Treasure Planet is an action-adventure game that plays at a tilted, isometric angle and has many platform game elements. As Jim Hawkins (a character from the movie), you run around, jump a lot, pick up items, and fight the likes of Meltdown, Noggin, Delilah, and Rusty Robot. When riding your Solar Surfer, you can speed up, jump, and shoot from your cannon. While the gameplay obviously involves some cartoony combat, Treasure Planet is more of an exploration and puzzle-solving game--in fact, most of the special moves Jim can do aren?t combat-based at all. For example, with your shape-shifting buddy Morph, you can do various combo morph moves such as seeing far away, jumping extra high, performing feats of amazing strength, lighting up dark areas, and becoming a storm cloud.

Treasure Planet captures the feeling of the movie quite well. The way the levels are set up and the way the music sets the mood puts you right in the movie. And to really make you feel part of the action, there are actual cutscenes from the movie. The only downside toTreasure Planet is that there is no battery save feature, though you can save your game via password. This gives the game a slightly rushed-to-production feel. That aside, Treasure Planet is a great title for kids and any fan of the movie. --Bryan Karsh

Pros:

Great graphics and music

Actual cutscenes from the movie

Solar surfing. Need we say more?

Special morph moves add originality