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8.1
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Score Breakdown Based on 87 ratings
  1. 10 (25)
  2. 9 (22)
  3. 8 (17)
  4. 7 (13)
  5. 6 (3)
  6. 5 (5)
  7. 4 (0)
  8. 3 (0)
  9. 2 (1)
  10. 1 (1)

What Gamespot Users have to say about Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King

  • Rating:6.5

    Not as good as the movie, but not as bad as many movie to video game attempts.

    By kcweezkid | Review Date: Jan 31, 2008 | GBA

    I was pretty pleased to find this value game and was even more excited when I found out it acted as a prequel to the movie. This concept in general is interesting to me in gaming and it the storyline was pretty solid. ... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:5

    Yet another great license wasted...

    By isolatedsound | Review Date: Aug 16, 2007 | GBA

    Very sad, since I love orginal "Nightmare Before Christmas", in fact I was expecting this game to be rather class "B" but still it was to give me a taste of this nightmarish world alas it has not very... Read Full Review

    0 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.6

    A pretty good GBA game and a must have for Nightmare Before Christmas fans.

    By hsimpson44 | Review Date: Jan 19, 2007 | GBA

    After years of the movie, there is finally two Nightmare Before Christmas games. This one, not as good as the PS2/X Box one, is still pretty good. You play as Jack Skeleton. The game is set before the movie and shows how... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.6

    Pleasantly surprised!

    By pumpkin666king | Review Date: Apr 09, 2006 | GBA

    The Pumpkin King gets a surprising fun adventure on the mini-screen. The game (as weird as this may sound) is very reminiscent to Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, it's uses almost similar game play mechanics, same map... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.6

    A must have for the GBA

    By sjesseph | Review Date: Mar 18, 2006 | GBA

    I had looked at this game off and on for the last 3 months when going to the game store. It was $20.00 and from the box it looked like the graphic were just so bad. However, I bought this game and the graphics are pretty... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:5

    Buena Vista what have you done!?

    By megamanias | Review Date: Oct 16, 2005 | GBA

    The game for the console is a lot better than this. The gameplay is the only thing that is actually worth looking at. The graphics and the sprites could have used some more detail and often you may start yelling in confu... Read Full Review

    0 of 2 users found the following review helpful