Software:The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction

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Short description: 2001 video game
The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction
The Powerpuff Girls Chemical X-traction.jpg
North American PlayStation box art
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)BAM! Entertainment
Composer(s)
  • Thomas Chase Jones
  • Steve Rucker
  • James L. Venable
SeriesThe Powerpuff Girls
Platform(s)
ReleasePlayStation
  • NA: November 14, 2001[1]
  • PAL: December 7, 2001
Nintendo 64
Genre(s)Fighting
Mode(s)Single player

The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction is a fighting game published by BAM! Entertainment for the Nintendo 64 and PlayStation in 2001. It was based on the Cartoon Network animated series The Powerpuff Girls. The player controls one of the Powerpuff Girls in a variety of one-on-one melee battles against the computer-controlled villains.

Gameplay

The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction is a 3D fighting game which the player controls one of the Powerpuff Girls (Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup) who must battle enemies in a variety of settings in order to reclaim Chemical X and track down Mojo Jojo. The player can choose from ten playable characters which consist The Powerpuff Girls and seven villains.

The game had two modes - story mode, the players can pick up objects and throw them at an enemy to decrease their opponents health meter and use super powered attacks by collecting vials of Chemical X, and simulator mode, the player controls a Powerpuff Girl against a villain or a villain against another villain.

Plot

The Powerpuff Girls were making a delicious pie while Bubbles decided to add in Chemical X as an ingredient for the pie. Once they baked the pie, Mojo Jojo took the pie and shared it with his allies including Fuzzy Lumpkins, Big Billy, Ace, Sedusa and Princess Morbucks. The Powerpuff Girls eventually defeat Mojo Jojo but were surprised by HIM's sudden arrival so the fiend can use the Chemical X for himself. The girls defeated HIM and put the Chemical X back where it belongs.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
GameRankings(N64) 30%[9]
(PS) 39%[10]
Metacritic30/100[11]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Game Informer1.5/10[4]
GameZone7/10[3]
IGN2/10[5]
Nintendo Power1.5/5 stars[6]
OPM (US)1.5/5 stars[7]
X-Play1/5 stars[8]

The PlayStation version received "unfavorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[11]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Powerpuff Girls:Chemical X-Traction Ships" (in en-US). 2012-05-04. https://www.gamezone.com/news/powerpuff_girls_chemical_x_traction_ships/. 
  2. IGN Staff (2001-11-20). "Two New N64 Games Available" (in en). https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/11/20/two-new-n64-games-available. 
  3. Suzi Sez (November 27, 2001). "The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction Review - PlayStation". GameZone. Archived from the original on November 12, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20071112030402/http://psx.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r19140.htm. Retrieved January 27, 2017. 
  4. Helgeson, Matt (November 2001). "The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction (PS)". Game Informer (103): 123. Archived from the original on February 3, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090203061401/http://www.gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200111/R03.0805.1833.18926.htm. Retrieved January 27, 2017. 
  5. Fujita, Mark (November 29, 2001). "Power Puff [sic Girls: Chemical X-traction (PS)"]. http://www.ign.com/articles/2001/11/30/power-puff-girls-chemical-x-traction. Retrieved January 27, 2017. 
  6. "The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction". Nintendo Power 150. November 2001. 
  7. "The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine: 174. December 2001. 
  8. Concepcion, Miguel (August 9, 2002). "'[The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction' (PS)"]. X-Play. Archived from the original on August 13, 2002. https://web.archive.org/web/20020813223548/http://www.techtv.com/extendedplay/reviews/story/0,24330,3395005,00.html. Retrieved January 27, 2017. 
  9. "The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction for Nintendo 64". GameRankings. http://www.gamerankings.com/n64/532474-the-powerpuff-girls-chemical-x-traction/index.html. Retrieved January 27, 2017. 
  10. "The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction for PlayStation". GameRankings. http://www.gamerankings.com/ps/565566-the-powerpuff-girls-chemical-x-traction/index.html. Retrieved January 27, 2017. 
  11. 11.0 11.1 "The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction" (in en). https://www.metacritic.com/game/the-powerpuff-girls-chemical-x-traction/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation. 

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