Johnny Impossible

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Johnny Impossible
Developer(s) UFO Interactive Games
Publisher(s) UFO Interactive Games
SeriesJohnny
Platform(s) Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo eShop)
Release
  • NA: December 27, 2012
Genre(s) Platformer
Mode(s) Single-player

Johnny Impossible is a platformer developed and published by UFO Interactive Games for Nintendo 3DS' now-defunct Nintendo eShop in 2012. It is the third game in the Johnny series.

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Reception

The game received "generally unfavorable reviews", albeit slightly less than the first two Johnny games, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [1]

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References

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