My Life as a Teenage Robot: Escape from Cluster Prime is a licensed video game that would've been released to promote the TV Movie (or hour-long episode, whichever you prefer to call it) of the same name. What would make this game notable is instead of Eartha Kitt (due to her busy schedule recording her lines for Disney's "The Emperor's New Groove 2: Kronk's New Groove"), Cree Summer provides Vexus's voice for the game.
ESRB RATING[]
Rated E10+
OPINION FOR A DEVELOPER[]
On one hand, I would choose Heavy Iron Studios, best known for their work on the "SpongeBob SquarePants" and "The Incredibles" licensed games. On the other hand, I would choose Blitz Games, for the cel-shaded graphics they've done for the two "Fairly OddParents" videogames, "Breakin' Da Rules" and "Shadow Showdown". I don't know who to pick, but between the two, who would you guys pick?
INTRO FOR THE GAME[]
Before the main menu, the "Escape from Cluster Prime" version of the "My Life as a Teenage Robot" opening titles are shown. Then, the loading screen kicks in, not surprisingly being from Jenny's screen.
GAMEPLAY[]
The game takes place after the events of the TV movie. When you start a new game, stills from the episode are shown in form of a slideshow, with Jenny narrating how she got stuck in Cluster Prime and bent her pigtail. Then, we cut to Jenny being chased in the episode, thus, starting the game.
When you start playing as Jenny, she can't fly in the tutorial levels, but after defeating the first boss, Vexus, Jenny regains her ability to fly by her mother straightening her bent pigtail. This unlocks flight mode for the rest of the game.
The sandbox hub worlds of Tremorton and Cluster Prime are free to fly around and explore, and similarly to "Spider-Man 2", you gain extra XP points for fighting bank robbers and other forms of crime waves, which you can use to upgrade Jenny or her friends' weapons (similarly to "Ratchet and Clank"). XP can also be used to upgrade health bars and unlock combo moves.
60% of gameplay lets you take control of Jenny and Vega, whereas 40% of gameplay lets you take control of Brad, Tuck, Sheldon, and/or Nora Wakeman.
After completing the whole story, Jenny will tell the player to go outside and play.
MULTIPLAYER[]
Here are some ideas for 2-4 player mini-games to play. For these examples, the human characters wear Nora's jetpacks from the episode "Unlicensed Flying Object".
Flying race - Characters fly laps around certain areas of the Tremorton City or Cluster Prime hub worlds and try to win first place. The weapons you use in-game are powerups you can use to slow down players or make yourself go faster.
Battle - Characters fight on the ground or in the air too. The gameplay works like in the story mode, but now with split-screen multiplayer. There's also a dogfight option where players cannot touch the ground and have to rely on shooting the other players down, in free-for-all or team battles.
EXTRAS[]
PREVIEWS[]
- "SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, PANTS!"
- "Tak 3: The Great Juju Challenge"
- "Nicktoons Unite!"
- "Barnyard"
- Nickelodeon Cross-Save
- The Making of the Game (Includes interviews from Rob Renzetti, the voice cast, and the game developers)
- Commercials for "Escape from Cluster Prime"
- How to draw Jenny with series creator, Rob Renzetti
ARTWORK[]
- Concept art for the characters and level layout and design
- Storyboards of the cutscenes
OTHER[]
- A bonus episode of "My Life as a Teenage Robot" from Season 1 (Unlocked for completing the game 100%)
NICKELODEON CROSS-SAVE[]
Depending on which PlayStation 2 Nick game you own, you'll unlock certain weapons the characters can use in action.
EXAMPLES[]
| Free Unlockable Weapon | Use | Game required |
|---|---|---|
| Bubble Wand | Traps enemies in bubbles | "SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, PANTS!" |
| Milk Cannon | Works like the water gun, but now shoots milk instead of water | "Barnyard" |
| Tak's Staff | An electric rod that shoots lightning bolts | "Tak 3: The Great Juju Challenge" |
| Freeze Glove | Traps enemies in ice | "Nicktoons Unite!" |