Licensed games are interesting. They can be based on movies, they can be based on shows, they can even be based on McDonald's. In some rare cases, they can even be games made with plans to get a cartoon/movie based on them (Tak).
All of these have one thing in common (besides the fact that they're based on existing properties). The stigma surrounding them, that all licensed games are "garbage". Don't get me wrong, a lot of these games ARE garbage, but so are a lot of games in general. It's not about what it's based on that counts, it's about what you do with it. This game and others in the Disney Afternoon game catalog are proof of this. Want more? The surprisingly good racing game based on Cars 2 of all movies. Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, a collectathon that's legitimately up there with the all-time greats in that subgenre.
I've never been the biggest fan of the C&D duology, but the level of care put into both games shows that licensed video games don't HAVE to be bargain bin garbage.
All of these have one thing in common (besides the fact that they're based on existing properties). The stigma surrounding them, that all licensed games are "garbage". Don't get me wrong, a lot of these games ARE garbage, but so are a lot of games in general. It's not about what it's based on that counts, it's about what you do with it. This game and others in the Disney Afternoon game catalog are proof of this. Want more? The surprisingly good racing game based on Cars 2 of all movies. Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, a collectathon that's legitimately up there with the all-time greats in that subgenre.
I've never been the biggest fan of the C&D duology, but the level of care put into both games shows that licensed video games don't HAVE to be bargain bin garbage.