I am the Pumpkin King!
Oogie's Back, and this time he has a whole army of monsters and traps to throw at the Pumkin King.
The story takes place with Jack trying to find a way to make Hallween even better. Dr. Finklestein gives Jack his newest invention called the Soul Robber; it is a green shape-changing rubber hand-like device which Jack can use to grab things and combat foes. Jack goes off in search of ideas, and while he's gone, Oogie Boogie and his three henchmen Lock, Shock, and Barrel, take over Halloween Town and force Dr. Finklestein to build an army of monsters to help Oogie in taking over the remainging hollidays to become the Seven Holidays King.
As far as gameplay is concerned, this is primarily an adventure game, with alot of fighting and a lot of singing. Throughout the game, Jack unlocks various costumes, including the Pumpkin Kig with fire-related abilities,and Santa Jack, who combats his enemies with Halloween-style presents. The music for the game is just reworded versions of the songs from the movie, and may get boring after a while. Though much of the game is three-dimensional, to defeat many of the bosses, you have to complete a series of button-pressing while Jack sings. The dance sequences can be extremely difficult at times, but are amusing.
You are rated for each level with an S, A, B, C, or D, with S being the highest. You get an overall score, called your Nightmare Rank, as well as being rated on the time you took to complete the level, the amount of damage you took, your highest combo count, and how many Exclamation Points you got, which you get from either completing the dance sequence or taunting your enemies.
There is a lot of bonus content in the game, which is viewed in Jack's house, including music, and collecting figurines on the various characters and monsters in the game.
Overall, the game is a lot of fun, but most of it is easy to get through. The music can be annoying at times, but the game itself is wonderful. My favorite part of it is torching the bad guys with the Pumkin King, which is the scarecrow Jack dressed up as in the beginning of the movie.Read full review
