Earthworm Jim HD

by Nintendo

Product Features

• Crazy enemies
• classic characters
• tongue-in-cheek humor
• 32-bit graphics
• awesome sound

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005BJ9A
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 5 x 1 inches ; 1.6 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: June 11, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,474 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Platform: Game Boy Advance

Amazon.com Review

This is a good thing: Earthworm Jim has been lovingly ported and primed, and is now ready for action on the Game Boy Advance. The game is a fairly straightforward port of the old Super Nintendo version, only with the exclusive Sega Genesis Intestine level added for good measure. It provides weird, wicked, and hilarious 2-D action that's perfect for handheld gaming.

The story concerns the titular annelid, Jim, and his discovery of a super-special space suit that lets him walk, jump, run, climb, and fight like a man. He's also got a machine pistol, and can grab his own wormy body and whip himself around to reach high places. Decidedly wacky stuff. His enemies consist of psycho hamsters, crows (naturally), cats, and creatures made of garbage. His ultimate enemy is the evil Psy-Crow; he wants the suit from Jim and will stop at nothing to get it for his evil queen.

Earthworm Jim remains one of the weirdest 2-D side-scrolling games you'll ever play, mainly because of the sheer amount of innovation packed into each level. Jim will bounce on tire stacks, use zip lines, propel himself using machine-gun fire, and utter an emphatic "Dang" whenever struck by the enemy. Power-ups include special weapons and health, as well as free lives, which you'll need because Earthworm Jim is also one of the hardest games you'll find on the handheld.

In terms of innovation, creativity, graphics, and sound, Earthworm Jim is head, stomach, and tail above most titles, but it does suffer more than most from the Game Boy Advance's well-documented lighting and screen problems. Because the enemies in EJ tend to be small and fast, they can be hard to see without some lighting help. Regardless, this one remains a classic despite the intervening years. --Andrew S. Bub

Pros:

• Odd and hilarious!
• Great graphics and characters
• Classic gameplay

Cons:

• Small, fast enemies can be hard to see without proper lighting
• Will be too challenging for some

Product Description

Players who believe that variety is the spice of good games will be in nirvana here: one minute our hero is bungee jumping by a thread of mucus, the next he's riding a space-rocket through an asteroid belt. The game leans heavily on cockeyed humor, so steer clear if you've had it up to here with jokes about intestines, corporate lawyers and power-mad goldfish. Jim's arsenal is a bit on the skimpy side, although in the annals of video games the sight of an oversized annelid cracking his own head like a bullwhip is surely unique. The play control could use more polish, especially since most of the action involves running and jumping. On the whole, though, EWJ's legions of fans are far more interested in 'tude than gameplay mechanics.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars And now a word from someone who's actually played the game!, June 6, 2001

By 

Carter Andrews (Nashville, Tennessee United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Earthworm Jim (Video Game)

well I played the GBA version of Earthworm Jim. It's the same game as always, which is good, but with two major problems. Firstly, the graphics. They just aren't as good as they should and could be. The GBA has BETTER hardware than a Super Nintendo and deserves greater levels of respect. Unfortunately not here.

The big one is this: You'll never finish it. It's not too hard or anything, it's just that this is a huge game...and well, long story short THERE IS NO SAVE FEATURE. That's right, you can't save your game. If you want to play through the entire game, you have to do it in one sitting. This glaring oversight ruins so much about this game. There's very little replay value because eventually those first couple of levels will start to get very dull.

As far as the levels themselves, they're pretty good. This is the same game you've been playing and loving. It's awesome. But once again, VERY repetitive due to the number of times you'll be playing it.

One of the greatest games ever is totally ruined by careless developers wanting a cash in. If they had just bothered to put in a save game feature, Earthworm Jim could have been one of the greatest games ever.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars And now a word from someone who's read Carter's review!, September 22, 2001

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"y2kbugxp90" (Provo, UT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Earthworm Jim (Video Game)

I got this game as a birthday present after getting 1/2 of the money for a GBA and Tony Hawk 2, and I have to say, this is a great game. My cousin has this for Sega Genesis and he loves it (on both platforms :). The only thing wrong is it may get boring or be too hard for some. The graphics and sound effects make the game a hilarous addition to anyone's GBA collection.

A note for Carter Andrews (and all who may be interested):
You can kind of save by entering this code until you get to the level you were on:
During gameplay, pause by pressing START, then press ->, R, B, A, L, L, A, R. Don't confuse "->" (right) with "R".

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CHEAT CODES MAKE UP FOR SAVED PASSWORD, July 10, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Earthworm Jim (Video Game)

The games graphics, animations, backgrounds and Antics make this one well worth it !!!!

The fact that ther weas no save game feature was annoying until I figured out that I can jump to any level I want by using the cheat codes offered at most game sites like IGN or Gamespot!!!

This makes this game wll worth it!!!!

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