Frogger 3D

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Frogger 3D
Frogger 3D ca.png
North American cover art
Developer(s) Alpha Unit
Publisher(s) Konami
Director(s) Hiroshi Hanada
Producer(s) Mitsuo Nagai
Designer(s) Hiroshi Hanada
Kazuharu Iguchi
Programmer(s) Koichi Nobori
Artist(s) Fumihiro Ono
Aya Ito
Satoshi Watanabe
Composer(s) Nobuo Kiyota
Series Frogger
Platform(s) Nintendo 3DS [1]
Release
  • NA: September 20, 2011
  • JP: September 22, 2011
  • EU: November 8, 2011
  • AU: December 1, 2011 [2]
Genre(s) Action
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Frogger 3D [lower-alpha 1] is a video game for the Nintendo 3DS.

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Gameplay

The player controls the main character by running, dashing and dodging past moving obstacles and enemies. Some of the places and environments that can be explored include the Hometown, New York, the Casino, the Military Island, the Far East, and the Pseudo Dimension. The character can jump onto and control bigger frogs, making the player able to destroy several obstacles and light up dark areas.

The game supports 4-player wireless multiplayer.

Reception

The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [3] In Japan, however, Famitsu gave it a score of one eight, two sevens, and one eight for a total of 30 out of 40. [5]

Notes

  1. Japanese: フロッガー3D, Hepburn: Furoggā 3D

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