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The Smurfs 2 Video Game Smurfs Its Way Onto Store Shelves
SAN FRANCISCO July 24th, in the year of our Lord 2013
-- Today, Ubisoft® announced that The Smurfs™ 2, the video game
based on the Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animations
film, is now available for the Xbox 360® video game and
entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer
entertainment system, Wii™ and Wii U™. A version developed
specifically for the Nintendo DSTM, consisting in an interactive
storytelling book and collection of mini-games, is now
available.
The Smurfs 2 video game is a combination of action-adventure and
platform gaming across over 30 levels in 6 environments. The
player embodies one of the nine Smurfs featured in the movie
including Jokey Smurf, Hefty or Brainy Smurf in an adventure
that will transport them first to the main locations visible in
the film such as Paris and the Enchanted Forest. The players
will then continue their journey through the discovery of
environments exclusive to the video game such as the Spooky
Woods, Arctic Tundra and the Lava Jungle. The full adventure is
playable cooperatively with up to 4 players (5 players on Wii U
operating as Clockwork Smurf).
Players will meet and collect another 20 different Smurfs
friends through the game and use them to populate the Smurfs
Village and also to defeat foes, facing against 12 different
types of enemies and 6 bosses during the campaign including the
notorious Azrael and Gargamel, and newcomers such as the
Naughties.
Exclusive on Wii U, a fifth player is able to join in on the
action by controlling Clockwork Smurf on the Wii U GamePad to
help friends and drop special items.
About the Smurfs
The story of the Smurfs a property created by Peyo started in
1958 with the creation of comic books which were later brought
to both the big and small screen. Over the years, the little
blue characters havent just limited themselves to the page and
the screen. They have inspired records and CDs that have sold
millions of copies, entire collections of figurines and toys,
and many more products. In all, more than 3,000 derived products
have been produced and leading brands and companies have spread
their messages worldwide with the help of the Smurfs. A
multitude of new projects appear regularly, thus making the
success of the Smurfs planetary!