Dr. Seuss: How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

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Dr. Seuss: How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
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Developer(s) Black Lantern Studios, Inc.
Publisher(s)
Designer(s) Matt Raithel, Josh Brotherton
Programmer(s) David Wilcox, Nick Jaross, Devin Clasby
Artist(s) Gary Bedell, Joe Eisner
Composer(s) Randall Ryan
Platform(s) Nintendo DS
Release
  • NA: November 8, 2007
  • PAL: November 23, 2007
Genre(s) Adventure
Mode(s) Single-player

Dr. Seuss: How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a video game by American developer Black Lantern Studios based on the 1957 Dr. Seuss book of the same name, but mostly based on the 2000 film. The game was released on November 8, 2007.

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Reception

Dr. Seuss: How The Grinch Stole Christmas! has received mixed reviews. GameRankings gave it a score of 54% [1] and Metacritic gave it 55 out of 100. [2]

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References

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