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| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $15.52
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 1568
Platform: Nintendo Ds
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo DS
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0 x 0
MPN: 15331
UPC: 014633153316
EAN: 0014633153316
ASIN: B000QAXZYM
Release Date: October 30, 2007
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 The Simpsons DS Review January 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a very good game. It's lots of fun to play as all the different Simpsons characters. Lots of fun to play, a very good platformer. I would recommend this game to anyone who likes to play the Super Mario-type games and I would highly recommend to Simpsons fans.
 "Simpsons Game" a mix of great writing, average platformer action January 17, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
For Matt Groening to brand this with the all-encompassing title "The Simpsons Game" is to take a huge risk. After more than a decade of subpar spinoff-themed games like skateboarding, taxi driving and a "Grand Theft Auto" ripoff (and remember Itchy and Scratchy mini golf for the Game Boy?), there is finally The. Simpsons. Game.
A game like this should summarize the entirety of the hit show's 19-years-and-still-going history, right? It should be the perfect blend of immersive game play, a bevy of payoff moments for the "Simpsons" superfans, and top-notch writing, yes? Well, two out of three isn't bad.
What "The Simpsons Game" turned out to be was a bland, repetitive, sometimes irritatingly difficult platformer. In an age of motion-sensor controls and lifelike 3-D renderings, the simplistic platformer genre can still play host to some great games (see: "New Super Mario Bros.") But there's not a lot about "The Simpsons Game" that sets it apart from the rest of the pack.
For one thing, the characters have infinite lives. If you "die," your character simply zips back to the nearest checkpoint he or she reached. This takes the best part of what a "challenge" should be in a great game and relocates it to several do-this-part-100-times-until-you-get-it-exactly-right moments.
Each member of the Simpson family has a special ability -- Homer bloats up into a ball, Marge can corral characters to do her bidding, Bart becomes El Barto and Lisa can use the "Hand of Buddha" to move objects around -- but the novelty wears off quickly once the game starts to practically tell you outright how to use those powers.
The platforming aspect, like I said, is very repetitive and average. It succeeds the most on levels where two family members must work co-op in order to reach the end. The boss levels (if they can be called that) are somewhat satisfying once you defeat them, which is a plus.
Now on to the game's strongest point: the writing. The cutscenes in "The Simpsons Game" are superbly animated and are much, much funnier than they have any right to be. All the show's original voice talent is here, and the game's multi-layered meta-plot allows for a ton of jabs and in-jokes toward the gaming industry, the 8-bit age, nerds and even Groening himself.
The extras are so-so. Pet Homer is exactly what it sounds like and gets old after about two minutes. You can watch all the cutscenes after beating the game, which is nice.
All in all, I don't regret buying the game. It's got enough going for it to justify purchase by the average "Simpsons" nut. Not a world-changing title, but worth a try all the same.
Pretty, funny, but boring. December 18, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
There's a lot to like about this game, mainly the great cel-shaded 3D that looks very much like an actual episode of the Simpsons. The cut-scenes look almost exactly like a Simpsons episode, and the voice acting is superb (obviously, since all the original voices are used). The game has a good amount of humor as well, considering it's a Simpsons game. There are even some very obscure jokes for superfans (in one level there are some solid gold "dogs with bees in their mouths, so when they bark they shoot bees at you").
Unfortunately, that doesn't necessarily make up for the gameplay, which cannot fairly be called anything but boring. Even the traditional side-scrolling platformer format can be fun (see The New Super Mario Bros), but in the Simpsons game it seems they just copied and pasted a bunch of terrain and bad guys and left it at that. The most exciting moments are where the cooperative play (you switch off between Simpsons family members, each with different abilities) is used to its fullest potential. Of course, even that is overused and becomes tedious.
Overall, actually playing the game will make you angry and sleepy, but you'll probably enjoy the cutscenes, jokes and voice acting. Keep an eye out for Futurama cameos. Pet homer is kind of fun for about 2 minutes, as well.
I can only recommend this game to curious Simpsons fans.
 In the words of Lisa Simpson... meh... December 12, 2007
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
This game isn't that great. It violates my one big pet peeve - repetition of the same challenge over and over if you don't get it right the first time. The best part about this game is the dialogue, but even that gets repetitive when you've repeated a level about 25 times. Also, it feels like the characters don't respond well to the controller, which means you are pressing those tiny DS buttons really hard and your hands get bad cramps. Last, in many cases there is absolutely no direction as to how you are supposed to complete the challenge, so you really end up doing it a ridiculous number of times (Lisa and the dolphins almost made me chuck the thing out the window!). If you want a good Simpsons game, I enjoyed the Xbox game "Hit and Run".
if you love the simpsons.... December 7, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I'm going to be very blunt.
You cannot die in this game. There are unlimited lives. Some of the levels get pretty difficult and frustrating. (So unlimited lives is a good thing. But leaves no REAL challenge.)
The animations are good and the dialogue is funny and its pretty easy to just pick the game up and start playing. There are quite a few unlockables. And a really cool feature of the game is the ability to visit the theater and replay any cutscenes/animations you have unlocked in the game.
Another cool feature is PET HOMER which is moderately funny. (it's not a complete mini game, its more for a quick laugh.)
I'd recommend this for fans of the simpsons, as most of the things that make this game great are things that not the average person would appreciate this game for.
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