The Ant Bully (Game Boy Advance)

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This simple adventure game should be just right for younger players and anyone that wants an inoffensive game based on their favorite movie.

Specifications: ESRB: Everyone; Genre: Action; Elements: Miscellaneous - arcade, Action - adventure; See full specs

Price range: $16.79 - $19.99

Gamespot editors' review

Reviewed by: Frank Provo
Reviewed on: 07/31/2006
Updated on:08/01/2006
Released on: 07/24/2006

Anyone over the age of 12 will likely be bored by The Ant Bully for the Game Boy Advance, but this simple adventure game should be just right for the younger players in your household. The game puts you in control of a young boy named Lucas, who, just like in the movie, has been reduced to insect size and must learn the ways of the ants if he ever hopes to be returned to human proportions.

Talk to ants, and they will help Lucas push heavier objects, such as this tree limb.

You won't be blown away by how the game looks or sounds, but it isn't particularly ugly or offensive either. The top-down viewpoint suits the game nicely, and all of the shrubs and insects look appropriately oversized. There isn't much in the way of color variety, detail, or animation, but the game does serve up more than just a few moments of visual flair. It never gets old seeing Lucas and a pair of ants make a bridge by pushing a tree limb across a chasm. Seeing the frog king leap out of the water for the first time is also quite a sight. By the same token, there's nothing especially good or bad about the comedic sound effects or the ambient music tracks that accompany the action. The game's intended target audience probably won't find much to complain about regarding the graphics and audio.

This game isn't as overwrought or complicated as similar games are. There are some spiders and wasps to fight, and there's some dialogue to digest, but by and large, the main focus is on the many puzzles in the environment that you must solve by working together with the ants. The large, contiguous world is split into 10 small, mazelike areas where rocks, chasms, and mushrooms bar the way. You must work through each maze by pushing and pulling rocks, running quickly across crumbling plants, and employing Lucas' newfound telepathic ability to get the ants to lend a helping hand. At the push of a button, ants can be told to follow Lucas, to sit tight, to carry an object, or to help push something heavy.

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