Nickelodeon Party Blast
{{Short description|2002 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| image = Nick Party Blast.jpg
| caption = North American Xbox cover art
| engine = RenderWare
| developer = Data Design Interactive
| publisher = Infogrames Interactive
| released = {{Plainlist|
- Windows
- {{vgrelease|NA|October 8, 2002{{Cite web |title=Nickelodeon Party Blast |url=http://pc.gamezone.com/gamesell/p20214.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071123121051/http://pc.gamezone.com/gamesell/p20214.htm |archive-date=November 23, 2007 |access-date=October 19, 2024 |website=GameZone}}}}
- Xbox
- {{vgrelease|NA|October 29, 2002{{Cite web |title=Nickelodeon Party Blast |url=http://xbox.gamezone.com/gamesell/p20214.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051118035926/http://xbox.gamezone.com/gamesell/p20214.htm |archive-date=November 18, 2005 |access-date=October 19, 2024 |website=GameZone}}|PAL|December 6, 2002}}
- GameCube
- {{vgrelease|NA|November 20, 2002{{Cite web |date=2004-02-06 |title=Nickelodeon Party Blast |url=http://cube.ign.com:80/objects/481/481310.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040206135004/http://cube.ign.com:80/objects/481/481310.html |archive-date=2004-02-06 |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=IGN}}|EU|December 6, 2002}}
}}
| genre = Party
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
| platforms = Xbox, GameCube, Windows
}}
Nickelodeon Party Blast is a party video game developed by English developer Data Design Interactive and published by Infogrames Interactive. Party Blast was released for Xbox, Windows, and GameCube in 2002. A PlayStation 2 version of the game was planned to be released, but it was cancelled for unknown reasons, though leftovers, such as a model of a DualShock 2 controller, can still be found in all versions of the game's files.{{Cite web |title=Nickelodeon Party Blast - The Cutting Room Floor |url=https://tcrf.net/Nickelodeon_Party_Blast#PS2_Version |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204110034/https://tcrf.net/Nickelodeon_Party_Blast#PS2_Version |archive-date=2020-12-04 |access-date=2020-09-13 |website=TCRF.net}} The game features characters from Nicktoons, including SpongeBob SquarePants, Rugrats, The Wild Thornberrys, Rocket Power, Invader Zim, and The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, with CatDog as the hosts.
Gameplay
File:Nickelodeon Party Blast Food Fight Screenshot.png
Players play as 8 different characters and play more than 20 stages and six different party modes. Player 1 can choose Blast, Replay, and Cup challenge (Players 2, 3, and 4 have a mode called "Party Play"). Each stage has different events although the last stage is almost opposite from the original stage when the player first starts. Every party game has each different Boss depending on 5 different events (or party modes) on which level. In Food Fight, players throw food at each other to lose lives or points and neither person can be taken away. Squirt and Splash has players squirting each other and have the person with the highest score to survival wins. In Basketball, players have to make the most baskets in the game and perform tricks to earn more points.
The Pipe Challenge is the 2nd party mode where players put pipes together to create a pipeline to blast rockets, Rugrats dinosaurs, and more. The Racing mode is the 5th party event where players race each other and see who has the most coins and mess up with items and more. Clam bonus stages are bonus stages where each different stage lets players play 4 different games to win or lose. At the end, there is also a Gooze Squirter stage where you squirt goo to Nicktoon characters and the person who goozes the most is the winner of the game and then goes back to the main menu.
Development
Nickelodeon Party Blast was first shown at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in 2002. During the showing, Data Design promised unlockable bonus levels, power-ups, and boss battles.{{Cite web |date=May 20, 2002 |title=Check Out the First Screenshots of Infogrames' Nicktoons Party Game. |url=http://cube.ign.com/articles/359/359909p1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051216034828/http://cube.ign.com/articles/359/359909p1.html |archive-date=2005-12-16 |access-date=2011-07-20 |website=IGN}}
Reception
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The game received largely negative reviews, with most criticizing the game's controls, graphics and sound effects. Metacritic gave the Xbox version a 19 out of 100, indicating "overwhelming dislike," while IGN gave the Xbox version a 1.1 out of 10, writing, "With so many great franchises, this could've been a decent party game. Instead, what we're left with is a poor-looking, poor-sounding, and poor-playing game."{{Cite web |last=SquareHwang |first=SpongeKaiser |date=October 21, 2002 |title=Nickelodeon Party Blast Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/10/21/nickelodeon-party-blast |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426192411/https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/10/21/nickelodeon-party-blast |archive-date=April 26, 2019 |access-date=April 26, 2019 |publisher=IGN}}{{Cite web |title=Nickelodeon Party Blast for Xbox Reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/nickelodeon-party-blast/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128205318/https://www.metacritic.com/game/nickelodeon-party-blast/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox |archive-date=November 28, 2023 |access-date=August 12, 2021 |website=Metacritic}}
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References
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{{Nicktoons video games}}
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{{Invader Zim}}
{{The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius}}
{{Rocket Power}}
{{Rugrats}}
{{SpongeBob SquarePants video games}}
{{The Wild Thornberrys}}
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Category:Cancelled PlayStation 2 games
Category:Crossover video games
Category:Data Design Interactive games
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:Nicktoons video games