Launching today on Nintendo Switch is Ice Age: Scrat’s Nutty Adventure, a 3D adventure title based on the hugely popular animated films.
The game sees everyone’s favourite - and ever so clumsy - sabre-toothed squirrel, Scrat, set out on a quest through classic Ice Age movie locations to recover his cherished acorn from the ancient Scratazon Temple. That's right, he's lost it again.
Players must guide Scrat through a perilous journey across icy terrains, raging geysers, and burning lava, all while discovering treasures that unlock special powers to help him jump higher, grab heavier objects, and find every last collectable. You can see the game in action thanks to the new launch trailer above.
Terry Malham, CEO of Outright Games, has shared the following in a press release:
"We’re incredibly proud of what we’ve created with this game and how it captures the feel of the Ice Age universe. We always set out to create games that incorporate the biggest and most beloved kids' entertainment franchises in the world, that delight families and that are of the highest quality. This title exemplifies all three of those core pillars to the utmost and we can’t wait for fans to get their hands on Scrat’s latest adventure’.
You can grab the game from the Nintendo eShop for $39.99 / £34.99, although we've seen physical copies be available for slightly less.
Are you a fan of the films? Do you like the look of this take on the franchise? Let us know in the comments below.
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Im confused on why an Ice Age game is being made today out of all the days...but y'know as long as it's good, its ok.
Finally! It's about time this happened
I WAS THINKING THIS WOULD NEVER HAPPEN!!
I remember when Ice Age was big when I was a kid. Is it even relevant anymore?
@Chunkboi79 - It's a modern day Land Before Time. They made a space one like 3 years ago.
This admittedly looks pretty decent, but it's unlikely anyone looking for a 3D platformer today is gonna pick this up instead of A Hat in Time, especially with a price tag that's ten dollars more
Hope this is good, I'm quite curious about it, and I do like Ice Age.
Please be good. I love that stupid squirrel ^^
I kind of love how this game looks. It’s like a callback to the GameCube era. I’ll buy, but not at $40. $10 and we’ll talk.
Unpopular opinion:
I actually like all the Ice Age movies and Scrat was the best part of them.
@AnnoyingFrenzy - Honestly, I can see a lot of adults liking Scrat when they have to watch the series with the kids.
I only liked the first two, the latter ones only amusing cause of Buck.
Ice Age: Solid
Ice Age - The Meltdown: Also solid
Ice Age - Dawn of the Dinosaurs: It was alright
Ice Age - Continental Drift: Very mediocre, but I've seen worse
Ice Age - Collision Course: I freaking hated
In the past, I did try the video game of Ice Age - The Meltdown. I remember liking it, and the game also has solid scores. Nothing groundbreaking, but still solid.
The video game of Ice Age - Dawn of the Dinosaurs also has solid scores on Metacritic.
I'm not all that interested in this due to the price, but for the most part, it does looks solid and I'm curious on what ratings/scores it will get. Does show that a lot of care was put into it, not a lazy project job just to get some cash.
Game of the year? 😛
....I'm very certain this is just crap....lol
This doesn't look totally bad, but it looks like it's missing something, like a sidekick. Only Scrat is the sidekick, so this looks like the parts of a bigger better game where the sidekick gets lost or goes off on his own for a bit but the main game with the main character is missing.
Seems like the kind of game my library will eventually have in the kids section so maybe I'll pick it up then and try it out, Could be fun for a bit but it does seem to be missing a game. I think the lack of cut scene NPCs is notable. The Gamecube and PS2 era had a bunch of these games and there were always voice acted cut scene NPCs to give the game some life and/or personality. I don't see any of that here.
Could still be fun for free, but not for $40.
I really like the look and joyful setting of this one. But the actual gameplay looks as if the controls are pretty bad.. Will wait for a review to decide.
"We’re incredibly proud of what we’ve created with this game and how it captures the feel of the Ice Age universe."
Yeah everybody remembers that famous scene where Scratch randomly gains glowing purple powers and fights a Rhino. But to be fair, for a tie-in movie game in this generation, it doesn't look too bad. I'd buy it if I already wasn't playing A hat in time.
@Chunkboi79 hasn't really ever been big where I'm at, but I thank Dawn of the Dinosaurs for introducing my young self to Was (not was) and their one hit wonder "Walk the dinosaur".
Game looks like a fun platformer, might still check it out.
@Paraka
Actually, Dawn of the Dinosaurs (which sounds like the name of a Magic Treehouse book) is my favorite of the series because of Buck. If I had to rate them I guess it would go: 3, 1, 2, 5, 4. Now that I think about it, 4 didn't have Buck at all, that's probably why it wasn't as funny.
I am genuinely interested in this. I grew up with the series, and it looks good at the very least, especially with it being a licensed game
@AnnoyingFrenzy - I don't know why, but his exchange about his origin to the twin possums had me dying in laughter.
"Did you die?!"
"Yes! But I lived!"
@Paraka I actually quote that line with my family a lot still! XD
Forgot about this. Just ordered. £27 on base.
Looks brilliant. Can’t wait
Looks pretty awesome to me!
It’s on my watch list... not a priority, but one I’ll keep my eye on.
@Paraka that is such an accurate comparison!!!!
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