Elf: The Movie
released on Dec 04, 2004
You might say that Buddy stands out a bit at the North Pole. Sure, he was raised by elves after stowing away in Santa's bag, but after 30 years, he just doesn't seem to fit in any more – literally. Santa suggests that Buddy journey to New York and find his real father, but when he arrives, hilarity ensues as Buddy learns his way in the Big City. Make your way through 10 different stages inspired by the movie or compete in three different mini-games. Can you take on the role of Buddy the elf and bring Christmas cheer to everyone? A six-foot, five-inch elf doesn't exactly blend in. You'll have to brave icebergs, Manhattan traffic and worse. It's up to you to help Santa and save Christmas!
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the jump animation is extremely funny
I never want to hear the sound of collecting stuff or any of its music ever again.
I didn't hate this, but I totally understand all the hate. This is best played with emulation or on an everdrive cart because it gets absurdly hard at some point. The controls are pretty rough, but again I oddly found it okay.
Elf: The Movie for the Game Boy Advance is a fascinating title. We don't usually see video games made out of movies like this... Just for that, I think it deserves its praises to be sung.
However, this game has a fatal flaw. I haven't seen Elf. Throughout my playtime, I was very confused about the overall plot of this particular entry in the Elf franchise. It's quite disgusting how reliant this game is on you having seen the game's namesake, Elf: The Movie.
Hopefully, we see a proper remaster in the coming years with added dialogue options, better graphics, multiple endings, and the same tight platformer controls.
Do yourself a favor and check out this little hidden gem of a game of a movie. Thank you, Buddy.
However, this game has a fatal flaw. I haven't seen Elf. Throughout my playtime, I was very confused about the overall plot of this particular entry in the Elf franchise. It's quite disgusting how reliant this game is on you having seen the game's namesake, Elf: The Movie.
Hopefully, we see a proper remaster in the coming years with added dialogue options, better graphics, multiple endings, and the same tight platformer controls.
Do yourself a favor and check out this little hidden gem of a game of a movie. Thank you, Buddy.
Lulls you into a false sense of security before it spikes the difficulty with awful level design and botched perspective when jumping in top-down levels.
One one hand the platforming sections are surprisingly tight, on the other it's full of strange unintuitive minigames and so many parts of it are so weird and obtuse