There Are Too Many Movie and TV Games

These games may not have been great, but they were iconic.

oh, you’re not alone! a friend and i have been working for actual YEARS to beat her copy of Ratatouille on the PS2. those games were ridiculously hard for no good reason.

i'm reminded of when i was like 14 i saw a pokemon game and thought "oh cool, they made games of that show?" and to this day i still don't know why, at that age, after growing up in the wii and ds era, i wasn't aware that, if it actually WAS a tie-in game, it would've been shit. luckily, the game came first and i just had no idea, but like. i'm still baffled by that decision to this day. it was $60, i shouldn't have been willing to spend that much on a tv show tie-in game lol

the toy story 3 game is the peak of movie tie-in platformers. it was actually so fun for no reason

There was something special about the days of all the licensed games. Not all were that good but it was an interesting time. I definitely played a good bit of them i remember one of the fairly odd parents game for gamecube being pretty good. The Madagascar game is actually so damn good to this day it has some great music too

This brings back memories of playing these kind of games as a kid. The really terrible A Series of Unfortunate Events and the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory GBA games come to mind lol

Over The Hedge for DS was great! I remember it taking quite a few years to complete, since it was a game I'd always re-explore during times when I had gotten bored of other games. Its really fun, and a bit tricky. Just tricky enough to be a good challenge. The storyline is a bit different from the actual movie, and the controls are actually good, too.

Even though most were considered shovelware, some were hidden gems that had effort put into them. We all know about Spiderman 2 on the consoles, however if there's one that I highly recommend playing is the first Transformers movie games on the DS (especially the Decepticons version).

Dude, the Narnia games went so hard for no reason. I had the PS2 version of the lion the witch and the wardrobe, and I was obsessed with it. All the siblings fought alongside you as AI and you could do team up attacks where like Lucy sits on Edwin's shoulders and punches people in the head. I would constantly beg my older siblings to play with me, but they didn't like it as much... My favorite Spongebob game is also a CD Rom point and click adventure! I had battle for bikini bottom, but Employee of the Month on PC is just really fun and immersive and has so many little secrets and things to explore. I remember renting Revenge of the Flying Dutchman from Blockbuster and being way too young to understand what to do, so I just wandered around confused as Spongebob used a dowsing rod for reasons I could not comprehend.

I remember the Flushed Away game was very good. It was a platformer, yes, but it got you SO immersed into the world that felt like an extension from the one in the movie. Like a world you wanted to know more of so the game let you snoop through all the nooks and crannies of it with different missions to do as an excuse. plus the gameplay was awesome and Roddy and Rita both had different gameplay and combat styles.

I bought Battle for Bikini bottom for my PS2 (yes I still have it lol) last year, and still loved it just as much as when I was a kid

Glad I wasn't the only one who always felt like these games were way too hard or unbeatable... Anyway, one licensed movie game I thought was actually good was the Legend of the Guardians: The Owls Of Ga'hoole game. It was on a few different platforms but I had it on Wii (and DS but that version was so different and worse that it felt like an entirely different game). My favorite part was that after beating all the missions on a certain map you earned the option to free roam with those good-feeling flight mechanics, play minigames, beat high scores, and unlock concept art in the gallery by finding it hidden in the free roam mode. You could even choose which species of owl you play as, and the stats vary accordingly. The plot even ties itself into the story of the movie without being a straight adaptation of it- it focuses on a different main character, Shard, and the main villain of the game is a minor antagonist in the movie, so basically they're happening concurrently. And the soundtrack is pretty good, too. Would recommend, honestly!

all of the spongebob gba games were such a big fav, the movie one was peak imo. i also played the monster house gba game. along with muppets party cruise for the gamecube. also the bubbles powerpuff girls game for gbc. HUGE SHOUTOUT TO GAME BOY ADVANCE VIDEO FOR BEING MY WAY TO WATCH THINGS IN CAR TRIPS SINCE NO PORTABLE DVD PLAYER BACK IN THE DAY LOL

the narnia game just unlocked memories i didn't know i had and im glad you mentioned the difficulty. i never got past the 1st level of narnia. same with a foster's home for imaginary friends gba game lmao

In my local game store there's a Hannah Montana ds game that's been sitting there since I was a kid. It's gotten so many price cuts that it's now going for about 70 cents and yet it's still always there. I've considered buying it but I really don't know what I would do with it other than try to resale it 😂.

ngl I've been having some pretty bad anxiety flare-ups lately, so hearing Dream Jelly's soothing voice is a huge help for me rn. and yes I agree, the amount of TV and Movies adapted into video games is just plain egregious.

OH MY GOD! I haven't thought about the that's so raven GBA game in so long, thank you dream jelly for unlocking yet another core memory of mine, especially the battle with the zoo monkey lol

Cars and Ratatouille had so little to do with the movies, but that didn't stop me from playing them over and over

Love how big your channel is getting despite such niche videos! Suggestion for a theme: Aquapets! One of the many "virtual pets" from the 2000s but with an aquatic twist. Btw your voice is calming, relaxing and great to fall asleep to - don't take it the wrong way, but after watching something like a horror movie or true crime documentary, it's calming to watch these videos and go to a comfortable, peaceful and nostalgic place.

I remember playing a Kim Possible Game for the DS and it was so much fun. Even though it was (like a lot of other movie games) a Jump and Run Game, it fit so well with Kim Possible as you're playing Kim on a mission. 😊❤