Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius

by GameCube

Product Features

• gamecube

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005YL22
• Item Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: December 16, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,061 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius tells the story of a 10-year-old boy who, along with his robot dog Goddard, battles evil, rescues his parents from aliens, saves Earth, and still makes it home in time for supper. The game features tons of techno gadgets, including a laser gun, shrink ray, asthma spray, and missiles. The game features multiplayer character abilities for Jimmy, Goddard, Carl, Nick, Dad, Cindy, and Ultra Lord. Areas include Retroville, a meteor storm, the Yokian moon, and a Yokian chase through space.

Product Description

Jimmy Neutron is a 10-year-old boy genius who stars in Nickelodeon and Paramount Pictures' CGI animated motion picture, Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius.

After occasionally saving the world from total destruction, Jimmy likes to hang out with his robot dog, Goddard, and his best friend, Carl Wheezer. Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius was created by DNA Productions and screenwriter/director Steve Oedekerk whose credits include both Ace Venture movies, The Nutty Professor and Patch Adams. Starring the voices of Martin Short and Patrick Stewart.

Classic characters; awesome environments; wacky weapons; cool graphics; multi-player action via link cable.

Release Region: United States
Release Date: December 17, 2002

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A toss up..., January 9, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius (Video Game)

While it was remarkable that the makers of this game assembled almost all of the voice actors from the movie (and got someone to do a not half-bad Patrick Stewart impersonation for King Goobot), and while the entire game featured some of the most beautifully rendered landscapes imaginable, Jimmy Neutron for the Gamecube lacks the atmosphere and level-to-level flow that would make it a truly great game. Some of the levels were unbelievably fun and heart-pounding--imagine riding a skateboard version of Goddard the mechanical dog down a spiraling glass ramp, making unbelievable jumps and dodging obstacles at incredibly high speeds--but other parts of the game were little more than annoying, the game designers expecting you to repeat the same tedious jumps to ill-defined platforms over and over, one of which, due to programming errors, disappeared and dropped me to my death for no reason. The camera angles were a constant source of frustration, often causing me to miss the obvious simply because it was in the other direction; Jimmy Neutron might have benefitted from a Zelda-like Z-targeting system to shift the view around. And while the objectives in this game were always new and unique (throwing dead alien bugs at a giant worm, destroying an energy core with radioactive rocks, busting Cindy Vortex out of an alien prison, jumping across giant spinning cogwheels to save Jimmy's parents, tricking a giant chicken to smash the bad guys for you), the player is often unsure of what he needs to do next to proceed. The game's sound effects were nothing worth mentioning; aside from the insults the Yolkians shout at you, the weapons Jimmy uses hardly make any sound at all, and the music tends to be listless synth-heavy midi that loops every couple minutes. Aside from the gripes I've mentioned, and though maaaybe the game seemed like it was rushed to the stores in time for Christmas '02, THQ did a commendable job of showing off what the Gamecube can do with "Jimmy Neutron". But I hope next time THQ and Nickelodeon can get Rob Paulsen to do Carl Wheezer's voice...

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars As Bad as the movie, March 31, 2006

A Kid's Review

= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius (Video Game)

Have you ever heard that most games based on movies are not good? Well, this game helps the cuase. However, I have another theory why the game is so awfully boring. Becasue the movie was boring! I like the tv show, but the movie stunk, so the game did too. It had no action, the graphics were bad, and the fun level was quite below average, there were a few fun parts, but overall, the game was boring. So, if you're looking for a fun Jimmy Neutron game, try Jimmy Neutron Jet Fusion, or Jimmy Neutron attack of the Twonkies, anything but this.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars choose something else, June 16, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius (Video Game)

I bought this for my 9 and5 yr olds and they love the premise
BUT the platforms to jump on are VERY hard to hit and you cannot save until you get thru the entire first level which is TOO much game time for kids!!! They didn't want to return it because the Midway games are fun but it was just frustrating and SINCE YOU HAVE TO START OVER AGAIN EVERY TIME, we bagged it for something else!!!