Shrek Super Party

Shrek Super Party
Shrek Super Party
	PAL region GameCube cover art
Developer(s)	Mass Media
Publisher(s)	TDK Mediactive
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox
Release	PlayStation 2; NA: November 14, 2002; PAL: February 14, 2003; Xbox; NA: November 14, 2002; PAL: November 29, 2002; GameCube; PAL: May 30, 2003; NA: June 5, 2003;
Genre(s)	Party
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Shrek Super Party is a party video game released in 2002 by Mass Media. The game is based on the Shrek films.

Gameplay

The characters Shrek, Fiona, Donkey, Lord Farquaad, Thelonious, and Monsieur Hood are available for play. Five realms are available for play, each with its own mini-games: The Keep, The Windmill, The Swamp, The Castle, and The Farm. The cover features four colored castles and four characters Shrek, Donkey, Princess Fiona, and Lord Farquaad. Some are team games and the teams are always restricted to P1/P3 vs P2/P4.

The purpose of the game Shrek Super Party is to be the first player to collect a certain number of "Precious Drops". This number can be preset in the "game settings" menu at the beginning of the game as anything between 200 and 800 in intervals of 100. The drops can be collected through making bug matches or by reaching "Realm Caches".

Reception

Aggregate scores
Aggregator	Score
Aggregator	GC	PS2	Xbox
GameRankings	44.25%^[15]	46.56%^[16]	39.07%^[17]
Metacritic	40/100^[18]	30/100^[19]	33/100^[20]

Review scores
Publication	Score
Publication	GC	PS2	Xbox
AllGame	^[3]	N/A	^[4]
Computer and Video Games	N/A	N/A	4/10^[5]
Electronic Gaming Monthly	N/A	N/A	2/10^[6]
Game Informer	N/A	N/A	3.25/10^[7]
IGN	3.8/10^[8]	2.9/10^[9]	3/10^[10]
Nintendo Power	2.2/5^[11]	N/A	N/A
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine	N/A	^[12]	N/A
Official Xbox Magazine (US)	N/A	N/A	3.9/10^[13]
TeamXbox	N/A	N/A	4/10^[14]

The game was met with negative reviews upon release. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 47% and 30 out of 100 for the PlayStation 2 version;^[16]^[19] 44% and 40 out of 100 for the GameCube version;^[15]^[18] and 39% and 33 out of 100 for the Xbox version.^[17]^[20]

References

^ ^a ^b "Playstation 2 News - Shrek Super Party Ships for PS2/Xbox". 2005-02-08. Archived from the original on 2005-02-08. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
^ "Shrek Super Party Now Available - News". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
^ Marriott, Scott Alan. "Shrek: Super Party (GC) - Review". AllGame. Archived from the original on November 13, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
^ Marriott, Scott Alan. "Shrek: Super Party (Xbox) - Review". AllGame. Archived from the original on November 13, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
^ CVG staff (January 8, 2003). "Xbox Review: Shrek Super Party". Computer and Video Games. Archived from the original on May 24, 2007. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
^ "Shrek Super Party (Xbox)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 163. February 2003. p. 158.
^ Reiner, Andrew (January 2003). "Shrek: Super Party (Xbox)". Game Informer. No. 117. p. 114. Archived from the original on November 15, 2004. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
^ Chambers, Chadd (July 14, 2003). "Shrek Super Party (GCN)". IGN. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
^ Goldstein, Hilary (November 21, 2002). "Shrek Super Party (PS2)". IGN. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
^ Goldstein, Hilary (November 19, 2002). "Shrek Super Party (Xbox)". IGN. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
^ "Shrek Super Party". Nintendo Power. Vol. 169. June 2003. p. 138.
^ "Shrek Super Party". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. January 2003. p. 131.
^ "Shrek Super Party". Official Xbox Magazine. February 2003. p. 80.
^ "Shrek: Super Party Review (Xbox)". TeamXbox. January 19, 2003. Archived from the original on August 17, 2009. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Shrek: Super Party for GameCube". GameRankings. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Shrek: Super Party for PlayStation 2". GameRankings. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Shrek: Super Party for Xbox". GameRankings. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Shrek: Super Party for GameCube Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Shrek: Super Party for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Shrek: Super Party for Xbox Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved July 18, 2014.