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The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge

2004 · Xbox · PlayStation 2 · Music · Hack and slash/Beat 'em up · Adventure

62IGDB player score
10 ratings

About this game

Action game based on Henry Selick's stop-motion movie masterpiece. Players slip into the role of Jack Skellington, King of Halloween, and relive the adventures set in Tim Burton's dark world. Following the events of the Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas movie, players take control of Jack Skellington who sets out on a search of new ways to spook kids during Halloween. He returns home to find that Oogie Boogie has returned and Halloween Town is in peril once again. The game combines elements of action, platforming, and rhythm-based gameplay, as Jack must also perform musical battles to defeat certain bosses and progress through the story. Each battle is set to a unique musical number, bringing the dark charm of the film's soundtrack to life in a new and interactive way.

A year after the film, Jack Skellington once again feels Halloween has become dull and repetitive. He talks with Dr. Finkelstein improving the next Halloween with new scares and discoveries. The doctor gives Jack the "Soul Robber", a green, whip-like weapon. He then leaves to look for new frights; remembering his lesson from before, Jack searches solely in his world. Equally bored Lock, Shock, and Barrel revive Oogie Boogie, who brainwashes Dr. Finkelstein into creating minions for him. Oogie also kidnaps five of the seven Holiday World leaders. Oogie plans to become the "Seven-Holidays King" once he takes control of Christmas Town. But on December 23, Sally manages to send a magical paper airplane to find Jack to warn him of what has happened. Jack returns to Halloween Town on Christmas Eve, just to find Oogie's shadow. After defeating the shadow, he is given the Halloween Holiday Door and finds everyone was deceived by Oogie into boobytrapping the town. Armed with the new "Soul Robber" weapon, Jack navigates through familiar and new environments, each filled with puzzles and enemies that need to be vanquished. Along the way, Jack can transform into different forms—such as the Pumpkin King and Santa Jack—to utilize unique abilities and combat styles. As players progress, they will encounter various characters from the original movie, such as Sally, Dr. Finkelstein, and the mischievous trio Lock, Shock, and Barrel.