Chicken Little
It’s a film licensed videogame in the palm of your hand
Tags: Chicken Little Categories: GBA Reviews, Reviews
Posted by Daniel "monk" Pelfrey on Nov 25th, 2005
| Title | Players | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken Little (title page) | 1 | ||
| Developer | Publisher | Genre | Online |
| Adventure | No | ||
Movie based videogames are usually pretty poor – quick jobs done simply to cash in on the license. Often the developer can’t be faulted for having been given limited time and resources to get the job done. Usually, the Game Boy Advance games fare better than their “big console” cousins as less is required to get the game out the door.
Disney’s Chicken Little is one of those games.
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Make no mistake, this is still very much a videogame that is based on a film, so it was more important for the game to tie in rather than stand on its own. Sadly this is the case with most games of this type. Thankfully there are a few items that make Disney’s Chicken Little for Game boy Advance bearable and not an embarrassment.
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Playable right from the beginning are two mini-games that normally would have to be unlocked by playing through the game’s story. Thankfully, players are able to spend the acorns that are collected in the main game in order to unlock items such as tracks for the racing game or uniforms for the dodgeball mini-games. Yes, there is collecting, but thankfully at least this time there is a purpose. Each of these mini-games may not be as large as a full versioned game, but they aren’t skimpy by any means either.
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The main thrust of the game, however, is the retelling (or a version of it anyway) of the film. Here the game doesn’t really shine much as the levels aren’t particularly inspiring, the overall length of the game is somewhat short and the gameplay is standard platforming fare – get from point A to point B avoiding pitfalls and taking out enemies usually by jumping from platform to platform all the while collecting items.
The colors are bright and sharp, and everything is easily discernable. There really isn’t any flaws visually. The audio isn’t bad, but it isn’t that good either. Technically, the game is a decent player not expanding beyond the bounds of the typical film based platformer.
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That’s really all there is to it. A game that is designed for kids to expand on the film and make a few more buck for the license holder – in this case Disney (who happens to be making money on both the film and game). There are other much better games for the Game Boy Advance, but if you have to get a “kid friendly” title, well, again, there are other much better games out there. This is a safe choice, no more, no less.
| What Works | Score |
|---|---|
| + Mini-games don't feel "mini" | 7.1 |
| What Doesn't | |
| - Uninspired main game | |
| Under the Shrink-wrap | |
| A decent game that doesn't push the bounds of film based videogames. | |
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Posted by Daniel "monk" Pelfrey on Nov 25th, 2005 and is filed under GBA Reviews, Reviews. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can post a comment, or trackback from your own site.
