Shrek: Hassle at the Castle

by Nintendo

Product Features

• Action or Adventure game based on the film
• Lead Shrek to the Dragon's Castle to save Princess Fiona
• 7 levels
• Play as Shrek, Donkey, or Princess Fiona
• For 1 to 4 players

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006JBSA
• Item Weight: 5 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: October 8, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #33,953 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Manufacturer's Description

Shrek: Hassle at the Castle, a third-person action-adventure, is based on the plot of the Academy Award-winning major motion picture. As in the film, Shrek must try to regain his Home Sweet Swamp, which has been overrun by fairy-tale characters. Shrek’s adventures soon lead him to Duloc, the Lost Forest, and even to the dragon’s castle to save Princess Fiona.

Through the game’s seven levels, gamers will be able to play as the ogre hero Shrek, his lovable sidekick Donkey, or the beautiful Princess Fiona in over 20 stages of gameplay. Shrek takes on the fairy-tale characters with ogre fighting moves, while Donkey uses his four-legged attack to help along the way. Princess Fiona gets in on the action by showing off her kung fu fighting skills.

Developed by Japanese developer Tose, the title also offers a multiplayer mode, giving gamers the chance to compete with up to four friends via a Game Boy Advance Game Link cable. Each player can select from Shrek, Donkey, Princess Fiona, or Lord Farquaad as they go head-to-head trying to capture the most coins in each level.

Product Description

Shrek: Hassle at the Castle, a third-person action-adventure, is based on the plot of the Academy Award-winning major motion picture. As in the film, Shrek must try to regain his Home Sweet Swamp, which has been overrun by fairy-tale characters. Shrek’s adventures soon lead him to Duloc, the Lost Forest, and even to the dragon’s castle to save Princess Fiona.

Through the game’s seven levels, gamers will be able to play as the ogre hero Shrek, his lovable sidekick Donkey, or the beautiful Princess Fiona in over 20 stages of gameplay. Shrek takes on the fairy-tale characters with ogre fighting moves, while Donkey uses his four-legged attack to help along the way. Princess Fiona gets in on the action by showing off her kung fu fighting skills.

Developed by Japanese developer Tose, the title also offers a multiplayer mode, giving gamers the chance to compete with up to four friends via a Game Boy Advance Game Link cable. Each player can select from Shrek, Donkey, Princess Fiona, or Lord Farquaad as they go head-to-head trying to capture the most coins in each level.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Frustrating Game...., April 25, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Shrek: Hassle at the Castle (Video Game)

This game starts out just fine, it's actually a little easy on the first two levels. Two things to mention.... The information booklet that comes with this game neglects to mention how to activate/use the fairy dust. It only explains what the fairy dust does. After many frustrating attempts at trying to use the fairy dust icon to complete level two, I finally called product support. The help desk told me the intructions for this feature were not included in the game info booklet. Secondly, I was informed that level three was difficult to clear, and he (the product support guy) changed the game difficulty to 'easy' to get past it. I STILL haven't gotten past it! I purchased this game for my nine year old. Now I know why she has lost interest in the game. It is too frustrating and time consuming to get past certain levels. The rest of the game may be a lot of fun, like the beginning. However, it will take a lot of patience to find out. (And THAT's not something a lot of kids (or me!) has!)

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Hard and Boring, July 27, 2003

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Shrek: Hassle at the Castle (Video Game)

Oh my gosh, this game is awful!! The first couple of levels are okay but after that the game is almost impossible, unless I'm missing something, this game is not very well explained, there seems to be no way at all to get past Level 3-1, ugh, I haven't even picked this game up in a couple months for fear of becoming extremely frustrated again. Not only that but the character controls are very slow and frustrating. The only good part are the graphics. Don't buy this!!

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mom addicted to game, January 5, 2003

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S. Verrilli (Pomfret Center, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shrek: Hassle at the Castle (Video Game)

My 8 year old daughter received this game for Christmas, but I can't stop playing it! It's challenging but manageable. It really is a lot of fun for children and adults alike.