Muppets Party Cruise is a 2003 party video game, based on The Muppets franchise, developed by Mass Media and published by TDK Mediactive for the PlayStation 2 and GameCube.
| Muppets Party Cruise | |
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| Developer(s) | Mass Media |
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| Series | The Muppets |
| Platform(s) | GameCube, PlayStation 2 |
| Release | PlayStation 2[citation needed]GameCube |
| Genre(s) | Party |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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This was the Muppets' last video game before the franchise was acquired by The Walt Disney Company in 2004.
Gameplay
editMuppets Party Cruise has six playable characters: Kermit, Piggy, Fozzie, Gonzo, Animal and Pepe, and six non-playable characters: Statler and Waldorf, Rowlf, Rizzo, Swedish Chef, Sam the Eagle, Bunsen and Beaker. The game contains 30 mini-games, 15 of which the player must unlock,[2] and five levels: the Engine Room, Crew's Quarters, Quality Cabins, Star Suites and Royal Staterooms. Players may also choose between a long and short cruise.
The currency is party favors that are accrued by unlocking additional party games from the menu, but during gameplay, players use cruise credits.[3][4]
In "long cruise" mode, players may freely roam a tiled cruise ship. They roll a die at the start of each round and may advance that number of spaces. Around the walls of the cruise ship are doors; entering the blue, red or green doors starts multiplayer mini-games, and entering the yellow doors rewards the player with lottery-style one-player games in which the player may win more cruise credits. When a player wins a mini-game accessed via a red, blue or green door, the player receives a party favor of that color. When a player accumulates enough party favors, the game is over and the total party favors collected by all players are added to the saved balance, which can unlock mini-games.[5]
In "short cruise" mode, the first player may select a mini-game in which everyone will compete, but no party favors are won.
Reception
editThe game received "average" reviews according to video game review score aggregator Metacritic.[6]
References
edit- ^ "The Launch List, 11/21/03". IGN. November 21, 2003. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
- ^ "Muppets Party Cruise Review". December 2003. Archived from the original on 2018-11-15. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
- ^ "Jim Henson's Muppets Party Cruise for GameCube (2003)". Archived from the original on 2018-11-15. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
- ^ "Muppets Party Cruise Review - PlayStation 2". Archived from the original on 2018-11-14. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
- ^ "PS2 Review - 'Muppets Party Cruise'". Archived from the original on 2018-11-15. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
- ^ "Muppets Party Cruise Critic Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on December 18, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2015.