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Jawbreakers, yay!

Ahh... Cartoon Network... If you lived the 90's you should at least heard a bit of it. One of the most awesome cartoon channels back in the day... With great shows like: Johnny Bravo (one of my favorites, the Mexican dub helped a bit on that), The Powerpuff Girls, Dexter's Laboratory, Courage: The cowardly dog, Cow and chicken, I'm Weasel... And my favorite: Ed Edd n Eddy! One of the most suceful CN shows (and one of the most longest) The mis-adventures of this trio of teenagers and his scams made my afternoons for years ... If you're a true fan, you should know that they had a Video game for the GBA: Ed Edd n Eddy: Jawbreakers!. Which was released in the 2003 by Bam! Entertainment and was depeloved by Climax... Now, let's take a look to it:History: The Eds are enjoying another morning of their Summer... Well, at least Double D and Ed are doing that. Because Eddy claims that he's bored... When Jimmy (the Kid with the branches) appears, and tells that the Candy store is giving to all the kids of the neighbor Red tickets. Why?... Well, The kid with the prized ticked will win a box with the Ultimate Jawbreakers... If you eat one, you will never need to eat another. (If one it's enough... Why the heck they're gifting a box?) Of course, The Eds run to candy store to get some tickets... But, they find out that the store has gifted all... Then, Eddy has another of his "Brilliant Ideas", this time, get the Tickets of the other kids... Not a bad story, I think that it would be perfect for an episode of the show... It fits perfectly! (8/10)Graphics: Aren't bad... But, I think that the characters look a bit pixelated than the rest of the graphics. Anyways... At least they had good animations... The Eds even had the same Running animation of the show!... The backgrounds are okay... Just like they appear in the show... With strong colors and few details... (7/10)Sound: Not bad, In fact I like the music... It sounds like if it were a mix between the Music of a game for the Original Gameboy game and a game for the Sega Genesis, Bit without losing the music style of the GBA. The SFX are alright too... (The whistle of the show's main theme has been added too!) some sounds can be a bit annoying, but after some minutes playing you will not notice them... (7/10)Addictiveness: If the Puzzles are your favorite videogame gender, You will play this game again for sure... If it's not... Well, better find another game. Because this game can be a bit challenging at some parts... (5/10)Depth: There's not much to do in the game... It's only "go ahead to the exit". The things may change a bit at the boss battles, There you will have to Survive to the boss until the time ends, (Excepting for the 1st and the 2nd ones) So, the game becomes repetitive and you will leave it just because of boredness. (5/10) Difficulty: As I said: Some stages are challenging... You will find Invincible enemies and some situations in where you will need to go back to get the propper item to continue the stage... Losing various minutes of the game's time... You doesn't have health points, one hit will kill you. And for make the things worst: You will lose a life for every ed that gets hit... The extra lifes are very well hidden, also. So, If you lack of patience... Then better forget this game. (8/10)Final Rating: 8 This is the 1st  EEnE videogame ever... So, we can pardon some things of it... It's pretty decent and Fun... But it's hard and it becomes boring with the time. So, this game is precindible... Isn't a must have, But you should give it an opportunity... Who says, maybe you will find something interesting about it. Try it if you have chance. That's all I can say.-Eddy out-

7.5

Ed edd n eddy, It was without a doubt one of the best shows on cartoon network, I loved every second of it, Now when I heard they were making a game out of them, I was excited, This is Ed edd n eddy jawbreakers for the Game boy advance, Will this game do the show justice, Or will It stink like all other licensed games? Let's find out.Story-7/10The plot behind this game is that Ed edd and eddy are chilling at the cul-de-sac one day, Then this boy named Jimmy comes up to them and tells the 3 boys about this big contest coming up, The winner of the contest gets a lifetime supply of jawbreakers, Ed edd and eddy accept the challenge, Now It is up to YOU to get The boys through 6 big worlds to claim the tickets and win the prize!Gameplay-7/10Ed edd n eddy jawbreakers plays alot like that old video game The lost Vikings, I say this because the game requires you to switch between all 3 of the Eds to solve puzzles, Out of the 3 eds, Ed is the muscle of the group who can pick up and push heavy objects, Edd is the brains of the group meaning he can fix machines and whatnot, And last but not least, Eddy is the speed of the group, as he is armed with a double jump. Each level also has a plethora of coins to collect, The coins are red blue and yellow, So only certain characters can grab them, Ed can grab yellow coins, Edd can grab blue coins, and Eddy can grab red coins. I actually like this style of gameplay! As for the boss fights, They are mostly characters from the show, Such as Kevin, Rolf, Sarah, nazz, etc.Graphics-8/10This game was released in 2003, and It looks flat out amazing! All the levels and worlds you will be exploring are huge, colorful, and bursting with atmosphere! As for the characters, They are easily recognizable as well, All of the people from the TV show look live thereselves, Such as the Eds themselves. The HUD in the game is pretty self explanatory as always, The top right hand corner of the screen shows how much time there is left in the level, The top right hand corner of the screen shows how many coins you have collected, And the top middle of the screen shows how many lives you have left until you get game over.Sound-7/10The sound in this game is not all that bad! For one, You do get an awesome render of the show's well known theme song at the title screen! That is always a plus. As for the actual soundtrack, It is not too bad, The game incorporates all the catchy jazz music that the show itself was known for, and that is great! And for the sound effects, They are your typical stuff, You get bounces, thuds, and you even get actual voice clips from the characters! How awesome is that?Addictiveness-6/10I'll be completely honest here, The game was fun for the first few levels, But after all of that, It just seemed to get really really repetitive, Like this, You control the Eds, You help Edd get them across, wash rinse and repeat. There is absolutely nothing wrong with repetition if It is done right! But if you can get past that, The game is still pretty fun.Depth-4/10And here it goes down, After you beat the game, There is abosultley nothing else to do! I mean sure there are some cheat codes and whatnot, But it is really not enough. This is probably the last amount of relay value I have ever seen in a licensed game, EVER.Difficulty-8/10Ah, One of the game's high points, the difficulty. The game starts out pretty easy, But It gets really hard during the later levels, I remember throwing obscenities at the junkyard level! There is even a difficulty setting in the options menu, But It feels the same no matter what...Overall-7.5/10So overall, If you can get past the game's high difficulty level, And the very long levels, Then this game is for you! I gave this game a 7.5 because how good It is as a licensed game! So, if you see this game anywhere, Pick it up, Don't be scared....