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Shorts NDS

Shorts is a skillfully based on Robert Rodriguez's film by Artificial Mind & Movement. Playing the roles of the characters in the image, the player has to repair the damage caused by unwittingly expressed wishes.

Arcade | Nintendo exclusive titles | singleplayer

Shorts Release Date NDS

28July2009

developer: Behaviour Interactive publisher: Majesco Entertainment

English language game language: English

Bring the outrageous and enchanting mayhem of Shorts, the movie, to your Nintendo DS. After a magical rainbow rock that grants wishes brings chaos to the suburbs, players must fix wishes-gone-wrong in this entertaining platformer with classic puzzle elements. Play as 4 of your favorite characters from the movie. Free your house from booger monsters as Nose Noseworthy. Escape the canyon of doom and the castle that Loogie Short wished into existence. Choose between Toe Thompson and Helvetica Black to destroy the power-mad Mr. Black in the Black Box factory. It's up to you to return the community of Black Falls to normal.

Based on the feature film releasing August 7th. Shorts is written and directed by Robert Rodriguez who also directed The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl and the Spy Kids franchise that grossed more than $300m worldwide. Shorts stars Leslie Mann, William H. Macy, Jon Cryer and James Spader.

Run through 26 replayable levels in 3 distinct episodes from the movie that take place in a laboratory-like house in the town of Black Falls, a factory, and a castle with a moat

Play as Nose Noseworthy, Loogie Short, Toe Thompson and Helvetica Black, each with their own special jump and unique ability

Use the stylus to draw temporary platforms to jump on and get around obstacles or create a shield to avoid dangerous threats

Activate special jumps and unique abilities like the alien and wasp hover-jumps, telekinesis super-attack, invincibility, and growth and shrink ray guns for sticky situations

Collect energy balls to power special abilities. Find hidden heart pieces to increase your health and pick up keys to unlock your way forward

Get help from alien friends, giant wasps and a pterodactyl dinosaur to reach new areas

Face a multitude of enemies like booger monsters, bomb shooting crocodiles, poison spitting snakes, bats, and sparking robots

Last updated on 13 July 2009

Game mode: single player  

PEGI rating Shorts

Age rating. The PEGI rating considers the age suitability of a game, not the level of difficulty.
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