Animaniacs Raid GameCube

April 15, 2005, 9:39 am EDT
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Releases in Europe in May and in North America in June.

WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS IGNITION ENTERTAINMENT VIDEOGAME LICENSE FOR ANIMANIACS: THE GREAT EDGAR HUNT

Beloved Animaniacs Franchise Coming To PlayStation®2, Xbox® And Nintendo GameCubeTM

Friday 15 April 2005/... Ignition Entertainment announces "Animaniacs: The Great Edgar Hunt," licensed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox® video game system from Microsoft and Nintendo GameCubeTM in May 2005 throughout Europe. Based on the multiple Emmy Award-winning animated series from Warner Bros. Animation and Amblin Entertainment, this new addition to Ignition's ever-growing line-up makes full use of the Animaniacs license - right down to the actual voice actors from the series.

Developed by Warthog, "Animaniacs: The Great Edgar Hunt" will also be released in North America in June 2005.

The game is a third-person action adventure, which brings the colourful and hysterical world of the Animaniacs wonderfully to life. Players must guide the Warner brothers...and sister – Wakko, Yakko and Dot – through six levels in a quest to locate the hidden Edgar trophies. Each Animaniac has his or her own special abilities, and each must be used in order to fully explore the luscious landscapes.

Puzzle elements are featured in the game along with ever-changing enemies and obstacles. Five incredible 'Pinky & The Brain' mini-games vary the pace of the adventure, as they explore the huge Animaniacs world, which is populated with dozens of characters from the cartoon.

"Animaniacs: The Great Edgar Hunt" will be released for PlayStation®2, Xbox® and Nintendo GameCubeTM in June 2005, priced £19.99.

Talkback

jakeOSXApril 15, 2005

ok, can i just say i think the animaniacs are the best cartoon ever?

i hope this is a sign of a DVD release...

xproductionzApril 15, 2005

were animaniacs
and were insanly to the max..
so sit back and relax

..haha.. i used to love that cartoon.. do they still show it on tv?

PaleMike Gamin, Contributing EditorApril 15, 2005

Dude....i think I may have to buy this... I don't really understand why they are making an animaniacs game so long after the cartoon... I also don't think its gonna be very good...but... I mean, its animaniacs for goodness sake.

couchmonkeyApril 15, 2005

It's so weird, Animaniacs and Tiny Toons just keep coming back in videogame form. I wish there were new cartoons instead of new mediocre games...but then again, I shouldn't judge it until it's out. I hope it turns out well.

vuduApril 15, 2005

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Originally posted by: xproductionz
and were insanly to the max..

I thought it was zany to the max. Have I been singing it wrong all these years, or are you incorrect? Someone please confirm.

joshnickersonApril 15, 2005

Having watched it for years ad nauseum (I even watched the short lived Cartoon Network reruns) I can safely say it's "Zany to the max"

It's time for AAAANIIIMAANIACS!
And we're zany to the max!
So just sit back and relax
You'll laugh 'till you collapse
We're ANIMANIACS!

I could go on with the entire theme, not to mention a selection of alternate versus in the second to last line of the song, but I'll spare you *L*

As for the game, somehow Nintendo Power reviewed it early (in their Killer 7 issue) and it got some mediocre scores. If it's a budget title, I may check it out regardless.

vuduApril 15, 2005

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I could go on with the entire theme, not to mention a selection of alternate versus in the second to last line of the song, but I'll spare you *L*

All I can remember is "While Bill Clinton plays the sax". Although I remember there being at least a half dozen others.

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As for the game, somehow Nintendo Power reviewed it early (in their Killer 7 issue) and it got some mediocre scores. If it's a budget title, I may check it out regardless.

It really depends on how much humor is added and how much the developers used the source material. I don't mind saying I had a blast with Simpsons Hit & Run, not because it was good technically, but because of all the Simpsons-related humor that virtually oozes out of every pore of the game.

nickmitchApril 15, 2005

Now that's good TV.
Unlike MTV.
Which is bad TV.

KDR_11kApril 16, 2005

Whoa, didn't expect to see them back without them being "extremified". Which reminds me of Toonstruck and its evilator. Will the "Loonatics" be the evil guys in this game?

Infernal MonkeyApril 18, 2005

It'll never be as good as the Mega Drive or SNES versions.

Aussie Ben PGCBen Kosmina, Staff AlumnusApril 18, 2005

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Originally posted by: KDR_11k
Which reminds me of Toonstruck and its evilator.

You mean I'm NOT the only one that played that game? WHOA. Christopher Lloyd, Tim Curry AND Tress MacNeille in the same game? It was great. Oh - OH. And the game was great too. Ha ha.

Anyway, Animaniacs was good, but Freakazoid was definitely far superior. Pity we never got a Freakazoid game. Although, to be honest, I have no idea how you'd do one.

HUGBEES!

MarioApril 18, 2005

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Originally posted by: Infernal Monkey
It'll never be as good as the Mega Drive or SNES versions.

Truth!

The Mega Drive version was awesome, never played the SNES version, are they the same?

Aussie Ben PGCBen Kosmina, Staff AlumnusApril 18, 2005

The SNES version had Pinky and The Brain stealing one a movie script from Warner Bros. so that they could make enough money to take over the world. You had to search through the levels looking for hidden script pages - it was pretty cool. Man, they really don't make licensed games like that any more, do they?

PlugabugzApril 18, 2005

No, thats why in "Licensed Games" you find the letters EA.

KDR_11kApril 18, 2005

Plugabugz: DonkEy KongA...

Just remembered, wasn't it WB that implemented the dreaded 70% rule? The "If your game sucks you're gonna pay for it" rule?

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