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14 of 15 found the following review helpful:
 Dodge Ball, With a TwistNov 12, 2003
I am not the type of person who normally enjoys playing video games, but Disney and Pixar's Monsters, Inc. Scream Arena was an absolutely adorable and enjoyable video game. While intended to be primarily a game for children, Monsters, Inc. Scream Arena is an enjoyable game for children of all ages as well as adults. The game starts out with a short clip from the movie Monsters, Inc. and then sends the player into Monstropolis, the city where all the monsters in the movie live. There are many different stages, each representing a scene from the movie, but in order to get into a particular scene the player must succeed at the preceding arenas. Once the player succeeds at one arena, the next arena is unlocked. Once the player has selected the scene that he or she desires to play, the next step is to choose which monster he or she wants to be. I should mention that the game can either be a single player game where the player competes with the game itself or it can be a multi-player game, where the players can either compete head to head with each other, or work together to defeat the game's monsters. Choosing your monster is, in my opinion, the best part of the game. Nearly every monster, if not every monster, from the movie is able to be selected for use. Once the player has selected a monster, the monster will greet him or her by saying something along the lines of, "Thanks for choosing me!" Not only does the monster speak, but it also acts in the same manner that he or she did in the movie. The player's monster is then placed into the arena you have chosen, and the game begins. Some examples of the arenas you can choose from are: Main Street, Mike and Sully's Apartment, the Lobby of the Monsters, Inc. Building, and Harry Hausens, the restaurant in the movie. My favorite arena is the one at the Chinese Restaurant. In this scene, like all the other scenes, the object is to hit the other monsters with balls while your monster avoids being hit. The twist in this room is that there's a disco ball. Every time a monster is hit, he or she is frozen in that spot and begins to disco dance, giving the other monsters a better chance of hitting him or her. Not only is this game adorable, but it is very fun to play. I would highly recommend that if you have access to a Nintendo Game Cube, you rent Monsters, Inc. Scream Arena and play it with your friends. When I played it with my friends, we played for numerous hours every day we had the game, and never once got bored or tired of playing. Hopefully you will find Monsters, Inc. Scream Arena as enjoyable as I did.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Fun and Easy to PlayApr 28, 2003
If you like dodge ball, you'll like this game. It's a little too easy to unlock new levels. In single player mode, I unlocked six levels in 3 hours. This game is great if you're my age, 7 years old, and you don't want something too challenging.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
An Absolute ScreamFeb 13, 2004
By Robert Cannon
"Cybertelecom"
How to have a video game that is fun to play but does not involve killings and violence? DODGE BALL! A great premise! Goofy! Hilarious. The Monsters Inc. characters go at it trying to whack each other with progressively zanier balls in progressively more unusual. You talk about a GREAT game for my 5 year old to play. And with the ability to play 4 players, the whole family can get into the goofy act. These are the warm moments that you recall with warm cocoa by the fire, how your preschooler whacked you with the disco ball! Great great!
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 A Very Entertaining Game!Apr 24, 2003
I thought that this game was very cool. Even though I unlocked all the levels in 2 days, you can go back to every level as many times as you want. As well as the normal levels for Solo and Buddy modes, when you play party mode, you have a choice of completely different types of play. For example, 'Ball Tag' is when each player has a timer and when you get hit at the beginning, your timer begins, indicating that you are 'it'. The moment you hit someone, your timer stops, and theirs begins. The game includes various characters from the movie. I thought the graphics were wonderful. Every thing is very realistic and the players say different things when hit. I recommend the game for people 5 and over.
5 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Fun to play, but only marginal graphicsOct 03, 2002
This game has disappointing graphics for something with Pixar's name on it. I'm comparing it to say, Luigi's Mansion. The game's theme is pretty entertaining and compensates for it though. It is basically a giant doge ball tournament. Each match that you win unlocks a new level and character to use. It's about 4 stars.
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