Popular children’s TV cartoon characters enter the third dimension and go head-to- head in this action-packed brawler, Billy Langsworthy discovers
IN CARTOON NETWORK: Punch Time Explosion, players can finally put to bed that age-old question – could Ben 10 beat The Powerpuff Girls in a fight?
After a strange force blends nine different worlds from the Cartoon Network universe together, stars of some of the TV station’s biggest shows find themselves stranded in the wrong worlds.
Players will have to form unlikely alliances with characters in the story mode’s 32 stages. There are 18 playable characters in both Battle modes on the 3DS SKU, whilst the XLconsole versions include a further eight.
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Released: May 18th
Formats:
360, PS3, Wii, 3DS Publisher:
OG International (consoles) Deep Silver (3DS)
Developer: Papaya Studios
Distributor: Koch Media
Contact: 01256 385200
“Ben 10 alone is hugely popular. And so to have him alongside other popular characters like Samurai Jack, Captain Planet and Johnny Bravo in one place creates an exciting proposition for retail.”
The game is being advertised via Gamers can control characters
like Samurai Jack and Johnny Bravo. “In the UK alone, Cartoon Network is broadcast into 9.4m
homes every month, so the market potential for this game is huge,” says OG International marketing executive Emma Jenkins.
a four-week TV campaign running across Cartoon Network and Boomerang. This will generate over 600 TV spots. There will also be print and online activity, too.