![]() Mandy - A girl with a pink dress with a patch in the shape of a yellow flower, white socks and black brogues.Billy - A boy with a red baseball cap, a blue and white striped t-shirt, denim pants and very comfortable white and red sneakers.Grim - A hundred 37 thousand year old man with a Jamaican accent.Greenblatt, Vincent Walter, Matt Sullivan, and Chris Reccardi. Writers for the series were Maxwell Atoms, Gord Zajac, C.H. The directors of the episodes included Juli Murphy, Robert Alvarez, Brain Sheesley, Shaun Cashman, Eddy Houchins, Sue Perrotto, Randy Myers, John McIntyre, Phil Cummings, Matt Engstrom, Kris Sherwood, and Russell Calabrese. The series is targeted at 9–14 year olds. It began on Jand ended on October 12, 2008, with the finale "Underfist". It was originally shown on the Cartoon Network. Billy & Mandy is worth a rental for its excellent, funny video game adaptation of the show, but fifty bucks is far too steep for this quick GameCube port.Grim Adventures of Billy/Mandy is a children's series. I suppose you could switch things up by plugging in a GameCube controller, which uses buttons for the heavy attack and the final KO sequence, but the differences are minimal.īilly & Mandy has the beginnings of a decent fighting game, but its unrefined battle system is only suitable as party fodder. What's more, the promising weaponry gets lost in the chaos, since characters drop their items upon taking any damage. Overall this scheme would be fine, except every character handles sluggishly-in fact, every character handles identically, resulting in an unsatisfying, mushy slash-a-thon. To deliver the final KO, you must rather uncomfortably aim the Wiimote to highlight a series of circles on the screen. If you can collect enough mojo (balls of energy) scattered about the level, you can perform one of two powerful attacks by flicking the nunchuck. Players jump (and double-jump) with A, perform a light attack with B, and flick the remote for a heavy attack. Players move around with the control stick, dash with Z, and grab with C. For example, a skirmish in The Pumpkin Patch will find itself chased downtown by a menacing pumpkin monster, and a battle starting in the Chicken Mines will somehow find its way to the roof of a school bus.īut all of its clever gizmos and silly level designs cannot save the game from underdeveloped fighting mechanics. The levels are similarly quirky, as a battle will often progress through two or three distinct stages. Players can whoop each other with quick or strong attacks, or they can grab and use various items ranging from cursed swords to the banana crossbow. The free-for-all carnage ensues with an overhead view similar to Power Stone for the Dreamcast. Up to four players can choose among many characters from the grim world of Billy & Mandy, such as "special" monster Fred Fredburger hapless nerd Irwin or Billy's dimwitted dad, Mogar. Not that the gameplay is horrible-it's quite playable-but it is only good for short spurts. It's a shame the story mode isn't longer, too, because it is the best reason to play the game. Whether you're new to Billy & Mandy or a long-time viewer, you'll appreciate the energy spent and suddenly realize a fighter's story modes don't have to be totally void of story. The game's story mode is simply another of Grim and Company's off-kilter, self-demeaning adventures, written, directed, and voice acted by Cartoon Network staff. ![]() ![]() So why bother with the back-story? Midway worked very closely with Cartoon Network's staff to make an authentic B&M experience, and it shows. Billy thoroughly enjoys being the subject of Mandy's abuse and may as well be Stimpy (from The Ren & Stimpy Show) with his disgustingly endearing habits. Borderline evil Mandy associates herself with Grim to see (and exploit) his supernatural gizmos, treasures, and buddies. Grim is a jolly reaper and rather lax at his job. The show centers on little Mandy and her imbecile friend Billy, who have hoodwinked the Grim Reaper into being their best friend forever over a bet. Midway's The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy on Wii successfully transfers the franchise's cheerfully morbid persona into an amusing, if shallow, fighter. Like so many other greats, Billy & Mandy smuggles adult humor through a child-friendly visage, making its episodes fun for the whole family. The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy on Cartoon Network is among the best animated shows currently on the air.
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