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Crayola Treasure Adventures

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Crayola Treasure Adventures
Developer(s)Firebrand Games
Publisher(s)Crave Entertainment
Platform(s)Nintendo DS
Release
  • NA: October 1, 2007
  • PAL: March 28, 2008
Genre(s)Adventure game
Mode(s)Single player

Crayola Treasure Adventure is a video game based on the Crayola company line of crayons developed by Firebrand Games and published by Crave Entertainment for the Nintendo DS. The player is a person lost on an island searching for treasure, with only a map and crayons.[1]

Gameplay

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The game plays as a virtual colouring book. The game contains 100 colouring book pages and 120 of Crayola's signature shades, which match up to their real-life equivalents. Different settings let the player apply colour either in the patchy style of a real crayon, or in a more smooth texture.[2] The title has unlockable areas and pictures.

Development

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A partnership between Crave Entertainment and Crayola to being Crayola themed video games into the market was announced on March 14, 2007.[1] The game premiered at the 2007 E3.[3] The title was due to be released onto store shelves in September of that year, but this was postponed to October.

Reception

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The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[4] Jeuxvideo.com felt that the game's flaws would push aspiring artists to seek real-life colouring books instead.[8] Den of Geek felt it was an "excellent puzzle and colouring game for younger children".[11] Pocket Gamer felt the title was much better as a virtual colouring book than as a game.[10] Eurogamer disliked the tiny amount of adventure game content.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Color Me Adventurous! Crave Announces Partnership with Crayola®". Crave Entertainment. March 14, 2007. Archived from the original on March 17, 2007. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Thomas, Lucas M. (October 19, 2007). "Crayola Treasure Adventures Review". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on October 26, 2023. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  3. ^ VanOrd, Kevin (July 13, 2007). "E3 '07: Crayola Treasure Adventures Hands-On [date mislabeled as "September 5, 2007"]". GameSpot. Fandom. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Crayola Treasure Adventures". Metacritic. Fandom. Archived from the original on June 6, 2024. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  5. ^ a b Fahey, Rob (May 15, 2008). "DS Roundup (Page 5)". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on February 16, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  6. ^ "Review: Crayola Treasure Adventures". GamesMaster. Future plc. May 2008. p. 84.
  7. ^ Hollingshead, Anise (January 2, 2008). "Crayola T[r]easure Adventures - NDS - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on September 29, 2008. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  8. ^ a b miniblob (June 10, 2008). "Test: Crayola Treasure Adventures". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Webedia. Archived from the original on May 1, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  9. ^ "Review: Crayola Treasure Adventures". NGamer. Future plc. May 2008. p. 75.
  10. ^ a b Hearn, Rob (March 27, 2008). "Crayola Treasure Adventures". Pocket Gamer. Steel Media Ltd. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  11. ^ a b Kaze, Kim (April 4, 2008). "Crayola Treasure Adventures DS review". Den of Geek. DoG Tech LLC. Archived from the original on April 1, 2023. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
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