Summary
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs for Nintendo Wii in the USA is a 3rd Person Adventure game based on the animated movie. The player takes control of Flint Lockwood. Flint is the hero inventor who creates a machine that makes food fall from the sky. When the machine goes out of control, the town is overwhelmed by gigantic portions of food. The player must help Flint save his hometown and the world.
The game was developed by Torus Games and published in the USA by Sony Computer Entertainment America. The Nintendo Wii USA release came out on November 3 2009. It was added to iOctavio.com on 2009-10-05.
The game fits the 3rd Person Adventure category because the camera follows Flint from a third person view. The player moves him through levels and uses attacks and gadgets and vehicles to complete objectives. The game is action packed and cartoonish but its main structure is adventure based. The player explores, fights food based enemies, uses inventions, and works toward the goal of stopping the food disaster.
Highlights
The first highlight is the movie based story. The game uses the same central idea as the film. Food becomes weather. Ordinary meals fall from the sky and turn into a huge problem. This gives the game a funny and memorable premise.
Another highlight is Flint Lockwood as the playable hero. The original review frames the game around the idea that the world needs a hero. In this game, Flint Lockwood is that hero. He is an inventor and an adventurer. He has to use both his intelligence and his gadgets to fix the chaos he created.
The inventions are central to the gameplay. Flint Lockwood builds strange machines and the player uses those machines in action. This makes the game feel connected to the movie because the story is built around invention and invention based problem solving.
The vehicles and gadgets give the Wii version a playful action style. The player is not limited to simple running and jumping. The game uses unusual tools and vehicles to help Flint deal with food disasters and fight enemies.
The enemies are one of the strongest highlights. Hamburgers and spaghetti and gummi bears and other food threats become enemies. This turns food into both comedy and combat. The player can hurl hamburgers and sling spaghetti and fight gummi bears in a colorful cartoon world.
The tone is family friendly and humorous. The game is built for players who want a light adventure with silly enemies and bright visuals and movie style comedy. It is not a dark or serious action game. It is a playful adventure game that matches the food weather idea.
Steve the monkey is part of the adventure. His presence connects the game to the movie feel and adds to the personality of the world. He helps keep the game tied to Flint Lockwood as a funny inventor hero.
The goal is clear. The player is trying to stop a giant food tastrophe. The disaster begins with a machine that makes food rain from the sky. The problem grows until Flint Lockwood must save his hometown and the world.
For cataloging, this title should be identified as Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs for Nintendo Wii in the USA. It was originally categorized as 3rd Person Adventure and remains within the genre 3rd Person Adventure. The date note is iOctavio.com added on 2009-10-05. These details help separate this Wii item from the Nintendo DS version and from other movie based adventure games.
Overall, Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs for Nintendo Wii in the USA is a movie based 3rd Person Adventure game built around Flint Lockwood, food weather, inventions, vehicles, cartoon combat, and a mission to save the world from a food tastrophe.