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Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island gba Game Reviews
Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island
Critic Score
Metascore: 69 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
5.5 out of 10
based on 6 reviews
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The evil Mawgu must be stopped and our Nicktoons heroes are here to save the day! Help SpongeBob, Patrick Star, Timmy Turner, and Danny Phantom rescue Volcano Island. Three different game modes: Single Play, Download Play, and Wireless Play. Special upgrades unique to each Nicktoons character that help you navigate through each level. [THQ]

PUBLISHER: THQ
DEVELOPER: THQ
GENRE(S): Action
PLAYERS: 2
ESRB RATING: E (Everyone)
RELEASE DATE: October 24, 2006

What The Critics Said

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80
Digital Entertainment News
This is one of the few games released for the holiday buzz that seems to measure up to being a game, not an advertisement.
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70
N-Insanity
Volcano Island is nothing spectacular, but at the same time, it’s a solid game that is fun for more than just kids to play, just don’t expect it to last very long.
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70
IGN
An example of how to do and ensemble cast game, right. Each character has different moves and is helpful to the team. Most importantly, they're all fun to play as, despite the sometimes wonky controls for a couple.
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67
Next Level Gaming
This is a unique platformer for that fact that each level does require strategy depending on the powers of your character.
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60
AceGamez
It's a fun experience that I played for a few hours and will probably never touch again.
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60
GameZone
Nicktoons Battle for Volcano Island presents some interesting concepts, but there isn’t enough to any of them for the game to pan out. Hit-or-miss puzzles do, on rare occasions, hit a homerun. In most cases, however, they strike out.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now! The average user rating for this game is 5.5 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Tyler D. gave it a10:
This game is kinda hard but fun. My favorite thing about it is the secerts setion. Its cool that you can get cool huts and costumes. Try this game for PS2.

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