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"A cute mini-game collection for a very good film."

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Pros: The variety in games; enormous compatibility arc with even low-end systems; you get to play as Frozone! Yeah!

Cons: Video clips not as high-quality as the Incredibles video game; very short, and very easy; sound bytes repetitive.

Is it any good, really? That's all in how you liked the movie. In truth this is far from as good as the actual video game, but there is the ability to play as Frozone, as well as some nice desktop treats to unlock, like desktop icons and wallpapers and even a screen saver.

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The Incredibles: 

When Danger Calls

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A Techtite Review

Each time Disney makes a new animated film, two games are released. The first game is the video-game tie-in proper, where the overall game is a map of the story from the film, in a Super-Mario style platformer, or the like. The alternate game (or even games, in Monsters, Inc.'s case) is an action game collection of sorts, where 2D graphics allow for the ability to play classic arcade style games using the characters from the film. Such is the case for  The Incredibles: When Danger Calls. That said, you're probably asking; is it good?

The format is basically this: you're given a screen of four Incredibles characters, starting off as their "secret identity" selves. You must first play various mini-games as their normal selves, before "unlocking" the ability to play as their Incredible selves. Elasti-Girl must grab pots and dishes falling around the kitchen before they hit the ground, as being tossed by Dash when he speeds through the house. Dash must race to put a tack on his teacher's desk while his back is turned (which makes sense if you've seen the film). Violet must use her force field powers to keep Dash from taking her stuff in her room. Mr. Incredible is exercising at the train tracks, and you must help him. These are easy enough games, but that means you can get to the Incredible games quicker.

The incredible mini-games are all based on the island where the majority of the movie's final battle is placed. Mr. Incredible must throw giant monorail carts to strike at Syndrome's flying saucer patrols, like a sort of aerial bowling game. Elasti-Girl's mission is sadly not that elastic, and is instead has her in a side-scroller of sorts, dodging airplane debris as she gets the kids safely to land. Violet must use her force field to bounce missiles back to her attackers, like a sort of poor man's "breakout." Dash must use his speed powers to destroy more of Syndrome's flying saucer patrols. For the most part, that's the game.

But wait; there's more...to a point anyway. Click on Frozone to the right and you get to play a sort of fireman game with him, putting out the fire in windows of a burning building, in time for the fire trucks to arrive. Complete all the above missions and you get to play the final level against the giant robot. In the meantime, little by little, you unlock special treats in the menu below that, including everything from desktop wallpaper to a screen saver, and any number of videos from the game, all from the movie.

By now you're probably still asking: is it worth it? Well if you're a big fan of the movie, yes. There are a lot of cute mini-games here that the "actual" movie tie-in game doesn't offer, particularly Frozone. There are also more video clips included from the movie than seen in the video game, although at a lower resolution than the DVD-quality of that game. It's also quite surprising how good this game will look on the most basic of base-level computers. Even your oldest computers could probably play this.

It's all a matter of how much you loved the film. It's a cute game, it's affordable, and for parents who play games with their kids, it's a whole lot easier than the video game, I'll tell you that! This is sort of like the cookie you buy a kid when they ask for a whole cake. It's enough to keep them occupied, even if it's not the best Incredibles game on the block.

---Techtite