The only thing really missing is a bona fide Treehouse of Horror tribute, though there are elements from the series of Halloween specials throughout the play experience. You'll see such favorites as The Land of Chocolate, Super Happy Fun Fun Homer, Lisa trying to stop lumberjacks from cutting down trees, and several others. Several of everyone's favorite Simpsons episodes are represented quite effectively. While the plot of the game is functional, the real star of The Simpsons Game is the hilarity that ensues. What's inside the manual? Why it's the guide on how to use the family's all-important powers against their captors, of course! Along the way they'll be pitted against villains from the show, EA higher ups (yes, you read that right), and their creator - in more ways than one. The game brings the cartoon household knowingly into their own videogame when Bart stumbles upon a game manual that has seemingly dropped from the heavens. Heed the call, fans: this game has humor to spare. While the movie didn't turn many heads with its humor, we're happy to report that the game certainly will, thanks to a sense of humor that can only be described as equal to Simpsons episodes of old. Fans were understandably concerned when they heard that the yellow-skinned, four-fingered quartet would be making their way not only into a full-length feature film but also into an EA-made videogame in the same year. As of January 31, 2008, four million copies of the game have been sold worldwide.Metal Gear Solid, Madden Football, Lord of the Rings, The Sims, Christianity, Mario, Sonic, Grand Theft Auto, and the videogame industry as a whole are just a few of the things that are parodied in The Simpsons Game, where players assume the roles of all four members of the cartoon family that has been invading televisions since 1989. The Simpsons Game received the Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show award at the 2007 Spike Video Game Awards and was nominated for Best Video Game Writing at the 2007 Writers Guild of America Awards. They praised its visuals and writing, which included many parodies of other video games, while they criticized its short length and poor camera system, which did not always function properly. The game was met with mixed reception from video game critics. The Simpson family travels to four scenarios in parodies of other games to collect key cards used to infiltrate their creator’s mansion and ultimately to save their predecessors from destruction to reverse their generations old ban on video games. Eventually, they must save their 8-bit predecessors from Will Wright, and the creator of their video game character selves, Matt Groening. The game follows the five Simpson family members- Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie-who learn they are part of a video game and are given superpowers to resolve several situations. Similar to the show, the game pokes fun at popular culture, other video games, and Electronic Arts, its publisher. In the self-referential plot, the family discovers that they are forced to participate in another The Simpsons video game. It features an original storyline written by The Simpsons writers Tim Long and Matt Warburton. It was released in North America in October 2007 and worldwide in November 2007. The game was published, and distributed by Electronic Arts. The Simpsons Game is a 2007 platform game based on the animated television series The Simpsons made for the Nintendo DS, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable.
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