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Santa Claus Junior

Santa Claus Junior is a platform game for the Gameboy Color. It features a little boy called Nick whose job is to find all presents Santa Claus lost when the evil witch caught him. So, he must defeat the witch…

1 December 2001

Santa Claus Junior is a video game, released 1 December 2001 on Game Boy Color.

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What Santa Claus Junior is

Santa Claus Junior was released in 2001. It is available on Game Boy Color only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Santa Claus Junior is a platform game for the Gameboy Color. It features a little boy called Nick whose job is to find all presents Santa Claus lost when the evil witch caught him. So, he must defeat the witch and free Santa Claus so that Christmas can commence as usually.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Santa Claus Junior launched on 1 December 2001, within three weeks of Super Smash Bros. Melee, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Halo: Combat Evolved and Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy.

Released around the same time: Super Smash Bros. Melee, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Halo: Combat Evolved, Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy.

Quick answers

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When did Santa Claus Junior come out?
Santa Claus Junior was released on 1 December 2001 for Game Boy Color.