Buena Vista Games will be bringing Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge to the Playstation 2 and Xbox on October 11th.
The game picks up where the popular 1993 animated movie left off, continuing the story of Jack Skellington (our hero) and Oogie Boogie (the mischevious villain). Jack's got to go about righting all of Oogie's wrongs before the holidays are ruined.
We're wondering how they're going to sell this game. People who watched the movie when it came out are 12 years older now and are likely to find the safe violence of this title a bit too tame in comparison to more mature games. An example: Jack uses what looks like a long, sticky, green gooey thing to grab enemies, whip them around, and smash them into each other. The violence is rather slapstick, but the physics are definitely there. The game reportedly uses a version of the Devil May Cry engine.
Whips and whip-like weapons appear to be popular lately, but this weapon system pales to the visceral gutrippers used in God of War. Gutripping probably isn't a Disney-sanctioned activity, however, so this title should appeal to parents who are looking to provide their youth with the latest and greatest play mechanic without all of that messy hemoglobin and eviscera.
The coolest thing about this title is Jack's costumes. Players can quickly switch to Pumpkin Jack and use devastating fire auras to quickly clear out rooms of skeletons, or they can switch to Santa jack to open presents that pop all sorts of surprises on enemies (a snowman pops out of one and freezes enemies).
Early review scores from the game press are 79, 73, and 60, according to Metacritic.com.
