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The hit movie, Chicken Run goes from the big screen to the little handheld screen. Chicken Run has grossed over $170 million worldwide. With the video release and video game license, Chicken Run is going to remain on everyone's lips for some time to come.
Kids will love the characters in the game, while older players will enjoy the skill involved in freeing the chickens from Mrs. Tweedy and her Chicken Pie Machine. There are over 24 levels to play, each one harder than the last. Chicken Run is a mission-based adventure and in each level, Ginger must complete an objective in order to move on to the next level.
While this game may be slow paced at times, often boring to children of younger ages, the challenges make all the waiting around for the chickens to follow you, worthwhile. Sure, occasionally, the chickens forget about freedom and try to wander off into the guard dog, but isn't that all about the challenge to prevent this from happening? That's what makes this game fun. It looks easy, but looks can be deceiving.
Badseed's Bottomline: 3 out of 5. This game is rather unique. One amazing feature is that you can play this game in English, Spanish, French, German, or Italian. Wow!! That's a nice feature. No one gets shut out of this game, that features all of the cool characters from the hit film. The game plays differently than what I expected, which was a pleasant surprise. I didn't expect a mission-based adventure for kids. This enables children of all ages to enjoy it. The only downside to this game is that it isn't an action game and more of a strategy type adventure. You have to plan out what you are going to do to escape the farm and the dreaded pie machine. That may turn off some gamers, but it really shouldn't. Just keep playing and eventually, everything will make sense and you'll be freeing chickens everywhere.
Another movie license hitting our Game Boys is the Rugrats in Paris game. Just like Totally Angelica (Read the review in the September issue of BANDWIDTH), this Rugrats game is for little children. Kids will enjoy this game as it is both fun and challenging enough to keep them occupied.
In the game, all the characters from the series appear and take part in many mini-games that are like the ones found in an amusement park. Angelica seems to be in charge as she lets you know what you must achieve to move on, earn tickets and go through 16 huge levels.
I had a little bit of fun hitting moles with a hammer, hitting ninjas with goo and more. Still, I can see that children will keep playing this game on and on, as it offers them something to keep them constantly occupied. It is very endearing to children and kind of cute too.
Badseed's Bottomline: 3 out of 5. This is a fun kid's game, but it came too quickly after Totally Angelica. The objectives are about the same. Still, while that game was for the Angelica fan, this one is for the fan of the whole show. The graphics are nice and the gameplay is fun. Those that enjoy the Nickelodeon series should fins this game fun to play.