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The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction

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The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction
North American box art
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)BAM! Entertainment
Director(s)
  • Stewart Waterson
  • Joe Booth
Producer(s)
  • Heidi Behrendt
  • Anne-Christine Gasc
  • Alison Wilson
  • David Mowbray
Designer(s)
  • Jay Rogers
  • Eric Nelson
Programmer(s)
  • Owain Green
Artist(s)
  • David Moss
  • Andrew North
Composer(s)
SeriesThe Powerpuff Girls
Platform(s)PlayStation, Nintendo 64
ReleasePlayStation
  • NA: November 14, 2001[1]
  • PAL: December 7, 2001
Nintendo 64
Genre(s)Fighting
Mode(s)Single player

The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction is a fighting game published by BAM! Entertainment for the Nintendo 64 and PlayStation in 2001. It was based on the Cartoon Network animated series The Powerpuff Girls. The player controls one of the Powerpuff Girls in a variety of one-on-one melee battles against the computer-controlled villains.

Gameplay

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The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction is a 3D fighting game in which the player controls one of the Powerpuff Girls (Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup), who must battle enemies in a variety of settings in order to reclaim Chemical X and track down Mojo Jojo. The player can choose from ten playable characters, which consist of The Powerpuff Girls and seven villains.

The game has two modes: story mode (the player can pick up objects and throw them at an enemy to decrease their opponent's health meter and use super-powered attacks by collecting vials of Chemical X) and simulator mode (the player controls a Powerpuff Girl against a villain or a villain against another villain).

Plot

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The Powerpuff Girls are baking a pie, to which Bubbles decides to add Chemical X as an ingredient. While the pie is cooling on the windowsill, Mojo Jojo steals it and shares it with Townsville's other villains, including Fuzzy Lumpkins, Big Billy, Ace, Sedusa and Princess Morbucks, empowering them all with Chemical X. Realizing the danger the villains now pose, the girls set out to track them down and beat the Chemical X out of their systems. The Powerpuff Girls eventually defeat Mojo and his allies, but are surprised by the sudden arrival of HIM, who intends to use the Chemical X for himself. The girls defeat HIM, driving him off. Bubbles proposes baking another pie, but Blossom and Buttercup quickly refuse.

Reception

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The PlayStation version received "generally unfavorable" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[11]

Matt Helgeson of Game Informer gave the PS1 version a 1.5 out of 10, calling it "an arena fighter shallow enough to make Ooga Booga look like Final Fantasy Tactics. [...] There are some Shockwave browser games on the Powerpuff Girls website that are better than this, and they're free."[4] Joe Rybicki of Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine gave the game a 1.5 out of 5, saying "it's all but impossible to land more than the occasional punch and kick before you get pummeled half to death. The game thus degenerates into pick up object, throw, repeat. Not exactly the most thrilling of experiences."[7] Mark Fujita of IGN gave the PS1 version a 2 out of 10, saying that "if you like the Powerpuff Girls and you buy this game, you will be very disappointed."[5]

A more positive review came from Suzi Sez of GameZone, who gave the PS1 version a 7 out of 10, saying it was "packed full of fast-paced and challenging action that plays out against a brightly colored cartoon backdrop."[3] J.M. Vargas of PSX Nation was more mixed, giving the game a 70% and calling it "a more bearable and slightly-amusing rental for most (and a collector's item for fans of Craig McCracken's irreverent toon). A little pricey at $25-30, but worth checking."[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Powerpuff Girls:Chemical X-Traction Ships". GameZone. May 4, 2012. Archived from the original on March 17, 2023. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  2. ^ IGN Staff (November 20, 2001). "Two New N64 Games Available". IGN. Archived from the original on March 17, 2023. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Suzi Sez (November 27, 2001). "The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction Review - PlayStation". GameZone. Archived from the original on November 12, 2007. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
  4. ^ a b Helgeson, Matt (November 2001). "The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction (PS)". Game Informer. No. 103. p. 123. Archived from the original on February 3, 2009. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
  5. ^ a b Fujita, Mark (November 29, 2001). "Power Puff [sic] Girls: Chemical X-traction (PS)". IGN. Archived from the original on November 20, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
  6. ^ "The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction". Nintendo Power. Vol. 150. November 2001. p. 146 – via Archive.org.
  7. ^ a b Rybicki, Joe (December 2001). "The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. No. 51. p. 174 – via Archive.org.
  8. ^ Concepcion, Miguel (August 9, 2002). "'[The] Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction' (PS)". X-Play. Archived from the original on August 13, 2002. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
  9. ^ "The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction for Nintendo 64". GameRankings. Archived from the original on March 13, 2017. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
  10. ^ "The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction for PlayStation". GameRankings. Archived from the original on December 12, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
  11. ^ a b "The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction". Metacritic. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
  12. ^ Vargas, J.M. "Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction". PSX Nation. Archived from the original on December 30, 2001.
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