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Finding Nemo: Escape to the Big Blue is a video game released by Naltron exclusively for Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS platforms. The game is based on the Finding Nemo series by Disney and Pixar. Like in Finding Nemo: The Continuing Adventures, the game takes place during the part where the end of the first film left off.
The game was re-released on September 11, 2012 on Nintendo DS and 3DS as a Special Edition to promote the 3D re-release of Finding Nemo. Unlike in the original version which uses silent cutscenes, it uses clips from the movies during Story Mode (using archived voices of characters) when playing each mini-game from each member of the Tank Gang.
Plot[]
Like in Finding Nemo: The Continuing Adventures, the game takes place where the Tank Gang escapes from the dentist's office to find new homes in the ocean.
Gameplay[]
The game almost utilizes the same gameplay like in Finding Nemo: The Continuing Adventures, usually when the players start with each member of the Tank Gang by helping them escape Phillip Sherman's office. To help each member escape, the player must navigate his/her way across the street to reach towards the ocean. The player has got to avoid certain types of obstacles such as cars, crabs, and seagulls while navigating each Tank Gang member to the ocean.
The player can earn also tokens (shells in the Special Edition version) for currencies in Interactive Reef mode (a feature not in The Continuing Adventures) where he gets to customize his and her ocean and aquarium to make it into a beautiful marine environment by adding decorations, characters, backgrounds, etc.
Just like what happened in the previous game, the player will unlock a number of mini-games whenever he/she completes each Tank Gang member's escape plan. To unlock a new mini-game, he/she has got to complete the one in Story Mode first.
Bubbles[]
- Bubbles Pop!: The player will protect Bubbles from sea urchins by dragging the stylus. To earn points, the player has got to drag bubbles to make bigger bubbles and then pop them before they reach the top screen. To pop them, the player has got to blow into the microphone or tapping the red bubble icon. Points depend on how big the bubbles are when the player combines them.
- Riding the EAC: The player has got to guide Nemo and Bubbles while swimming in the EAC with Crush within the time limit. The player can also swim through bubble rings for speed boost. The player has got to avoid colliding with other fish inside the current as they can slow down the player.
- Hide and Seek: The player will find the students shown on the top screen before Mr. Ray finds them. To look for students, the player has got to swim across the reef by uncovering objects to find the students shown in the top screen (like Pearl, Tad, and Sheldon) to earn shells. The player loses a life if Mr. Ray finds the student shown in the top screen and the game ends when the player runs out of lives.
Bloat[]
- Danger! Sea Urchins!: The player has got to control Bloat by using the stylus to protect Dory from the sea urchins. If Dory touches a sea urchin, the player loses a life. The player can also collect bubbles along the way to help expand Bloat to help make a safer path for Dory and push multiple urchins at once. Whenever Dory sees a scuba mask, she will swim towards it and you better use Bloat to push it away since scuba masks can slow down Dory.
- Angler Chase: The player has got to win a race against the Anglerfish by tapping Bloat repeatedly with the stylus. Along the way, bubble rings help increase Bloat's speed in order to help beat the Anglerfish during a race.
- Octo-Bash: The player has got to hit the octopus tentacles by using the stylus to score points in a style similar to Whack-a-Mole. Hitting a tentacle holding a sea urchin or a tentacle formed by sea urchins causes the player to lose a life. The player can also earn lives by hitting the tentacles carrying lives or treasure chests. Along the way, one of the tentacles carries Dory and to rescue Dory, the player has got to hit the tentacle holding Dory three times to rescue her.
Peach[]
- Seagull Attack: The player guides Nigel across the sky while avoiding obstacles such as sea urchins, seagulls, and sails. If the player approaches a sail, the player has got to press the L or R button to glide through the sails. This can also be used to help avoid the seagulls.
- Fishy Memory: The player has got to help Dory remember each Tank Gang member in order by looking at the top screen. The player loses a life if he makes a mistake by pressing a Tank Gang member not shown in order. To complete the game, the player has got to finish the sequence.
- Peach Freefall: The player will guide Peach throughout the trench to the bottom of the ocean by tapping the bottom screen to use bubbles to help Peach. You better to keep her away from sea urchins or he will lose a life. To win, you better help Peach reach the bottom of the ocean.
Jacques[]
- The Dentist: The player controls Jacques to help clean Bruce's dirty teeth within the time limit. To win, the player must clean all of Bruce's teeth.
- Emergency Rescue: The player must use seaweed to capture Moonfish to help complete the outline of a picture shown on the top screen. The player must avoid catching green fish because they never count towards the objective. Also, you better keep the seaweed away from the crabs since they can dispatch any fish on the seaweed. You better notice that any fish caught on seaweed never lasts long and they will swim away.
- Minefield: The player guides Jacques across the minefield. To make a safe path, you have got to get rid of the mines by loosening the colored chains. You will also notice that rocks are falling throughout the game, so you better tap the rocks using the stylus to protect Jacques. The player can also call Nemo to help get rid of many obstacles along the way, but he has done it three times.
Deb/Flo[]
- Find Flo!: The player will guide Deb's "sister" Flo (who is in a pearl) by rotating the environment while avoiding spikes and collecting power-ups along the way within the environment to reunite Flo with Deb.
- Sea Trench Shortcut: The player will guide Dory to help escape the trench. Along the way, the player can also collect yellow shells that make Dory invincible for a while. The player must also clear away certain obstacles to make a safer path such as jellyfish and anemones.
- Jelly Fish Bounce: The player will beat Dory while bouncing across the jellyfish forest. There are three types of jellyfish in the game: the pink one which can be bounced on normally, the yellow one which can slow down players with their electric shock, and the green one which can help the player boost across the jellyfish forest.
Gurgle[]
- Seagull Symphony: The player will listen to the rhythm of the song by tapping the seagulls when they enter a coloured circle. Points depend on the timing when the player taps the seagulls. In Score Attack, the player can choose any of the five songs of his and her choice.
- Swept Away: The player guides Gurgle and Marlin across the current by moving them on a rock while avoiding obstacles along the way. The player automatically loses if he/she never navigates them quickly across the ocean, so the player has got to move them onto a rock quickly.
- Tunnel Passage: The player has got to create a passage for Marlin and Gurgle by dragging blue sections of the tunnel to make a path for them. While some sections have got seaweed on them, the player must move them to make a path. You should also note that purple sections of the tunnel are not movable, so you better create a correct path for Marlin and Gurgle.
Gill[]
- Pier Pressure: The player will guide Gill across the pier of Sydney Harbour to launch Gill across the pier by using the stylus in a circular motion. Upon doing so, the player has got to launch Gill across the water and tap him repeatedly to earn more points. The player has only got three attempts to score a number of points, so the player must be careful in launching him off the pier.
- Sub Escape: The player guides Gill to escape the shipwreck while avoiding sharks. Whenever the player encounters Marlin, Nemo or Dory, he can press the B button to help hide to avoid getting caught by the sharks. The player can also find mines along the way to stall the sharks.
- Pearl Volleyball: The player has got to press the correct button shown on the pearls to score points by pushing the pearls through the opponent's goal. The player can also blow on the microphone to push multiple pearls at once. The player has got to score more points than his or her opponent's to win.
Nemo[]
- Block Pile Up: The player will match three blocks of the same colour to fill the outline of a character. When the meter fills, the player can tap to get rid of all the blocks of the same color.
- Picture Shuffle: The player will match the correct picture on the top screen by rotating the pieces within the time limit.
- NemoNemo Tower: The player will collect a number of items shown on the top screen by controlling Nemo holding a clam shell used to stack items in the form of a tower. The player loses points whenever he collects a sea urchin, which also causes the player to lose some items stacked into a tower.
Marlin[]
- Pearl Catch: The player controls Marlin by using a stylus to throw pearls inside a clam within the time limit. If the player throws a pearl at Gurgle, he will do a Clam Dunk by putting the pearl inside the clam to earn more points. When the player continues playing longer without losing, Peach will appear to block pearls to make it more challenging. The player loses a life when he/she misses a pearl and the game ends when the player loses all lives.
- Landmark Search: The player uses a stylus to trace the path of tiles shown on the top screen to earn points. If the player has not traced the correct path quickly, the tiles begin falling off, so the player must trace quickly. The game gets harder adding more tiles whenever the player traces many correct paths.
- Sea Urchin Bombers: The player uses a slingshot to launch pearls at incoming sea urchins. When a sea urchin passes through Marlin and Dory, the player loses a life. The player can also launch pearls at bombs to take out a number of sea urchins as well as collecting golden pearls that can take out multiple sea urchins at once. When the player advances throughout the game, Peach sometimes appears and blocks the player's pearls to make it more challenging.
Dory[]
- Pearl Blast!: The player controls Dory by using his or her stylus to launch pearls into her opponent's goal. Whenever the player scores against Marlin, shells will be awarded for the player to collect. The player can also collect gold shells to spawn extra pearls to help score more points. In addition to have a gold shell, the player can also collect a pink shell to close Dory's goal and a pearl that lands on the closed clam causes it to open again. To win, the player has got to score 20 points before Marlin wins.
- Drawing Nemo: The player uses a stylus to draw pictures based on the outline of a character. Whenever the player finishes tracing over the outline, he/she has got to tap the check button to score points. Points depend on how well the player traced over the outline correctly. Later when the player advances, crabs appear and can erase the outline of the picture to make the game a bit more difficult, so the player has got to push them back by touching them with the stylus or by blowing into the microphone.
- Get The Bubbles: The player uses a stylus to pop the bubbles to earn points. The player has got to pop at least three bubbles to earn points. Pressing the left button shuffles the bubbles while pressing the right button adds extra bubbles, but this can cause the bubbles to reach to the top of the screen. When the player presses a bubble with a Dory icon, Dory will swim by the grid to clear a row of bubbles. The player can also tap the shells matching the bubbles' colour to clear the bubbles sharing the same colour. When the player advances, sea urchins also appear and are not touchable. The game ends when all the bubbles reach the top of the grid.
Characters[]
- Marlin
- Nemo
- Dory
- Gill
- Bloat
- Peach
- Gurgle
- Deb/Flo
- Bubbles
- Jacques
- Nigel
- Seagulls
- Moonfish
- Jellyfish
- Crush
- Squirt
- Bruce
- Anchor
- Chum
- Anglerfish
- Mr. Ray
- Tad
- Pearl
- Sheldon
Voice Talents[]
- Albert Brooks as Marlin
- Alexander Gould as Nemo
- Ellen DeGeneres as Dory
- Willem Dafoe as Gill
- Brad Garrett as Bloat
- Allison Janney as Peach
- Austin Pendleton as Gurgle
- Vicki Lewis as Deb/Flo
- Stephen Root as Bubbles
- Joe Ranft as Jacques
- Barry Humphries as Bruce
- Eric Bana as Anchor
- Bruce Spence as Chum
- Andrew Stanton as Crush
- Nicholas Bird as Squirt
- Geoffrey Rush as Nigel
- Bob Peterson as Mr. Ray
- Jordan Ranft as Tad
- Erica Beck as Pearl
- Erik Per Sullivan as Sheldon
External links[]
- Finding Nemo: Escape to the Big Blue at GameFAQs
- Finding Nemo: Escape to the Big Blue Special Edition at GameFAQs
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