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Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Swamp

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Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Swamp
North American PlayStation 2 cover art
Developer(s)Torus Games
Publisher(s)Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Platform(s)Wii, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows
Release
  • NA: September 14, 2010
  • AU: September 29, 2010
  • EU: October 15, 2010
Genre(s)Action
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Swamp[1] is a third person platform video game developed by Torus Games and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 2, Wii, and Nintendo DS consoles and also for Microsoft Windows.[2] The game was first released on September 14, 2010, in North America and was released in the following weeks in PAL regions. It is the fifth Scooby-Doo! video game title to come to sixth generation consoles. The game is a follow-up to Scooby-Doo! First Frights.

Plot summary

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Shaggy and Scooby-Doo, as hungry as always, venture into the swamp following a scent. There they meet swamp resident Lila, an intelligent girl who loves cooking, and asks them to recover ingredients to finish her stew. Shaggy and Scooby set off with the gang to solve two mysteries while secretly collecting the ingredients.

Gameplay

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Just like First Frights, the player controls the five members of the Mystery Inc, and the gameplay and interface are highly reminiscent of TT Games' Lego game series. The games has light puzzle elements, platforming, and combat. The primary goal of the game is to solve mysteries and find ingredients to Lila's stew. Each character of the gang has different skills and functions. The game contains many collectibles, including: ingredients for a hoagie, the letters of 'Scooby', Scooby-Doo's collar medallion, ghost photographs, and costumes. Collectibles, options, cheat codes, rewards and more can be accessed in the Swamp's Clubhouse. By defeating enemies, small masks are collected; upon reaching a specified number of masks, the information about the equivalent enemy are shown in the Clubhouse. The player can get trophies for doing certain tasks. The player can also play with a friend in multiplayer co-operation.

In addition to Lila's swamp, players assist characters in two other locations, El Muncho, a Southwestern ghost town, and Howling Peaks, a snowy alpine village.[3] In El Muncho, the citizens are frightened by the "El Scaryachi," and the Scooby gang must help Costington (a character from First Frights), twins Emilio and Esteban, and a secret spy Romero. In Howling Peaks, the locals are frightened by a Yeti, and the gang must help Daphne's cousin Anna (who also appeared in First Frights), a snowboarder Moose, Dustin Planks, Barry "Baz" Buckley, and Sergio. Throughout the game, the player will occasionally encounter a talking frog named Philippe Extraordinare.

Reception

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Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Swamp was met with mixed reception according to review aggregators Metacritic and GameRankings, with average ratings of 68.88% and 76/100 for the Wii version.

References

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  1. ^ "Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Swamp (Wii)". IGN. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Warner Bros. Interactive Announces Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Swamp". IGN. 25 May 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Scooby Doo! and the Spooky Swamp :: Wii Game Review". Kidzworld. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Swamp for Wii". GameRankings. Archived from the original on September 8, 2015. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
  5. ^ "Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Swamp for Wii Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
  6. ^ McIlvaine, Spencer (December 23, 2010). "Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Swamp (Wii) Review". NintendoLife. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
  7. ^ Kaplan, Zach (December 24, 2010). "Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Swamp (DS) Review". NintendoLife. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
  8. ^ Miller, Zachary (October 3, 2010). "Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Swamp (Wii)". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
  9. ^ Ronaghan, Neal (October 29, 2010). "Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Swamp (DS)". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
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