Muppets Party Cruise

Muppets Party Cruise
Muppets Party Cruise
Developer(s)	Mass Media
Publisher(s)	NA: TDK Mediactive; EU: Global Star Software;
Series	The Muppets
Platform(s)	GameCube, PlayStation 2
Release	PlayStation 2[citation needed] NA: November 13, 2003; PAL: April 16, 2004; GameCube NA: November 26, 2003;
Genre(s)	Party
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Muppets Party Cruise is a party video game developed by Mass Media for the PlayStation 2 and GameCube and released in November 2003. The currency is party favors that are accrued by unlocking additional party games from the menu, but during gameplay, players use cruise credits.^[2]^[3]

This was the Muppets' last video game before the franchise was acquired by The Walt Disney Company in 2004.

Gameplay

Muppets Party Cruise has six playable characters: Kermit, Piggy, Fozzie, Gonzo, Animal and Pepe, and six non-playable characters: Statler and Waldorf, Rowlf, Rizzo, Swedish Chef, Sam the Eagle, Bunsen and Beaker. The game contains 30 mini-games, 15 of which the player must unlock,^[4] and five levels: the Engine Room, Crew's Quarters, Quality Cabins, Star Suites and Royal Staterooms. Players may also choose between a long and short cruise.

In "long cruise" mode, players may freely roam a tiled cruise ship. They roll a die at the start of each round and may advance that number of spaces. Around the walls of the cruise ship are doors; entering the blue, red or green doors starts multiplayer mini-games, and entering the yellow doors rewards the player with lottery-style one-player games in which the player may win more cruise credits. When a player wins a mini-game accessed via a red, blue or green door, the player receives a party favor of that color. When a player accumulates enough party favors, the game is over and the total party favors collected by all players are added to the saved balance, which can unlock mini-games.^[5]

In "short cruise" mode, the first player may select a mini-game in which everyone will compete, but no party favors are won.

Reception

The game received "average" reviews according to video game review score aggregator Metacritic.^[6]

References

^ "The Launch List, 11/21/03". IGN. November 21, 2003. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
^ "Jim Henson's Muppets Party Cruise for GameCube (2003)". Archived from the original on 2018-11-15. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
^ "Muppets Party Cruise Review - PlayStation 2". Archived from the original on 2018-11-14. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
^ "Muppets Party Cruise Review". December 2003. Archived from the original on 2018-11-15. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
^ "PS2 Review - 'Muppets Party Cruise'". Archived from the original on 2018-11-15. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
^ "Muppets Party Cruise Critic Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on December 18, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2015.

[1] "The Launch List, 11/21/03". IGN. November 21, 2003. Retrieved October 27, 2024.

[2] "Jim Henson's Muppets Party Cruise for GameCube (2003)". Archived from the original on 2018-11-15. Retrieved 2018-11-14.

[3] "Muppets Party Cruise Review - PlayStation 2". Archived from the original on 2018-11-14. Retrieved 2018-11-14.

[4] "Muppets Party Cruise Review". December 2003. Archived from the original on 2018-11-15. Retrieved 2018-11-14.

[5] "PS2 Review - 'Muppets Party Cruise'". Archived from the original on 2018-11-15. Retrieved 2018-11-14.

[Metacritic-6] "Muppets Party Cruise Critic Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on December 18, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2015.

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