Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (video game)
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{{Infobox video game
|title = Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
|image = Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (video game).jpg
|caption = European box art
|developer = Ubisoft Shanghai
|publisher = Ubisoft
|engine =
|released = {{Video game release|EU|September 11, 2009|NA|September 15, 2009 (DS, Wii)|NA|September 18, 2009|AU|November 19, 2009}}
|genre = Platformer
|modes = Single-player, Multiplayer
|platforms = PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
Wii
Nintendo DS
PlayStation Portable
Microsoft Windows
}}
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a video game tie-in based on the film of the same name which is also based upon the 1978 children's book of the same name. The game allows the player to control Flint Lockwood, the film's hero as he must save his town and the world from the rain of food, fighting highly mutated food enemies and using his gadgets to help him on the way.
Gameplay
While controlling Flint through Swallow Falls (Chewandswallow) you must use six different gadgets to help him proceed through levels. The game has five acts. In the first act each level only allows Flint to use one gadget. Act two allows Flint to switch between two, and act three and up allows Flint to use three in a level. In each level there are 30 Hydronic Foodpods. These have to be disposed of using certain gadgets.
=Characters=
- Flint Lockwood --- The playable character and hero of the game, growing up misunderstood by his father because of inventing interests.
- Sam Sparks --- A weather intern from New York City on who Flint has a crush on. She needs your help in the forest, the Jell-O mold, the Swallow Falls dam and the food covered town.
- Tim Lockwood --- Flint's father who owns the bait and tackle shop.
- Earl Devereaux --- The police officer of Swallow Falls.
- Cal Devereaux --- Earl's son.
- Baby Brent McHale --- The celebrity mascot of Baby Brent's Sardines.
- Mayor Shelbourne --- The Mayor of Swallow Falls.
- Steve the Monkey --- Flint's best (and only) friend that can speak through a thought translator. He is the second players' character for Co-Op gameplay.
Cast
- Eric Artell as Flint Lockwood
- Anndi McAfee as Sam Sparks
- Fred Tatasciore as Tim Lockwood
- Khary Payton as Earl Devereaux
- Phil LaMarr as Cal Devereaux
- Josh Keaton as Baby Brent
- James M. Connor as The Mayor
- Georgina Cordova as Steve the Monkey
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Reception
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| IGN_WII = 6.6/10{{cite web |last=Clayman |first=David |date=October 5, 2009 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2009/10/05/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs-review-3 |title=Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs Review (Wii) |publisher=IGN |accessdate=November 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129052307/http://www.ign.com/articles/2009/10/05/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs-review-3 |archive-date=November 29, 2014 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}
| OXM_X360 = 6.5/10{{cite magazine |title=Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs |magazine=Official Xbox Magazine |date=December 2009 |page=77}}
| PCZone_PC = 53%{{cite journal |title=PC Review: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs |journal=PC Zone |date=February 2010 |page=85}}
| GR_WII = 69.75%{{cite web |url=http://www.gamerankings.com/wii/959204-cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs/index.html |title=Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs for Wii |publisher=GameRankings |accessdate=November 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129092118/http://www.gamerankings.com/wii/959204-cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs/index.html |archive-date=November 29, 2014 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}
| MC_WII = 68/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs/critic-reviews/?platform=wii |title=Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs for Wii Reviews |publisher=Metacritic |accessdate=November 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924010649/http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs |archive-date=September 24, 2014 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}
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The game was met with average to very mixed reception. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 69.75% and 68 out of 100 for the Wii version; 66.14% and 66 out of 100 for the PlayStation 3 version; 64.18% and 62 out of 100 for the Xbox 360 version; 60% and 60 out of 100 for the PSP version; 53% and 62 out of 100 for the PC version; and 50% and 50 out of 100 for the DS version.
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References
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External links
- [http://cloudyvideogame.uk.ubi.com/#/home Official UK site]
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Category:PlayStation Portable games
Category:Video games based on animated films
Category:Video games based on adaptations
Category:Video games developed in China
Category:Video games scored by James Hannigan
Category:Video games with stereoscopic 3D graphics
Category:Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (franchise)
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:Video games about food and drink
Category:Video games set on fictional islands