Topic: Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion Discussion Thread

I've been following this game for awhile now, and it's turning out to be pretty interesting. The only major cons are the lack of original voice actors and that certain shows aren't represented (though these cons could be improved some with the home console versions due out later this year). On the plus side, there are several homages to the shows included, the stages are like exact replicas of the places they are based on and George Lowe (Space Ghost in SGC2C) is the announcer. The game will have a Story Mode, as well as Wi-Fi support.

The cast (names and shows):
Playable characters are:
Ben Tennyson (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
Billy and Mandy (The Grim Adventures Of Billy And Mandy) (as one character ala Ice Climbers)
Blossom (The Powerpuff Girls)
Bubbles (The Powerpuff Girls)
Buttercup (The Powerpuff Girls)
Captain K'nuckles (The Marvelous Misadventures Of Flapjack)
Captain Planet (Captain Planet And The Planeteers) (was apparently confirmed by a leaked Nintendo Power image)
Chowder and Kimchi (Chowder) (same as B&M)
Dexter (Dexter's Laboratory)
Father (Codename: Kids Next Door)
Flapjack (The Marvelous Misadventures Of Flapjack)
Grim (The Grim Adventures Of Billy And Mandy)
Jack (Samurai Jack)
Mac and Bloo (Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends) (same as B&M and C&K)
Mojo Jojo (The Powerpuff Girls)
Monkey (Dexter's Laboratory)
Numbuh 1 (Codename: Kids Next Door)
Vilgax (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)

Support characters are:
Aku (Samurai Jack)
Coco (Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends)
Dee Dee (Dexter's Laboratory)
Dracula (The Grim Adventures Of Billy And Mandy)
Eduardo (Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends)
Him (The Powerpuff Girls)
Johnny Bravo (Johnny Bravo)
Kevin Levin (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
Mandark (Dexter's Laboratory)
Numbah 2 (Codename: Kids Next Door)
Peppermint Larry and Candy Wife (The Marvelous Misadventures Of Flapjack)

This seems interesting. This could be a good replacement game until a possible Super Smash Bros. 3D (Fingers are crossed) is released. I don't follow CN a hole lot, but this could be a cool game if there is a lot of content.

This game doesn't look that promising in my eyes, but seeing Dexter clobber Chowder certainly is interesting! _{I didn't really like Chowder that much. Too random.}

wow Twi, I didn't think you would be following this
Where did you get your info?
and I was hoping for Johnny Bravo to be playble, He's the Captain Falcon of CN.

Sad that Ed, Edd or Eddy never showed up. And Courage. Baboon and Weasel may be inappropriate, but that's the point lol

Johnny Bravo's womanizing self should have been in as a playable character, not assist At least he is IN it... But it's not the same.

too bad for Johnny Bravo. what a bad idea for a support character. This guy should be a playable character.
oh well...
I will probably end up buying it used next year like most 3DS games so far (except street fighter 4 that kick some bott)

I was following the game's discussion thread on ToonZone. Lot's of talk going on over there.
Remember, this is only the 3DS lineup. The console version is expected to have much more.

BTW, Johnny rides in on what I believe is a Moped, jumps off and strikes MANLY poses.

I honestly think the game is going to end up like crap...I've played Cartoon Network/Nickalode-whatever games before....

To quote Strong Bad:
"Licensed games are never good!"

Still... This ones managed to catch a lot of peoples interest. Even if it's bad, it'll probably have okay sales. Maybe it'll be as decent as the Billy and Mandy game from awhile back.

Maybe...but yeah I agree with Strong Bad, dunno why I've never played those games before. xD
I'll keep my eye on this game, but yeah...still standing by with what I've said. You never know though.

I hope this game is good enough to make some people forget about those horrible cartoon network live-action shows (nobody cares about a haunted ship and a porcupine that got bludgeoned.)

yeah, licensed games are mostly bad. some manage to be VERY bad.
and rarely some are good. but RARELY

Slightly disappointing in a sense..... Big O, Takashi's mech[IGPX], Megas XLR, Dynamo, Dexter, Dee Dee and Mandark's Mech's. Would of been awesome in an Mech mode.

yeah sure do. but franchised games rarely go too deep in details or content.
the cost of all characters and element royalties will probably gobble a lot of the game's budget.

Yeah but CN actually produced Big O and IGPX[Series 2].

Drat, too many from the childish comedy shows and not enough from the action shows. I understand that licensing would get in the way of including shows like Teen Titans, Justice League Unlimited, Young Justice, or Star Wars: The Clone Wars, but where are the Generator Rex and Sym-Bionic Titan characters?

Dexter's lab is a classic and had quite a bit of action. Although I would of liked them to make an mech mode....Out of shows they own the rights to. Big O, IGPX, Megas XLR, Dexter's Lab, PPG and Sym-bionic Titan.

TT, JL, YJ is all owned by DC and WB. SW is owned by Lucas Films. So not much hope of those being in it unless the companies are generous.

They had a limit for this version of the game, but there's a good chance of those shows appearing in the console version.

Also, I think Dexter's Mecha is his Punch Time Explosion (PTE) attack.

Why was there a limit on characters? The 3DS could easily handle the amount of characters the home console version will get. (Even if we don't know the exact number right now.) That makes this game feel lazy. I"m also pretty disappointed you can't play as courage, ed edd or eddy or Lazlo. Mac and Bloo kind of make up for that though. I loved foster's with a passion! I'm not going to say this game is bad or anything since I can't say for sure. Just hope it turns out good.

I think it's the amount of time they had to make this one. I'm not really sure of the details on that, but I know they've done all they could. I just hope they're not lying about the voices being improved from what we heard in the trailers...