Nicktoons Unite!

by THQ

Product Features

• Jimmy, Timmy, Danny, and SpongeBob SquarePants combine their powers to take out The Evil Syndicate
• Use their unique talents and abilities to face off against the evil geniuses, and shut off their Doomsday device
• More than 15 explorable Nicktoons levels, including - Retroville, Dimmsdale, Amity Park and Bikini Bottom

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000BLFAOO
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: January 10, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,770 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Nintendo DS

From the Manufacturer

The most devious plan ever created in a Nicktoons world is unfolding. Professor Calamitous has pulled together Plankton, Vlad, and Crocker to form a group known as The Evil Syndicate. The wicked foursome have begun to wreak havoc throughout Retroville, Amity Park, Dimmsdale, and Bikini Bottom in an attempt to take over the world. Not to be outsmarted, Jimmy Neutron calls upon his own band of Nicktoons. Jimmy, Timmy, Danny, and SpongeBob SquarePants combine their powers to take out The Evil Syndicate, along with the devastating Doomsday device. It's good versus evil where only one side will prevail.

Features:

• Jimmy, Timmy, Danny, and SpongeBob SquarePants combine their powers to take out The Evil Syndicate
• Unique combat abilities for each playable character
• Choose from more than 16 upgradeable/customizable gadgets and powers
• More than 15 explorable Nicktoons levels, including Retroville, Dimmsdale, Amity Park, and Bikini Bottom
• Cross game save system that will unlock special levels, characters, and cheats across other Nickelodeon video games
• One- to four-player cooperative play featuring SpongeBob SquarePants, Timmy Turner, Jimmy Neutron, or Danny Phantom

Product Description

In Nicktoons Unite! the most devious minds in the Nicktoons universe come together -- and you have to fight them! Professor Calamitous has pulled together Plankton, Vlad, and Crocker to form The Evil Syndicate. The wicked foursome wreak havoc throughout Retroville, Amity Park, Dimmsdale, and Bikini Bottom in an attempt to take over the world. Not to be outsmarted, Jimmy Neutron calls upon the Nicktoons!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Nicktoons Should Reunite for a Better Game... They Deserve Better Than This..., January 28, 2006

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S. Rhodes - See all my reviews
(TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (VINE VOICE)   

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Nicktoons Unite! (Video Game)

As Spongebob, Danny Phantom, Timmy Turner and Jimmy Neutron you'll play through a pretty short adventure. You can only control one at a time, and the others will be accesible via touch screen. So you can switch to other characters in the middle of all the action.

Each character as their own special abilities. Spongebob can float using bubbles, and he can shoot them at enemies. Danny can go through walls and shoot plasma bursts. Timmy can hide behind a bush and call on his Fairy Godparents, and Jimmy can use his jet pack and a shrink ray.

I'll be honest and say that creating a game where the nicktoons team up is an exceptioinally good idea. I just wish it had been executed much better. For one, there's never a point throughout the game where you'll actually need to use any one characters special abilities. You can just go into a level and start shooting. The enemies aren't aggressive either and are taken down way too easily. It's pretty sad, considering this game really had a lot of potential to be something good.

The controls aren't great either, and neither are the camara angles. The only time the game gets any difficulty is when you're actually navigating a level. The controls are just clunky, and the camara angles--despite the fact that you can change them--are terrible!

Graphic wise this game isn't soo bad. The character models and animations look exactly like their nicktoon counterparts, which is very much welcome. While the characters present themselves well, the enviroments don't. A lot of them are repetative, stale and boring. Again, the game had so much potential.

The sound is alright. Not the greatest. It never really branches out. It's also a disappointment that there is no voice acting. This is the perfect game to include voices! It could've really felt like playing through a nicktoon that way. The story is dragged out in storyboards where you've got to read everything. I'm not against reading, but come on, the video game world is moving to the point where voice acting really could liven up a game. Some instance where it isn't necessary (RPGs, mainly), but in a game like this, it would be really cool to hear Danny Phantoms voice or something.

It's also a drag that you don't really use the touch screen for anyting other than switching characters.

Really, what it boils down to is this: It's in a genre that's very widely known. One where we already get hundreds of copies of the same thing released. If the game were more innovative I would gladly recommend it. Instead it's like every other 3D platformer that tries to break out. The difficulty is too easy (you can go through the entire game without getting hit once), the story is generic and something we've heard over and over. The sound is too generic. The entire game is generic. What I'm saying is that it does nothing to separate itself from your stereotypical 3D platformer.

This game had potential. It still does. If a sequel is made and it happens to go above and beyond, I'll look into it. Your kid might like it, though. The average gamer will venture into the "Been there, done that," category.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This game... ... ..., January 22, 2006

A Kid's Review

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Nicktoons Unite! (Video Game)

Did...better...than...I...thought it would do. Awesome graphics,
and neat that it isn't a 3-d side-scroller like Sponge Avenger,
Ultimate Spider-man, Spider-man 2, and Sonic Rush. This game is
the Nickelodeon version of Super Mario 64 DS!

And that game ruled!

This game would be better if it had Dan Phantom (Danny's future
counter part, who was evil, from Danny Phantom: The ultimate
Enemy; tv episode, and game for the GBA.)

Besides that this game looks great!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Broken, April 18, 2006

A Kid's Review

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Nicktoons Unite! (Video Game)

This game offers a good time, but control problems can sometimes be a real pain in the neck. For Instance, I often Find I can't beat a level because Jimmy's hoverpack activated on it's self, causing all the juice to run out. Also, simple mistakes can prove to be level losing.

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