ZooCube

**It's not just a game.

It's an addiction.**

ZooCube is a new, advanced puzzle game filled with fast-paced, reflex action. Simple to learn, but tricky to master, ZooCube brings frantic, heart-racing action to the Nintendo GameCube(tm) and Game Boy® Advance.

Think outside the cube and put your puzzle-solving skills to the test. ZooCube takes puzzlers to a new level . . . the third dimension.

Game Features: - The only 3D puzzle game available on the Nintendo GameCube(tm).- Addictive, engaging, intoxicating, heart-racing puzzle action- Intense 3D puzzle action - No two puzzles are the same!- Special power-ups, bonuses and mind-bending three-axis rotation.- Play cooperatively with a friend or in head-to-head battle.- 12 different modes with over 100 hours of gameplay.- 2 player linking available on Game Boy® Advance.

http://www.acclaim.com/games/zoocube/features/index.html

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ZooCube Official Website

ZooCube is a shape-matching puzzler that takes full advantage of the GBA's processing muscle to venture into three dimensions.

Even by video-game standards, the backstory is quite a stretch. Apparently all the world's animals have been transformed by shape-altering science experiments. Only the magical ZooCube has the power to restore them. Now, it's time to put that gray matter between your ears to good use.

Rotate the six-sided ZooCube, which is in the center of the screen, to catch shapes floating toward it. If you match identical shapes, they will disappear. In the tried-and-true tradition of all shape-matching games, stacking disparate shapes is a no-no.

Since you will be stacking objects on all six sides of the ZooCube, you must constantly rotate it up, down and around. Success requires good reflexes, but since the game doesn't have Pokémon Puzzle Challenge-like combos, strategy is pretty minimal.

Head-to-head play requires two GBAs, a GBA Game Link cable and two Game Paks.

This game has been rated "E" (Everyone) by the independent Entertainment Software Rating Board.

Source:

www.nintendo.com - Game Boy Advance

What Dr. Buc Ooze has done to pigs is just a crime. Tsk, tsk.

Mad scientist Dr. Buc Ooze's shape-altering experiments have transformed heretofore cute animals into freaks of modern science. In the first 3D puzzler for the Nintendo GameCube, you travel the world with ZooCube, a high-tech device designed specifically to change Ooze's freaks back into their natural forms.

Puzzling in 3D

When playing this brain-bender, the six-sided ZooCube rests in space at the center of the screen. As shapes float toward the ZooCube, it is up to you to rotate the ZooCube to match identical objects. If matched correctly, objects will disappear, keeping the height of your stacks down.

Like all good puzzle games, a deceptively simple concept challenges you to think in new ways. As colorful animals drift inward, you will use all six sides of the ZooCube by constantly rotating it up, down and around. You can also cycle through the objects already attached by pressing the X and Y buttons.

As you clear groups of animals you will uncover special items such as coins, ice cream, and jelly beans. Gathering these items will amass bonus points and rack up high scores. There are even power-ups like bombs that will explode stacked shapes that they come into contact with. Other power-ups will make your ZooCube rotate faster or fire bullets outward.

Graphics

The graphics in ZooCube are colorful and lively. Each of the more than 35 animals is first represented by an abstract shape. For example, a beaver is shown as a brown orb with buck-teeth and a pig is a pink cube with a snout on all six sides. Once an animal is matched correctly, it gradually returns to its normal form as it fades away. An impressive display of technology it is not, but younger players will no doubt find it entertaining.

As you progress from one level to another, you are treated to an animation of your ZooCube being transported across oceans and continents. Background elements represent the Egyptian pyramids and other famous world sights.

The sharp and colorful graphics coupled with appropriately beastly howls, squawks and roars creates a fun package. Smooth tunes will lull you into a trance as you play.

Game Modes

Four different game modes are available from the beginning of ZooCube. In Classic Mode, you travel through seven levels in an attempt to save all the animals. The farther you get, the faster the animals will travel toward your cube. Once you complete the Classic mode you can unlock two more difficulty levels to up the challenge.

Knockout Mode starts you out with a ZooCube stacked with animal shapes. The object is to eliminate as many animals as possible given a set number of matching pieces. This may be the easiest of the four modes because failure results in a lower score but does not stop your progression.

Blind Mode is just like Classic Mode, except that the animal pieces have been drained of color. Without seeing the tiger's orange stripes or the parrot's bright feathers you must identify each piece by shape alone. Because many shapes are similar you must keep a sharp eye on each animal. There is also a blind variation of Knockout Mode.

In Collaborative Mode, two players share the burden of saving the animal kingdom via split-screen. Working together you can even swap special pieces to assist your pal.

If you are feeling slightly less friendly you can play Competitive Mode, in which as many as four players can battle each other to see who can last the longest. New items are introduced in this mode that will deliver junk to your opponents or speed up their animal onslaught.

With ZooCube, Acclaim has succeeded in bringing a unique puzzle game to the Nintendo GameCube. The graphics and sound are some of the best in the puzzle genre. Fun for kids and adults too, ZooCube nonetheless lacks the insanely addictive quality of a top notch puzzle game.

This game has been rated "E" (Everyone) by the independent Entertainment Software Rating Board. ZooCube is in stores now. Two memory blocks are needed to save progress on a Memory Card (not included).

Source:

www.nintendo.com – GameCube

Mad scientist Dr. Buc Ooze's shape-altering experiments have transformed cute animals into freaks of modern science. In this 3D puzzler for the Nintendo GameCube, you travel the world with ZooCube, a high-tech device designed specifically to change Ooze's freaks back into their natural forms.When playing this brain-bender, the six-sided ZooCube rests in space at the center of the screen. As shapes float toward the ZooCube, it is up to you to rotate the ZooCube to match identical objects. If matched correctly, objects will disappear, keeping the height of your stacks down.Like all good puzzle games, a deceptively simple concept challenges you to think in new ways. As you clear groups of animals you will uncover special items such as coins, ice cream, and jelly beans. Gathering these items will amass bonus points and rack up high scores. There are even power-ups like bombs that will explode stacked shapes that they come into contact with. Other power-ups will make your ZooCube rotate faster or fire bullets outward.The graphics in ZooCube are colourful and lively, and are coupled with appropriate howls, squawks and roars which create a fun package. Smooth tunes will lull you into a trance as you play.Four different game modes are available in ZooCube, including Classic Mode, Knockout Mode, Blind Mode and Collaborative Mode. If you are feeling slightly less friendly you can play Competitive Mode, in which as many as four players can battle each other to see who can last the longest. New items are introduced in this mode that will deliver junk to your opponents or speed up their animal onslaught.With ZooCube, Acclaim has succeeded in bringing a unique puzzle game to the Nintendo GameCube. The graphics and sound are some of the best in the puzzle genre. Fun for kids and adults too!

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www.nintendo.com.au – GameCube