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The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause is an Action game, developed by 1st Playable Productions and published by Buena Vista Games, which was released in 2006
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Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2007
This game is not difficult but my 6 year old son loves it. I think it that it is appropriate for young children (5-7). I also enjoy playing this game and I am 37 years old. I haven't noticed anything violent and I am very happy about that. If your children love the Santa Clause movies and theme, I think they will enjoy this game. The graphics and the pace of the game remind me of The Polar Express game. (We also love The Polar Express game in this home.)
I was not happy as I thought I was ordering the movie on DVD.....I was never in the area where games are....I came here doing a search for the movie with that title....Until it came I thought I was getting the movie.
You know, it's games like these that make me realize there is another benefit to being Jewish: There are no crappy Hanukkah games. It doesn't help that this particular one is based on a live-action Disney movie, so it's bound to be an unworthy cartridge. The Santa Clause 3 is a very basic run-of-the-platformer devoid of anything interesting, and while sixteen levels sounds like a lot, you'll blaze through the game before too long. The game tries to add a little bit of variety by throwing in pointless bonus minigames, but they play badly anyway and don't influence anything. This is just another licensed game, nothing more.
So I gave this three stars out of five because I didn't necessarily DISlike this title but I didn't love it either. Its a fairly simple game and contains a pretty nice color gamut range when played on the Game Boy Player Adapter on the Nintendo Gamecube. The story pretty much follows the plot of the film which would make sense considering its loosely based on it. If however the player has not seen The Santa Clause 3, I would recommend that they watch it through first in order to make sense of the cut scenes that are inter dispersed between some of the levels. And when I say "cut scenes," I use that term loosely as its not full motion video. They are just still images captured from various scenes of the movie which by the way look pretty good. Graphics are overall what one would expect from a Game Boy Advance title from 2006/07. Its just a simple little platformer with some action mixed in along with a splash of puzzle solving in the elf mini games. The mini games play a lot like The Lost Vikings for the Super Nintendo where you have to switch between characters in order to progress and collect all the items. Overall, its not awful. I've played way worse. Kids in 2013 would probably not care too much for this as they probably wouldn't for any title that it is handheld and NOT in 3D. I can't imagine them playing this on 2.5" Game Boy Advance screen. I can't play like that either so I use the Game Boy Player. Its the only way to go to play these older titles without eye strain. If you like the Santa Clause trilogy, then its a nice little collectible to have, but other than that, its nothing more than a mediocre platformer.
