Carnival Island

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Carnival Island
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North American PlayStation 3 cover art
Developer(s) Magic Pixel Games
Publisher(s) Sony Computer Entertainment
Platform(s) PlayStation 3
Release
  • NA: November 15, 2011
  • AU: November 17, 2011
  • EU: November 18, 2011
  • JP: December 1, 2011
Genre(s) Party game
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Carnival Island is a motion-controlled party video game developed by Magic Pixel Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation 3, which utilizes PlayStation Move. It was announced at Electronic Entertainment Expo 2011 on June 5, 2011. [1] It is the first title by Magic Pixel Games, whose team previously worked on the Boom Blox series.

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Reception

Carnival Island received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [2] In Japan, where the game was ported for release on December 1, 2011 under the name Happy Charlie to Soratobu Carnival (ハッピーチャーリーと空飛ぶカーニバル, Happī Chārī to Soratobu Kānibaru, lit. "Happy Charlie and the Flying Carnival"), [11] Famitsu gave it a score of one seven, one eight, and two sevens for a total of 29 out of 40. [5]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Carnival Island for PlayStation 3 Reviews". Metacritic . CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 5, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
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