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Phineas and Ferb is the first video game based on the popular Disney Channel animated series of the same name. Much like the show itself, the game follows stepbrothers Phineas Flynn and Ferb Fletcher as they make the most of their summer vacation with their elaborate ideas, all the while their older sister, Candace, attempts to bust their activities.
Gameplay[]
Each of the game's seven levels are based on an episode of the television series. The first stage of the game consists of Phineas and Ferb beginning their plans to construct a giant roller coaster (adapting the series' first episode, "Rollercoaster"). Phineas primarily is the one in his duo to actually find and gather the tools and objects necessary for it, while Ferb primarily is used to actually utilize each device. The two need to avoid their sister, Candace, as she is persistent in her desire to bust them and get them in trouble with their mom. Once every part in the needed list is found, the two construct the devices in the form of little puzzles which end with the creation of roller coaster tracks and engines. Once everything has been completed, the two race in the roller coaster down the tracks to compete. Throughout their way, they as well build other devices, from a water slide to a winter wonderland, and occasionally bump into the neighborhood bully, Buford. After constructing all five rides in the game, Candace prepares her ultimate busting attack, after which Phineas remarks "Hey, where's Perry?" You suddenly find yourself playing as Perry the Platypus fighting in Doofenshmirtz Evil Inc, the player using the Touch Screen to help Perry fight Doof. After Perry's final attack, the resulting explosion obliterates all the rides Phineas and Ferb have made throughout the game, right as Candace drags her Mom into the backyard. Phineas and Ferb, not knowing what just happened, build a time machine and send themselves back to before the rides were destroyed.
The four levels are based on the episodes "Rollercoaster", "S'Winter", "It's a Mud, Mud, Mud, Mud World", and "Leave the Busting to Us!"
Reception[]
The games reviews have been generally positive. GameRankings averages a 76.67% approval ratings, based on a cast of ratings. Among them include eight out of ten and seventy-eight out of one hundred. GameTrailers gives it a 1.0 due to the lack of actual reviews, though the European trailer ranks an average of 4.1. It as well puts it as number 5,420 out of the total games of 8,005, while it is 860 out of the total 932 of DS games. GameFly ranks it a 6.6 based on 166 ratings.
Chad Sapieha states in his review on Common Sense Media that the game is "fine entertainment for elementary school kids." He as well states the interaction is entertaining. He does, however, say that the rides that take a great amount of time to construct are very anticlimactic and the weakest part of the game, as well as the controls being stiff. Even so, however, he states it is "undeniably an above-average interactive incarnation of a kids cartoon."
External links[]
- Phineas and Ferb at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Phineas and Ferb at GameFAQs
- Phineas and Ferb on Phineas and Ferb Wiki
- Phineas and Ferb on Disney Wiki
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