Finding Nemo (video game)
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Finding Nemo is a 2003 action-adventure game developed by Traveler's Tales and published by THQ. Players play as either Nemo, Dory or Marlin in a plot that similarly follows the movie of the same name.
Why it Should Stay Lost
NOTE: This only applies to the home console counterpart.
- Marlin and Dory's models look weird, as their eyes are bugging out of them.
- In the GameCube version, Dory's idle face shows her mouth being open and possibly smiling. In the Submarine level, you see Dory smiling even when she's swimming away for her life.
- Speaking of eyes, Nemo's eye color is blood red; which it's not only weird, but it can be creepy, especially for a game made for kids.
- A lot of character models look weird, especially Bloat and Pearl.
- Several characters from the movie like Chum, Anchor, Nigel and Darla are absent from this game.
- The graphics are mediocre (even for its time), with weird and blurry textures except for the Xbox version.
- Even though the voice acting is done by the cast of the movie, the voices of Tad, Sheldon and Pearl sound forced and unintentionally sarcastic, and the voices of Dory and Bruce sound out of place.
- For some reason, Barry Humphries, the voice of Bruce in the movie, is the only original cast member not present in the FMV cutscenes. The voice actor that replaces Humphries, Jess Harnell, even dubs over Bruce's lines in the cutscenes that are just footage from the movie.
- During the section where Bruce chases Dory and Marlin, the duo can get hurt by fire and steam. This does not make any sense, because fire and steam can't be underwater.
- The gameplay is all over the place:
- A majority of the game is about swimming through rings (though, at least it's not as tedious and hard as Superman 64).
- Racing games are also common, but losing them don't harm you in any way, just gives you bonus points if you win.
- Block puzzles (which are there only to make the levels longer,) are littered all over the game.
- This makes the game, very repetitive.
- The game throws curveballs at you in certain levels.
- An example is in the fish tank, you must find all the characters in a hide-and-seek game. However, for Jacques (the shrimp) you have to knock the three coconuts down in order to find him.
- Unlike the movie, moments in the game seem very rushed.
- The game doesn't utilize sixth-gen console controllers very well, only using two to three buttons.
- Levels like Catch Dory are aggravating and challenging to play due to their very hard difficulty. Especially since this is a game for kids.
- Speaking of Catch Dory, the game doesn’t tell you what button to press when you get stuck in barrels or boats, making it a even more tedious level than it already is.
- Long loading times which seem to be longer than the loading screens in the PS2 version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
Redeeming Qualities
- The title menu and selection screen look decent.
- Despite poorly utilizing controllers, the controls for the game are tight and responsive.
- The game doesn't overly rely on movie clips for cutscenes.
- The music is in the game is solid and catchy, it also does a nice job of making the player relaxed.
- The PC/Mac version itself is slightly better, but even so it is too simple and much shorter than the console version.
Reception
It received mixed reception from critics and the negative reception from gamers, With it's metacritic score being a 62 on Gamecube and a 63 on Xbox and PS2. Despite this however, it ended up earning Greatest Hits, Player's Choice and Platinum (Family) Hits on the PlayStation 2, GameCube and Xbox respectively.
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