Scooby Doo! First Frights

by Warner Bros

Product Features

• Each story has a new setting with a mysterious villain created specifically for the game. Collect clues and try to solve the mystery.
• 3D action platforming fun featuring four all-new mysteries across 20+ levels; explore the Phantom Cruise Ship, Haunted High School, Foreboding Castle and more.
• Switch between characters or play with friends at any time using two player co-op with easy drop-in, drop-out gameplay.
• With access to a variety of spooky disguises, players can camouflage themselves in super-powerful costumes with new abilities unique to each character.
• Become part of the Mystery, Inc. team and solve their first cases with hours of entertainment in Story or Explore mode.

Product Details

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• ASIN: B002AD8Z0W
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches ; 3.4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 22, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,670 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #35 in Video Games > Nintendo DS > Adventure

Product Description

Platform: Nintendo DS

Amazon.com Product Description

Scooby-Doo! First Frights is a 3D action platformer and companion game to "Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins," a live-action prequel to the original series which releases on DVD and on the Cartoon Network in Fall 2009. Filled with the same hair-raising, yet family-friendy fun that has made the Scooby-Doo! franchise iconic for decades, First Frights is a fresh take on an old favorite featuring multiple game modes, a co-op play option, and a young version of Scooby, and teenage representations of all your other favorite Mystery, Inc. characters. Story In Scooby-Doo! First Frights players witness the roots of Mystery Inc. as the gang unites for the first time to solves some of its first mysteries. The story picks up right where the DVD/Cartoon Network leaves off as Scooby, Shaggy and the rest of the super-cool teen Mystery, Inc. gang explore spooky environments, solve puzzles, combat enemies and collect clues to unmask devious villains and gain prestige as world famous sleuths. With ghosts and ghouls around every corner, high school has never sounded so fun. Explore the beginnings of Mystery, Inc.. View larger. Gameplay An action platformer spread over 22 levels, Scooby-Doo! First Frights challenges the player to utilize the unique strengths, abilities, weapons, and other items of each member of Mystery, Inc. through a series of adventures and puzzle-solving scenarios. The game features game modes such as Storyline and Freeplay, as well as single player and drop in/out two-person co-op play options. The co-op option is an important feature due to each character's unique skill set which can be utilized better depending on who they are paired with. In addition, this functionality allows more experienced players, like parents or an older child, to share the adventure with younger or less experienced players, with each taking the lead as they wish. Along with these features the game also contains additional features such as charged attacks, voice talent from the "Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins" release, and character powerups that are sure to please both kids and their parents alike. Key Game Features Extend the movie experience as you take Mystery, Inc., through its first cases and view clips from the film. Four all-new mysteries spread over 22 levels. Explore the Phantom Cruise Ship, Haunted High School, Foreboding Castle and more. Disguise yourself in a variety of super-powerful costumes unique to each character to gain abilities and weapons. Play with anyone, wherever you are in the game, via two player co-op with easy drop-in, dropout functionality. Enjoy hours of entertainment with Storyline and Freeplay modes. Additional Screenshots: Co-op gameplay. View larger. All your Mystery, Inc. favs. View larger. Villains to battle. View larger. Character-specific arsenals. View larger.

Product Description

In Scooby-Doo! First Frights, the complement to the upcoming live-action and CGI Warner Bros. DVD release Scooby Doo: The Mystery Begins, players take on the role of young Scooby-Doo and teenage versions of the newly formed Mystery, Inc. crew to solve their very first cases. Scooby-Doo! First Frights is intended for Scooby-Doo fans of all ages. Fans will be able to explore spooky environments as Scooby, Shaggy or any of the super-cool teen Mystery, Inc. team. The action-adventure game features co-op play allowing two members of Mystery, Inc. to work together to solve puzzles, combat enemies, and collect clues before unmasking each episode’s mysterious villain - all while gaining prestige as world famous sleuths! Once players have solved the mystery, they can return to completed levels in Explore mode with any unlocked character, costumed character or villain to access new areas. With ghosts and ghouls around every corner, high school has never sounded so fun!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

44 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fine game for children and the young at heart, September 29, 2009

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Kevin Saunders "Kevin242" (Rocky Hill, CT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scooby Doo First Frights (Video Game)

I played the Wii version of this game (which is a fine game too) and expected the DS version to be watered down like the DS version of Ghostbusters (not recommended). I was wrong. This is almost a perfect port of the console game.

The game is divided up into 4 episodes. Like the original show there is a mystery which by the end of the episode you (hopefully) solve. The game play is well done. You feel like you are in a cartoon, the cut scenes are very good and feature voice acting from the characters in the recent Scooby doo dvd film.

My only complaint is Scooby is a little on the easy side. Of course you are probably reading this to decide to whether to buy the game for your children at Christmas and the difficulty is perfect for a child, the easy difficulty makes this a good game for an adult as it works well in a pick up play for a few minutes type of situation as well.

The bottom line is it's fun and worth your money. Your kids won't be disappointed if they find this under the tree and you may have some fun with it as well.

I hope developers will take note of how to do a DS port right and put the time and effort into future releases as is evident in this game.

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Fun and amusing!, October 13, 2009

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Robbie Mar "Nautious1" (Ewa Beach, HI USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Scooby Doo First Frights (Video Game)

I bought this game for my daughter but I borrowed it to take it on a trip from Honolulu to Los Angeles which is about a five hour flight.

The game play felt really good in terms of character control. The objectives for each level is somewhat easy. I like how they incorporate the touch screen area to unlock certain items. The storyline of each level is written pretty good. Each of the characters has a unique "attack" feature which is required for specific tasks which I thought was a very interesting feature to have. The in game video cut-scenes were pretty good. They help you to identify clues for each mystery in the level that you are on. Another thing is when you die on a level, it automatically re-spawns the character and never ends the game.

The only things that I didn't like were the music became annoying after awhile. On each level, they play one song that loops and loops and loops so that could get to you. The other thing that I thought was quite odd was trying to find all the "Scooby Doo" tags that are hidden on each level. On a majority of the levels, they were either hard to find or hard to get too. But on others, they were real east to get.

Overall, I would recommend this game to kids who are at least five years old only because it does take some thinking on what to do and how to accomplish the task.

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My son LOVES this game!, January 14, 2010

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C. Coats (Louisiana) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Scooby Doo First Frights (Video Game)

I purchased this game for my son for Christmas. He is 6 years old so I was worried he may not be able to play this game well, since the age is 10+. However, he loves this game. It ranks up there with Mario!

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