
  • In The Pig City, The Noise will transform into a version of himself that hangs onto rails using his gloves, in a similar way to Gustavo and Brick.
  • In Peppibot Factory, a bucket is placed at the start of the level, which follows the player and spills water on a row of electric sockets to disable them in a later section that would otherwise be difficult to traverse as The Noise.
  • In Refrigerator-Refrigerador-Freezerator, the Noise chugs a keg of gasoline. This gives him the ability to fly, simliar to the Devil's Choice power up.
  • In Don't Make A Sound, when caught by one of the Toppin Monsters, the Noise becomes a corpse, being unable to move before another Noise appears shortly after.
  • In WAR, there are buckets placed throughout the level in place of where Gustavo would normally be. If there is an enemy nearby when the player runs into a bucket, it will splash water on the enemy, killing said enemy.
  • In The Crumbling Tower of Pizza, The Noise will collect Noisette, a Noisey, and The Bucket. He will shove away everyone else he comes into contact with, including the bosses, Mort the Chicken, Snotty (if left alive prior) and Gerome.

The Doise Boss

The Noise and The Doise having a brawl in Doise's Boss Arena.

The Noise has a special boss encounter on his debut floor, Vacation Resort. After buying the Boss Gate from Noisette on the floor, instead of The Noise's arena gate, it is instead replaced by The Doise's, a recolor bootleg version of Noise. The boss fight goes just as The Noise's, except with some differences:

  • The arena takes place in what seems to be a hivemind of Doise creatures, melting and scrolling vertically.
  • The Doise's bombs and Noiseys are replaced with boulders.
  • Revisiting the boss after defeating it will show The Doise's dead corpse, granting the player an instant P-Rank.

For more information, check the page for The Doise Here.

Trivia

This section is dedicated to trivia and miscellaneous information about The Noise Update.
Remember to read the wiki's trivia guidelines before adding trivia or making changes.
  • The pre-release stream featured the likenesses of Peppino, The Noise, The Doise, El Diego], Maurice, Stupid Rat, and several more characters unrelated to Pizza Tower.
  • In the weeks leading to The Noise Update's release, the update would be vaguely teased by Pizza Tower developers on Twitter. This included pictures and videos relating to buckets, a single frame of The Noise's deflating animation, and Mr. Sauceman announcing that The Noise has indeed spoken (I Need A Noise features the same sentiment in its official description).
  • The Noise update was first shown off in December of 2023 by McPig on Twitter.

Gallery

Promotional artwork