The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

aka: A Gyűrűk Ura: A Király Visszatér, Der Herr der Ringe: Die Rückkehr des Königs, Le Seigneur des Anneaux: Le Retour du Roi

Moby ID: 11115

Released

November 6th, 2003 on Game Boy Advance

Credits

122 people

Publishers

Electronic Arts, Inc.

Developers

Griptonite, Inc.

Moby Score

7.2

#9,665 of 23.6K

Critics

73% (13)

Players

(9)

Ranking

#180 on Game Boy Advance

Collected By

21 players

Genre: Role-playing (RPG)
Perspective: Diagonal-down
Visual: 2D scrolling
Isometric
Gameplay: Action RPG
Setting: Fantasy
Misc: Licensed

ESRB Rating: Teen

Number of Players Supported: 1-2 Players

See Also

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003 on BREW)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003 on Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox...)

Description official descriptions

Return to Middle-earth in this video game based on the epic final chapter of the highly-acclaimed The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy.

The GBA version of The Return of the King is an isometric action-RPG. Play as six heroes: Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Frodo, Eowyn and Gandalf the White. With over a million random items, 150 levels (including the Paths of the Dead, Minas Tirith, and the Pelennor Fields), unique skill trees associated with each hero, and cooperative play via the GBA Link Cable, The Return of the King provides dozens of hours of gameplay.

The GBA version also links to the Nintendo GameCube to unlock new items and secret characters.

Spellings

ロード・オブ・ザ・リング/王の帰還 - Japanese spelling

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Credits (Game Boy Advance version)

122 People (87 developers, 35 thanks) · View all

Executive Producer	Steven Ettinger
Producer	J. C. Connors
Lead Designer	J. C. Connors
Lead Programmers	James Verhaeghe Joe Bryant
Art Lead	Randy Briley
Programmers	Champagne Mac Jason W. Bay Steve Vallée Douglas A. Schilling Jason Emery Michael Dorgan Catherine Dinh
Art and Animation	Marcus Lee Howell Tamara Knoss Robb Vest Kristofor Durrschmidt
Background Art	Michael Wilcox
Composer and Sound Design	Ian Stocker
Level Design	Brian C. McAuliffe Dream Smith Tony Sharma Dan McAuliffe
Additional Art	Michael Platteter Steven Nasker
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Reviews

Critics

Average score: 73% (based on 13 ratings)

Players

Average score: 3.7 out of 5 (based on 9 ratings with 0 reviews)

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Trivia

Connection to the movie

Includes several scenes that were cut out of the film at the last minute, including Saruman's death at Isengard at the hands of Wormtongue, Aragorn's fight with the Mouth of Sauron, and Gandalf's confrontation with the Witch King.

Inaccuracies

Even though the film calls Aragorn's reforged sword "Anduril" (as the books call it), the game incorrectly calls it "Narsil." This is because in the developer's screenplay the word Anduril was never mentioned.

References

Several of the unique items in the game bear the names of the developers as well as those of several fans who created FAQs for the previous Griptonite game, The Two Towers.