Snoopy's Street Fair
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Composer(s) Vince Guaraldi[a] | | |
Series | Peanuts | |
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Genre(s) | City-building | |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Snoopy's Street Fair is a freemium city-building video game developed by Beeline Interactive and published by Capcom for iOS and Android devices, first released in November 2011. Based on the Peanuts comics and TV-series by Charles M. Schulz, the game sees the player as Charlie Brown, who starts a street fair to earn money for uniforms for a baseball game in New York City.[1]
Snoopy's Street Fair received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, having a Metascore of 71/100 on review aggregator Metacritic.[2] Critics praised the game's nostalgia factor for fans of the Peanuts comic strips, but were more negative towards how it becomes necessary to grind for in-game currency, which some critics felt encouraged micropayments.[3][4][5] In July 2012, the game was announced to have been downloaded over 5 million times on iOS devices.[6][7]
Plot
While outside, Charlie Brown receives a call from
Gameplay
Snoopy's Street Fair is a city-building game where the player plays Charlie Brown, who starts and builds a street fair. Using in-game currency, players must purchase stands and stalls, which are operated by different Peanuts characters. The game has two different currencies: coins and Snoopy Bucks.
Some stalls unlock additional minigames when purchased, such as the photo booth, which allows players to take pictures with Peanuts characters using augmented reality.[1] Players can also collect Snoopy trading cards, which may be dropped from stalls.[11] In addition to the unlockable cards, players can also receive digital Peanuts comic strips to read within the app.[1]
Development and release
Snoopy's Street Fair was developed by Beeline Interactive, a subsidiary of Capcom, and continued their style of releasing licensed mobile games.[12] Capcom published the game. According to The Guardian, Snoopy's Street Fair was developed to be less controversial than Beeline's prior city-building game, Smurfs' Village.[13] The game featured archived compositions by Vince Guaraldi.[1]
Snoopy's Street Fair was first announced by Beeline in September 2011 and was set to release later in November.
Reception
Aggregator | Score |
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Metacritic | 71/100[2] |
Publication | Score |
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GamesMaster | 8/10[17] |
Gamezebo | [1] |
Pocket Gamer | [3] |
TouchArcade | [5] |
AppSpy | 3/5[11] |
Common Sense Media | [4] |
Slide to Play | 3/4[8] |
Snoopy's Street Fair received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator Metacritic. The aggregator calculated an average review score of 71/100, which was based on 7 reviews.[2] Critics praised how Snoopy's Street Fair could be nostalgic for fans of the Peanuts comic strips and TV-series.[1][5] Critics were more negative towards how the game requires grinding, which was stated to encourage micropayments; Chris Morris of Common Sense Media stated that the game has "ponzi scheme-like marketing" and felt that players were "nickel-and-dimed" throughout the game.[4]
Critics praised the core gameplay of Snoopy's Street Fair for being addictive,[8] albeit repetitive. The game's minigames received mixed reception; Gamezebo called them "plenty of fun", while Pocket Gamer criticized their simplicity.[1][3]
Critics praised how Snoopy's Street Fair was similar to the original Peanuts comics and TV-series; both Pocket Gamer and Gamezebo praised the game's archived compositions by Vince Guaraldi, in addition to the game's voice acting and art style.[3][1] Critics were more negative towards the game's emphasis on grinding and microtransactions; GamesMaster UK stated that in-app purchases would "improve [the game] tenfold" and AppSpy's Andrew Nesvadba noted the game's grinding as one of its two worst aspects.[17][11]
Critics drew a comparison between Snoopy's Street Fair and Beeline's priorly released Smurfs' Village, which was also a city-building game.[5][8] Gamezebo felt that Snoopy's Street Fair was an improvement from Smurfs' Village, writing: "Move over, Smurfs' Village – there's a new comic strip classic in town".[1] Some editors for Common Sense Media also compared Snoopy's Street Fair to SimCity.[4]
Notes
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Squires, Jim (November 17, 2011). "Snoopy's Street Fair Review". Gamezebo. Archived from the original on October 1, 2020. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
- ^ CBS Interactive. Archivedfrom the original on February 10, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
- ^ Steel Media. Archivedfrom the original on October 16, 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
- ^ a b c d Morris, Chris. "Snoopy's Street Fair App Review". Common Sense Media. Archived from the original on February 4, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- ^ a b c d Campbell, Nissa (November 22, 2011). "'Snoopy's Street Fair' Review – Another Trip to the Past By the Creators of 'Smurfs' Village'". TouchArcade. Archived from the original on June 18, 2020. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
- ^ Sliwinski, Alexander (July 28, 2012). "Snoopy's Street Fair passes five million downloads". Engadget. AOL. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- ^ Nunneley, Stephany (July 28, 2012). "Capcom logs another iOS hit as Snoopy's Street Fair surpasses 5 million downloads". VG247. Archived from the original on April 17, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- ^ a b c d Oxford, Nadia. "Snoopy's Street Fair Review". Slide to Play. Archived from the original on December 29, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- ^ Goulter, Tom (September 14, 2011). "Snoopy's Street Fair will be free for smartphones this November". GamesRadar+. Future US. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
- Steel Media. Archivedfrom the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
- ^ a b c Nesvadba, Andrew (November 28, 2011). "Snoopy's Street Fair Review". AppSpy. Archived from the original on May 17, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- from the original on August 24, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- ^ Dredge, Stuart (November 21, 2011). "Apps Rush: The Week, The World in 2012, TripAdvisor City Guides, Snoopy's Street Fair and more". The Guardian. Archived from the original on October 12, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- Steel Media. Archivedfrom the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- Steel Media. Archivedfrom the original on October 11, 2019. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- ^ "Snoopy's Street Fair". AppAdvice. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- ^ a b "Snoopy's Street Fair". GamesMaster UK. Future plc. February 2012. p. 97.
Paying up improves it tenfold.
External links
- "Official website". Archived from the original on November 21, 2011.
- Snoopy's Street Fair on Facebook