What time is it? Nintendo DS Time!
We’re overly fond of Adventure Time around these parts, from our 10.0 review of the first issue to our recent glowing recommendation of the book. We love the show, we love the comics, we love the toys and hats and associated paraphernalia you can get too. Now it looks like we’re getting a Nintendo DS videogame, and we’re excited to love that as well.
The first licensed videogame for the popular TV series, the game – entitled Hey Ice King! Why’d you steal our garbage? – finds the Ice King surprisingly enough stealing all of Finn and Jake’s garbage. The Ice King plans to use this garbage to create a Garbage Princess for him to assumedly marry (because of course that is what he’d do), and it is up to Finn and Jake to save the princess. It’s a storyline that is really pretty true to the feel of the show in its complete and utter ridiculousness, and the game promises to be an action-adventure romp through the Land of Ooo that is sure to entertain.
If you’re a DS owner and an Adventure Time fan, then keep your eye out for this game later this year. For the full press release, please see below.
D3P Press Release
Ready for a mathematical, algebraic, radical time? D3Publisher (D3P), a publisher and developer of interactive entertainment software, and Cartoon Network Enterprises (CNE) today officially announced the upcoming release of Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why’d you steal our garbage?!, a video game based on the popular Cartoon Network series, Adventure Time. This is the first Adventure Time video game that will release on the Nintendo 3DSâ„¢ hand-held system and Nintendo DSâ„¢ hand-held system late fall.
In the first licensed Adventure Time video game, Finn and Jake wake up one morning to find their trash stolen by the Ice King. Jake couldn’t care less about half-eaten bananas, crumpled up burrito wrappers, and old chicken diapers — but when they find out the Ice King is using their stolen goods to construct a Garbage Princess, the heroes embark on a fantastical adventure to teach him a lesson! Journey through the Land of Ooo in an offbeat adventure and discover perilous dungeons and unimaginable treasures, while playing as Finn and Jake in a unique action-adventure experience.
Working alongside the game’s developer WayForward is the series’ creator Pendleton Ward, who is designing a new storyline and quests for the game.
“Adventure Time fans have been asking for a video game to complement the series for some time, and we are working directly with Pendelton Ward, who has an amazing vision for the game,” said Peter Andrew, vice president of product development, D3P. “Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why’d you steal our garbage?! will be a fan’s golden ticket into the elusive Adventure Time universe and will capture the random fun and adventure we all love about the series.”
Adventure Time is the pop culture sensation, Emmy-nominated, top-rated show among kids, and its popularity continues to soar both on air and at retail. The series follows Finn, an adventure-seeking kid and Jake, his shape-shifting canine best friend, on their adventures in the Land of Ooo. The awesome duo save princesses, battle the notorious princess-kidnapper, the Ice King, party in Lumpy Space, fight in dungeons, and even befriend Marceline the Vampire Queen. Since the start of its fourth season, Adventure Time is the #1 program on Mondays on all television with kids 6-11.
“The rich and diverse characters in the Adventure Time world are absolutely perfect for a video game franchise and working with D3Publisher, WayForward and Pendelton Ward, we have a great team in place to bring it to life,” said Pete Yoder, vice president of consumer products, Cartoon Network Enterprises. “This game will provide the Land of Ooo experience that young fans will love.”
Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why’d you steal our garbage?!, is currently rated “RP” (Rating Pending) by the ESRB. Additional details about the game will be available in the coming months.
For more information in the coming months on Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why’d you steal our garbage?!, please visit www.d3publisher.us.
