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2007 · Sidhe · Action-adventure · Adventure

Jackass: The Game

Jackass: The Game is a video game based on the television series Jackass. Play through 35 unique scenarios to virtually experience Jackass stunts too extreme for even their wildest dreams. With different modes you can play through the primary campaign mode, MTV mode and unlock new content within the game, such as new characters and outfits as well as make director cuts and more!

Released
24 September 2007
Platforms
Nintendo DSPlayStation 2PlayStation Portable
Genres
Action-adventureAdventurePartySports
Developers
SidheSensory Sweep Studios
Publishers
Empire Interactive
Series
Jackass
Perspective
Third person
Themes
ActionComedyOpen world
Engine
RenderWare
Country
United States
Age ratings
ESRB M
Languages
English, French, German, Spanish, Italian

About

Jackass: The Game is a 2007 party video game based on the MTV reality stunt show of the same name. It was developed by Sidhe for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable, while the Nintendo DS version was developed by Sensory Sweep Studios. The game was published by Red Mile Entertainment.

Keywords

  • bloody
  • minigames
  • based on - tv show
  • artificial intelligence
  • licensed game
  • polygonal 3d
  • non-player character
  • ragdoll physics
  • character creation
  • rock music
  • tie-in

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

It was stated that the video game would consist of a set of 40 minigames that closely follow aspects of both the series and the movies. Wee Man has his own set of minigames in the video game. It is stated on the official game website that the DS version has an open environment with which players interact to pull off stunts.

Jackass: The Game offers two gameplay modes:

Story

After Jeff Tremaine accidentally "injures his vagina" and is hospitalized, the crew calls upon the player to step up and fill the role as director of Jackass. The player's goal is to collect the best footage from up to 36 different stunts throughout the game to create an all-new season of Jackass for MTV. All stunts have a minimum requirement for content before MTV will approve an episode for broadcast. These requirements are broken up into specific objectives for each stunt. The new season requires seven episodes of Jackass footage.

Development

All of the Jackass cast (excluding Bam Margera, who could not appear in the game due to contractual commitments with Activision) and crew provided their own voices and supplied their likenesses for the game. The game uses motion capture to replicate the cast's movements: Ryan Dunn did not participate in motion capture due to medical complications and recovery following a blood clot during the filming of Jackass Number Two, which also coincided with a period of depression; he does, however, voice his in-game character. Johnny Knoxville and other members of the Jackass team also provided stunt ideas to the developers based on unused stunts from the show. Steve-O retrospectively speculated that the sparseness of his voice lines in the game was likely due to his drug use at the time making him unsuitable to record.

Reception

The PlayStation 2 and PSP versions received "mixed" reviews, while the DS version received "unfavorable" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.

Jackass: The Game for PSP was awarded the IGN PlayStation Portable Readers Game of the Month for September 2007.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
PlayStation 224 September 2007Worldwide
PlayStation Portable27 September 2007Worldwide
Nintendo DS8 January 2008Worldwide

Title IDsone per regional release, with its latest update

PlatformTitle IDRegionLatest update
PlayStation 2SLES-55081/ANZAustralia—
SLES-54663Europe—
SLES-55081Europe—
SLUS-21627North America—
PlayStation PortableULES-00897Europe—
ULUS-10303North America—

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