Dora the Explorer: Journey to the Purple Planet

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Dora the Explorer: Journey to the Purple Planet
The show may be interesting, but this game isn't.
Genre(s): Action
Adventure
Edutainment
Platform(s): PlayStation 2
Nintendo GameCube
Xbox (cancelled)
Release Date: Nintendo GameCube

NA: October 13, 2005
PAL: December 16, 2005

PlayStation 2

PAL: December 2, 2005
NA: February 6, 2006

Developer(s): Monkey Bar Games
Publisher(s): Global Star Software
Country: United States
Series: Dora the Explorer
Predecessor: Dora the Explorer: Super Star Adventures
Successor: Dora the Explorer: Dora's World Adventure


Dora the Explorer: Journey to the Purple Planet is an action-adventure game developed by Monkey Bar Games (a division of Vicious Cycle Software) and published by Global Star Software. It is based on the Nick Jr. animated series Dora the Explorer as well as the episode of the same name. It was released for the Nintendo GameCube in North America on October 13, 2005, and in Europe on December 16, 2005, making it the only GameCube game to get an EC (Early Childhood) rating. It was then ported to the PlayStation 2 in Europe on December 2, 2005, and in North America on February 9, 2006. A planned Xbox version of the game was cancelled.

Why It Won't Head to the Purple Planet

  1. The graphics are outdated, even for PlayStation 2 or GameCube standards. It feels more like a PlayStation 1 or an early PS2 game, which came out in 2005.
    • There is an inconsistent tone where on the Map scenes, the Map itself is in 3D, but the map himself is in 2D. This also goes to the Backpack sections, where she is in 3D, but the items are in 2D drawing that look like they're ripped from the show.
    • At one point, when you hang on a cliff, Dora's hair doesn't fall, which shows a bit of physics violation.
  2. The gameplay can be boring for people who have outgrown the show since all you do is walk and solve simple puzzles and travel through space. There are no enemies in this game whatsoever, unless you count Swiper the Fox.
    • In the Earth section, which extends to all of the planets that you go to, you have to run around collecting gems and then move on to the next area. All of the gems look the exact same with the green pentagons.
    • The space sections that you have to drive to the next planet only last around two minutes, and you have to collect more gems on the way.
    • Many of the other sections other than the platforming where all you do is collect gems, is just wait for the button prompt and then press it.
  3. While Swiper is the only enemy that you encounter, all he does is take gems away from you, which is completely random depending on if Dora is able to say "Swiper no swiping!" to him three times, like in the original show.
  4. Every single button jumps except for puzzles. Because of this, it literally feels and plays like a computer game where the space bar jumps.
    • The fact that you travel to more places than just the Milky Way, Space Rocks, and Purple Planet from the episode could also indicate some poor source material grasp.
  5. Annoying soundtrack, not to mention even though the game's title theme uses the same instruments in the show's theme song, it barely sounds anything like it. There's not even a "We Did It" ending in this game as the it just has Dora and Boots leave in their rocket ship before the credits roll.
    • On a related note, the Fiesta Trio's fanfare in the game sounds nothing like it does in the show, and you can also tell that their animations aren't in sync with the fanfare.

Qualities That Made It to the Purple Planet

  1. Unlike Race with Ryan, this game might be fun for little kids.
  2. It has the original voice cast from the show reprising their roles, like Kathleen Herles as Dora herself.
  3. The cel-shaded character models faithfully capture the characters' TV counterparts.
  4. The game is faithful to the TV series in terms of its aesthetics, including Map and Backpack.

Reception

The PS2 version of the game received mixed-to-positive reviews, with Chris Roper from IGN giving it a score of 7.0/10. He stated that the game can be a fun adventure for young children learning their first school-related skills, including how to count, pick out colors, etc. One criticism he had with it was how it doesn't actually teach in any way, lacks an autosave feature where the game automatically saves your progress, and there might be some confusing sections.

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