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 Tim
Burtons’ The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King
shall be released for the Game Boy Advance in conjunction with
games for the home consoles. The title appears to be aimed at
younger players as it is a very straightforward
2D-platformer. It doesn’t appear to offer us anything new and
could be used with any generic character.
In
the level we were allowed to play you had to progress from left to
right trying to find and destroy roots to help someone get out of a
pumpkin. The storyline wasn’t disclosed at the Electronic
Entertainment Expo (E3) but I’m sure we’ll learn more detail in
due course – with the game presumably acting as either a prequel
or sequel to the film. There is a map which is designed to help
Jack Skellington and his faithful dog Zero along the way, but this
is confusing at best, as are the stages you move around. Never
quite sure of the exits, you could easily wander round confused for
some time looking to where the level ends.
Graphically
this pushes no boundaries and indeed there are games available for
the Game Boy Advance which offer a lot more impressive visuals than
this title. Even fans of Tim Burtons The Nightmare Before
Christmas may be disappointed with this title in its current
state.
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