Shark Tale (video game)
| Shark Tale | |
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PAL region cover art featuring Oscar (front) and Don Lino (background)
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| Developer(s) |
Edge of Reality (console) KnowWonder (PC) Vicarious Visions (GBA) |
| Publisher(s) |
Activision Taito Corporation (JP; GC, PS2, GBA) |
| Distributor(s) | DreamWorks |
| Engine | proprietary engine (console) Unreal Engine 2 (PC) |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, Xbox |
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| Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Aggregate score | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| Metacritic | (GC) 69/100 (PS2) 69/100 (Xbox) 67/100 (PC) 63/100 (GBA) 63/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Eurogamer | 6/10 |
| Famitsu | (PS2) 29/40 (GBA) 25/40 |
| Game Informer | 6.5/10 |
| GameSpot | 7/10 |
| GameZone | (GC) 7.5/10 (PC) 7.3/10 (PS2) 7.1/10 (Xbox) 7/10 (GBA) 5/10 |
| IGN | 7/10 (PC) 6.5/10 |
| Nintendo Power | 2.6/5 |
| OPM (US) |    |
| OXM (US) | 6/10 |
| PC Gamer (US) | 62% |
| The Sydney Morning Herald | |
| The Times | |
Shark Tale is a 2004 video game based on the film of the same name that was released on PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Advance, GameCube and Xbox. The Game Boy Advance version was also released on a Twin Pack cartridge bundled with Shrek 2 in 2005.
The player is the role of Oscar, the fast-talking little fish, who becomes an unlikely hero after he decides to take the easy road to fame and fortune by fighting with his shark friend. Once underway, gamers undertake more than 25 different missions set in their favorite movie-based locations including exclusive game-only environments. Blending a variety of different gameplay styles, Shark Tale sports all sorts of interactive activities including adventure mode, action/fighting sequences, race challenges, and Dance Dance Revolution-like music sequences.
Shark Tale received "mixed or average reviews" on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of one seven, one eight, and one seven for the PlayStation 2 version; and two sixes, one seven, and one six for the Game Boy Advance version.
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