Bionicle: The Game

Bionicle: The Game
North American cover art for PlayStation 2
Developer(s)	Argonaut Games Zonic Limited (Mac OS X) Mobius Entertainment (GBA)
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts Feral Interactive (Mac OS X)
Platform(s)	Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, PC
Release date(s)	September 1, 2003 GameCube NA September 1, 2003 PAL October 31, 2003 Game Boy Advance NA September 10, 2003 PAL October 3, 2003 PlayStation 2 PAL October 10, 2003 NA October 20, 2003 Xbox PAL October 17, 2003 NA October 20, 2003 Windows NA October 31, 2003 PAL October 31, 2003 Macintosh PAL December 6, 2004 NA December 16, 2004
Genre(s)	Action-adventure
Mode(s)	Single-player

Bionicle: The Game (also known as Lego Bionicle and titled on the cover as simply Bionicle) is an action-adventure video game released in 2003. The game is based on parts of the movie Bionicle: Mask of Light and other parts of the Bionicle storyline. Initially, the game was supposed to make each Toa, Toa Nuva, and the Toa of Light playable, but due to deadlines, much of the game was dropped. However, all of the characters are playable in the Game Boy Advance version. The Mac OS X version of the game was released by Feral Interactive.^[1]

Story

The game follows the 2001-2003 storyline with only one obvious omission; the first part of the 2001 story, when the Toa first face Makuta, was cut out. However, many parts of the story were "reduced." The game begins when the Bohrok are attacking Mata Nui, and spends two levels depicting Tahu and Kopaka's battles with them. After that, the game moves on to Gali Nuva's level, in which the Bohrok Kal are introduced, and all defeated at once by Gali. In the storyline, Tahu Nuva uses the Kanohi Vahi, mask of time, to allow himself and the other five Toa to defeat them. Pohatu's level then depicts a "midpoint" between storylines; Pohatu is delivering the news that the Rahkshi have awakened to Onua. Onua then defeats Lerahk in his level by dropping a hub unit on Lerahk, Lewa fights Panrahk in his level, and Tahu lava-surfs after Kurahk, who has made off with the Mask of Light. When he catches Kurahk, the Mask of Light fuses itself to Takua, who becomes Takanuva (Takua Nuva in the game) and defeats Makuta, lord of shadows, in the game's final level. He transforms on Takutanuva and opens the door and awakes Mata Nui. The Turaga and Matoran only make a couple appearances, none of which are very significant to the plot.

Gameplay

Basic controls include using shields and light elemental blasts to defeat enemies and open canisters. Overall, there are 8 levels in the game including the boss battle against Makuta. A few continuity errors were made, such as Lewa Nuva picking up a Krana after beating a Rahkshi, when it should have been a Kraata.

Reception

The game was given a 3.8 by IGN, and a 6.5 by Game Informer. It was criticized for repetitive gameplay, ugly graphics, and complete lack of innovation. Game Informer stated that it would only be appropriate for "Lego-obsessed 8-year-olds". Adrenaline Vault gave it 80%.

External links

• Bionicle at Feral Interactive

References