Elmo in Grouchland (2001 Console Game)

Elmo in Grouchland is a 2001 action-adventure video game developed by Artificial Mind & Movement, published by Activision, and distributed by Columbia TriStar Interactive. The game is based on the movie of the same name (even though, this console version of the game came out 2 years after the movie was released).

Production
Activision announced the game on May 2001.

Plot
The plot follows the storyline of the film.

Gameplay
The game is an action-adventure with gameplay similar to that of the Crash Bandicoot series.

Levels

 * 1) Sesame Street
 * 2) Journey to Grouchland
 * 3) Foggy Grouchland
 * 4) Huxley's Chopper (Boss Battle Level)
 * 5) Mine Games
 * 6) Jumpin' in the Dump
 * 7) Flowers, Bugs, and Bugs
 * 8) Huxley's Castle
 * 9) Final Boss

Consoles w/Release Dates
Xbox: December 11, 2001 (NA) January 8, 2002 (PAL)

PlayStation 2: December 13, 2001 (NA) January 8, 2002 (PAL) February 13, 2002 (AUS)

Nintendo GameCube: December 13, 2001 (NA) January 8, 2002 (PAL)

Gameboy Advance: December 13, 2001 (NA) January 8, 2002 (PAL)

Windows: December 27, 2001 (NA) January 8, 2002 (PAL)

Reception
The game was met with mixed reception upon its release. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 62.30% and 60 out of 100 for the PC version; 60.56% and 60 out of 100 for the Gameboy Advance version; 57.34% and 56 out of 100 for the GameCube version; 57.33% and 57 out of 100 for the Xbox; 54.24% and 49 out of 100 for the PlayStation 2 version.

Trivia
Originally, the game was also going to be released on the PlayStation 1 and the Nintendo 64, but they were canceled for unknown reasons.

The game has the same levels as the Gameboy Color version, which came out 2 years before this game.

Much like the Mattel PC version of the game (which also came out 2 years before this game), this game has voice acting.

In this game, Huxley was voiced by Jim Cummings and The Queen of Trash was voiced by Cree Summer.

The only level in the game that was not on the Gameboy Color version was the final boss level.

The Gameboy Advance version was developed by Vicarious Visions.

Speaking of the Gameboy Advance version, that version has the the same levels as the Mattel PC version.

This game was co-published by Sesame Workshop Games and co-distributed by Jim Henson Interactive.