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THQ continues the story of Finding Nemo before the inevitable sequel. Disney and Pixar’s Finding Nemo was a great success and THQ sold quite a few copies of the game. One of the most oft-used methods of making a successful game is building off another. Since Pixar has yet to even announce a Finding Nemo 2, THQ took the story into its own hands and crafted a perfectly simple yet fun to play little GBA game.
In the game, you’ll learn what happened to the fish members of the tank gang after the first movie. Along the way you’ll take part in many, somewhat unrelated missions to get a grasp of the story and a variety of gameplay options at the same time.
As I mentioned, although the game does attempt to tell a coherent story throughout its length, for the most part you’ll be participating in minigames rounded up in a world map. Some of the missions do follow one of the gang members as they attempt to escape. In other missions, you’ll have to complete rudimentary puzzles, some rhythm-style button-pressing, and escape numerous things. Some missions also have you collecting pictures of their many characters.
The game’s many levels are simple yet offer enough satisfying gameplay to keep you going. It is the perfect portable game since you none of the minigames are particularly difficult to get a hang of and thus provide short bursts of fun-filled gameplay. Unfortunately, the developers at [FIND DEVELOPER AND INSERT HERE] made a fatal portable game error. Instead of a battery save system, they opted to go with a password save system. This eliminates much of the game’s portability since you’ll need to travel around with a pen and paper to move on.
Finding Nemo: The Continuing Adventures supports simple multiplayer modes which thankfully work with only one cartridge. Additionally, once you beat the game you can go and choose any particular one for a second run through.
The game’s visuals are nothing great. The backgrounds are very simple and don’t truly convince you that you’re underwater. The characters are sort of detailed and animate pretty well, if a bit stiffly.
The game’s background music is nothing great, even a bit repetitive and a dash annoying but nothing that ends up hurting the game. The same can be said for the game’s sound effects.
Finding Nemo: The Continuing Adventures offers varied gameplay and enough of it to keep things interesting. The game’s multiplayer and respectable presentation are good additions, but the game’s unforgivable save system really puts a damper on things. -- Jake Wilson, PGNx Media
---- Oct 6, 2004
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