Rugrats: Totally Angelica
| Rugrats: Totally Angelica | |
|---|---|
Nickelodeon | |
| Platform(s) | Game Boy Color, PlayStation |
| Release | Game Boy ColorPlayStation |
| Genre(s) | Action |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Rugrats: Totally Angelica is an
Plot and gameplay
The game starts off with Angelica Pickles becoming the proud owner of a brand new "Cynthia Dream Mall Fashion Show Queen" set. She opens the box and finds that it is broken. However, after thinking about it, she ends up being the star.
Players play the role of Angelica, which she is exploring the shopping mall in search of stores and items to win, Starting on the first floor, she enters the shops to play games in order to win clothes and accessories for Angelica's fashion ensemble. Players can then enter a store to play a mini-game. By completing the mini-game, players can choose a prize. Players must collect as many clothes, wigs and accessories as they can, then enter the fashion show. In the fashion show, players play dress-up with Angelica which they create different outfits with the items they've won. The Rugrats babies, Fluffy the cat, Grandpa Lou and Reptar judge the player's outfits. Each fashion show score is worth points toward the other mall floors.
When the player wins enough points, players can use the lift to go to the next floor. Each floor features different games and new items to win. Players must stand in front of a shop and Tommy Pickles tells the players what game is inside. The items displayed in the store window show the types of prizes players can win in that game. Angelica can win shoes, clothing, hairstyles, hats, make-up, and jewelry in different stores. Angelica can go to the fashion show each time she wins an item. Every trip down the catwalk earns points toward the next floor of the mall, and players will have to visit the fashion show several times in order to earn enough points to visit the next floor. However, if the players finish the game, they have to send away "Totally Angelica" points, so they get Cynthia Dream Mall Fashion Show Queen dolls and playsets.[3]
Development
After THQ released two Rugrats games for the Game Boy Color, having signed an agreement with Nickelodeon to develop and publish video games using the Rugrats license until December 2002,[citation needed] they announced the game. It was to join Acclaim's Mary-Kate and Ashley as a Game Boy Color game targeted at girl gamers, and was to be launched in spring of 2000.[4]
Reception
| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
AllGame |    (GBC)[6] (PS)[7] |
| IGN | 2/10 (GBC)[8] |
| Nintendo Power | 6.5/10[9] |
| PlayStation Official Magazine – UK | 2/10 (PS)[10] |
Reviews were critically mixed to negative, receiving an aggregate score of 48.33% from GameRankings.[5]
The Game Boy Color version reviewed somewhat better than the PlayStation version.
References
- ^ "PR - 5/04/00 - THQ AND NICKELODEON SHIP RUGRATS: TOTALLY ANGELICA FOR THE GAMEBOY COLOR SYSTEM". 2004-04-16. Archived from the original on 2004-04-16. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
- ^ "PR - 04/10/01 - THQ AND NICKELODEON SHIP RUGRATS: TOTALLY ANGELICA FOR PLAYSTATION". 2004-04-16. Archived from the original on 2004-04-16. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
- ^ THQ (2000) Rugrats: Totally Angelica Manual
- ^ IGN Staff (2000-01-06). "Angelica's Top Billing". IGN. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
- ^ a b "Rugrats: Totally Angelica for Game Boy Color". GameRankings. Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
- AllGame. Archived from the originalon 2014-11-15. Retrieved 2014-12-13.
- ^ Beam, Jennifer. "Rugrats: Totally Angelica (PS) - Review". AllGame. Archived from the original on 2014-11-14. Retrieved 2014-12-13.
- ^ Nix, Marc (2000-05-26). "Rugrats: Totally Angelica". IGN. Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
- ^ "Totally Angelica". Nintendo Power. Vol. 135. August 2000. p. 121.
- Official UK PlayStation Magazine (74). Future Publishing.