Frogger: Ancient Shadow
Frogger is Back to His Classic Beginnings. His home of Firefly Swamp is being overrun by Dr. Wani and his evil plans. Join Frogger in his latest adventure as he explores seven different worlds and tries to…
Frogger: Ancient Shadow is a platform developed by Hudson Soft, released 27 September 2005 on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
What Frogger: Ancient Shadow is
Frogger: Ancient Shadow is a platform game developed by Hudson Soft and released in 2005. It was published by Konami. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Frogger is Back to His Classic Beginnings. His home of Firefly Swamp is being overrun by Dr. Wani and his evil plans. Join Frogger in his latest adventure as he explores seven different worlds and tries to restore order to his beloved swamp. Features classic, addictive "hop and dodge" gameplay. Mini games with up to 4 players on all platforms. Over 30 levels of play. Wide range of character moves, such as the double jump, tongue grab, and more. Special bonus - orignial 1981 Frogger arcade game included on all platforms.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Frogger series
Frogger: Ancient Shadow is the 52nd of 81 entries we hold in the Frogger series. It arrived 9 months after Frogger TV Arcade. The next entry was Frogger: Helmet Chaos in 2005. Its critic score of 72 is 4 points above the series average of 68. The highest-rated entry is Frogger at 90.
How it was received
Frogger: Ancient Shadow holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 42% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 5 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Frogger: Ancient Shadow launched on 27 September 2005, within three weeks of Shadow of the Colossus, Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy), Indigo Prophecy and F.E.A.R.. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Shadow of the Colossus, Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy), Indigo Prophecy, F.E.A.R..
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