Nickelodeon Party Blast

Nickelodeon Party Blast
North American cover art for Xbox
Developer(s)	Data Design Interactive
Publisher(s)	Infogrames
Platform(s)	Xbox, GameCube, Windows
Release date(s)	Xbox NA October 30, 2002 PAL December 6, 2002 Windows NA October 31, 2002 GameCube NA December 6, 2002 PAL December 6, 2002
Genre(s)	Party
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	ELSPA: 3+ ESRB: E

Nickelodeon Party Blast is a party game developed by English developer Data Design Interactive and published by French game company infogrames. Party Blast was first shown at E3 2002^[1] and was released for Xbox in North America on October 30, 2002,^[2] and later in pal Regions on December 6, 2002. The Windows version was released in one day later after the release of the Xbox version in North America. The Gamecube was released worldwide on December 6, 2002.^[3] The game is based on Nickelodeon Shows, including SpongeBob SquarePants, Rocket Power, Rugrats, Invader Zim, and more.

Gameplay

"Food Fight". One of the mini-games in Nickelodeon Party Blast.

Players play as 8 different characters and play more than 20 stage and six different party modes. Player 1 can choose Blast, Replay, and Cup challenge(Players 2, 3, and 4 have a mode called "Party Play"). Each stage has different events although the last stage is almost opposite from the original stage when the player first starts. Every party game has each different Boss depending on 5 different events (or party modes) on which level. In Food Fight, players throw food at each other to lose lives or points and neither person can be taken away. Squirt and Splash has players squirting each other and have the person with the highest score to survival wins. In Basketball, players have to make the most baskets in the game and perform tricks to earn more points. The Pipe Challenge is the 2nd party mode where players put pipes together to create a pipeline to blast rockets, Rugrats dinosaurs,and more. The Racing mode is the 5th party event where players race each other and see who has the most coins and mess up with items and more. Claim bonus stages are bonus stages where each different stage lets players play 4 different games to win or lose. At the end there is also a Gooze squirter stage where you squirt goo to Nicktoons characters and the person who goozes the most is the winner of the game and then goes back to the main menu.

Playables

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Zim
• Tommy Pickles
• Angelica Pickles
• Jimmy Neutron
• Otto Rocket
• Reggie Rocket
• Eliza Thornberry

Development

Nickelodeon Party Blast was developed by English developer Data Design Interactive and published by French game company infogrames. Nickelodeon Party Blast was first shown at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in 2002. The mini-games appear to consist mainly of Nick-fied versions of mainstay videogame sports like basketball and ice hockey, but developer Data Design also promised plenty of unlockable bonus levels, power-ups, and even boss battles.^[4]

Reception

The game received largely negative reviews. IGN gave the Xbox version of the game a 1.1 out of ten, citing that "Like the name implies, this game is only (barely) worth a spare nickel for price of admission."^[5] This is the lowest rating of any Nicktoon game.

References

1. ^ http://cube.ign.com/articles/359/359909p1.html
2. ^ http://xbox.ign.com/objects/481/481306.html
3. ^ http://cube.ign.com/objects/481/481310.html
4. ^ "Check out the first screenshots of Infogrames' Nicktoons party game.". IGN. http://cube.ign.com/articles/359/359909p1.html. Retrieved 2011-07-20. 
5. ^ SquareHwang, SpongeKaiser. xbox.ign.com article "Nickelodeon Party Blast Review". IGN. http://xbox.ign.com/articles/375/375015p1.html xbox.ign.com article.