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Disney Gamer's Highlights:
Tangled: The Video Game
Developed by: Disney Interactive
System:
Wii/Nintendo DS
Would you
believe it has been almost three
years since Disney's Tangled
came to theaters? Despite the
troubled production and the
controversies it endured prior
to its release, the film has
seen incredible success. This
has been thanks to the amazing
mix of humor, action, adventure
and romance, making it a classic
Disney film in a modern coating.
At the time of its release, a
game based on the film was
released for both the Wii and
the Nintendo DS: Tangled: The
Video Game.

Tangled: The
Video Game follows the story of
the film very well. Starting
around the scene where Flynn
Rider escapes from the kingdom,
he finds a tower in the woods
that holds Rapunzel, a young
maiden with very long hair that
holds a secret of its own. When
they meet, they come to the
agreement that Rapunzel will
return the crown if Flynn can
take her to see the floating
lanterns. From then on, the game
has Rapunzel and Flynn exploring
the forests, encountering
various enemies and discovering
the towns on their journey to
the kingdom of Corona.
Players take on
the role of both Rapunzel and
Flynn Rider. Much like in the
feature film it is based on,
each character have unique sets
of abilities that will help them
escape the various perils that
lie in their journey. Rapunzel
can use her long hair to swing
to high places, attack enemies
and solve puzzles, while Flynn
Rider uses melee, hand to hand
combat. Of course, frying pans
also play a role in how the
characters defend themselves.
Rapunzel can also use her magic
hair to help herself and Flynn
out of tough situations.

Aside from that
novel idea, Tangled: The Video
Game is a standard license video
game release, released
exclusively for Nintendo
platforms. Visually it does a
good job of portraying the film.
It opens on a stunning painting
cutscenes that describes the
plot of both the film and the
game. Character models are
pretty good, but due to the
lower power of the Wii and
Nintendo DS, it does lose some
of the lush details the film
proudly shows off.

Wish more could
be said about Tangled: The Video
Game. It is a straight forward
licensed game based on an
amazing feature film. It is fun
enough that it avoids some of
the issues licensed games are
known for. But if you are
expecting something more out of
it, then you might be
disappointed.