The Simpsons (Nintendo DS)

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Like any game that relies on a character saying certain things during a specific action, there are instances where you'll hear the same thing again and again, but because a lot of the speech is level specific the variety is something you just can't ignore. Like New - Original protective wrapping may be missing, but the original packaging is intact and pristine. However, Homer uses his ball form to roll up a slope and break the catwalk that Groening stood upon. Players of The Simpsons Game are able to control the Simpson family each with their own unique abilities.

In the Xbox and PS3 version, all of Springfield can be explored and the levels are started from certain buildings, depending on the main location of the level. In The Simpsons Game, you’ll play as Homer, Marge, Bart and Lisa as they fight their way through parodies of multiple popular games, squashing an amazing array of villains in the process. Frink gives them cheat codes, but decided to stay in the videogame world because he was marrying a Koopa (from the Mario franchise). Even though much of the game is a traditional platformer, The Simpsons Game actually feels like it incorporates the Simpsons characters extremely well for its design…something the old-school Simpsons games failed to do.

For example, in Lisa the Tree Hugger, you are required to use Lisa's Hand of Buddha skill to move large objects, and Bart's slingshot skill to shutdown numerous machines. His other power, which he gets later in the game, is inhaling helium to turn into "Heli-Homer", a big gas ball to float into the air.

Many cutscenes feature the 2D style, shown like a normal Simpsons episode (except for the DS version, which has 3D rendered cutscenes). The older 8-bit family informs the current Simpsons that their game will be destroyed as well in the future, but the Simpsons tell their older selves that their world is already being destroyed. Similar to the show, the game pokes fun at popular culture, many other video games, and Electronic Arts, its publisher.It was released in 2004 and is distinguished by its dual LCD screens, the bottom of which is a touch screen. Rumours that he turned down a role in The Hobbit to work on Nintendo Life are, to the best of our knowledge, completely and utterly unfounded.