Crave lights fuse on Napoleon Dynamite game

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted May 9, 2007 11:03 am PT

Publisher to bring quirky comedy's frizzy-headed hero to the PlayStation Portable and DS.

Clearly, the source material is ripe with gaming possibilities.

Tater tots, ligers, unicorns, and the painfully awkward misadventures of a social outcast may not be as commonly seen in games as nitro boosts, assault rifles, and fatalities, but Crave Entertainment is doing its part to change that. Today the publisher announced that it will release the first games based on the 2004 cult hit film Napoleon Dynamite.

Very little is known about the project so far, as Crave only said it would feature a wealth of familiar faces, including Napoleon himself, Kip, Uncle Rico, Pedro, and Tina (the llama). The publisher did not give a release window for either game.

Napoleon Dynamite was director Jared Hess' feature film debut, but it is not the first of his efforts to be translated into a game. His follow-up to Napoleon Dynamite, 2006's Nacho Libre spawned a Nintendo DS game that was released last October.

150 Comments

  • sonnyminchin

    Posted Jul 18, 2007 2:48 am PT

    i absolutely loved the movie but how the hell can they turn it into a game

  • Tigerman950

    Posted May 19, 2007 9:06 am PT

    Well this game is obviously gonna suck. Let's just hope it doesn't do as bad as Nacho Libre did for the Nintendo DS. Also it'll add to the list of bad games on the PSP, so the release of this game is probably a mistake.

  • Myrkan

    Posted May 15, 2007 11:39 am PT

    Well, I liked the movie, but like most others have said..."A Game?!?!!"

  • NitemareDragon

    Posted May 14, 2007 5:15 pm PT

    ahhh......okay. If you say so...

  • unclejohn0525

    Posted May 13, 2007 6:38 pm PT

    Exactly...

  • mamodoking

    Posted May 13, 2007 10:27 am PT

    Some things should NEVER be made into a game.

  • DaClint91

    Posted May 11, 2007 10:27 pm PT

    How can u play Da NP? U watch him, that's it. That's why it's so stupid (funny).

  • SpaceNinjaDino

    Posted May 11, 2007 4:41 pm PT

    A game based on any reasonable intellectual property has the possibility to be awesome. This is rarely the case, but there is still hope.

  • mov

    Posted May 11, 2007 12:44 pm PT

    i am one of the rare people who appreciated this movie for what it was, but this makes no sense. they decided not to make a sequel for a reason, so wtf is this?

  • X_XSlashX_X

    Posted May 11, 2007 11:26 am PT

    Man the movie was funny and awesome..This game will probaley kill that ... :-\

  • eddy_jr

    Posted May 11, 2007 9:27 am PT

    Ok pplz, prepare for another "WTF"!?! (Work time fun, that is) cuz' all I can imagine is a lot of stupid, senseless, repetitive mini-games, just like what the fu... I mean, work time fun. I expect "Kim Possible" games graphics, so, the game will really suck. Even if it has the graphs of a PS3, it will still suck, even more than, well, u know the one (wtf!!?!?!?) The point is, this game will probably only be good for little children who don't know anything about the potential of the psp. Either them, or bored gamerz who have homebrew-enabled their psps and will download their ISO's (my case). Anyway... point is, if u liked the Nacho Libre game, if u hated it, u'll hate this. And if u liked Napoleon Dynomite, u should die right now a slow and painful death. Eddy out!

  • dragonsama

    Posted May 11, 2007 6:32 am PT

    This was a really stupid movie and it is going to make an even worse game!

  • Dante_Fox

    Posted May 10, 2007 8:01 pm PT

    Dear christ.... Who on earth thought this was even a plausible idea?

  • 1yodsyo1

    Posted May 10, 2007 4:08 pm PT

    Rated G for ga- (you can fill in the last letter.)

  • vip_embryo

    Posted May 10, 2007 3:30 pm PT

    "rated LAME"

    what a waste of bytes :@

  • R-Force

    Posted May 10, 2007 2:27 pm PT

    What the heck?!

    COOL!

  • dannyabal85

    Posted May 10, 2007 2:24 pm PT

    On Ign they reported its a fps with rts elements and its only coming out for ngage and game boy advance. This is tight time to clean the dust off my ngage.

  • stealth89

    Posted May 10, 2007 1:01 pm PT

    Wow. Really? Sad.

  • Agreb91

    Posted May 10, 2007 12:43 pm PT

    A game, of Napoleon Dynamite? whats next?

  • LAZZOR

    Posted May 10, 2007 11:36 am PT

    The movie was the equivalent of a cinematic turd so therefore the game will be a digital turd. Good luck trying to sell this one Crave.

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