Animorphs is a 2000 game for the Game Boy Color. It is based upon the Scholastic book series Animorphs by K. A. Applegate.
Gameplay
The game operates in a series of turn-based battles during combat. In a manner similar to the Pokémon video games, the object of Animorphs is to fight and defeat various animals and aliens in order to gain the morph (DNA) of that creature. Sometimes, the player can use the animal's acquired skills outside combat. For example, snakes crawl up walls, fish swim, and bird morphs take to the air. The game saves using a password system.
Animorphs was one of a number of Ubi Soft games for Game Boy Color that utilized the "Ubi Key" feature, allowing players to share data between games via the system's infrared port and unlock extra content.
Development The game was developed by American studio RUNANDGUN! under the pseudonym Runny-Fun and published by Ubi Soft.
Reception Critical reception of the game was generally negative. Marc Nix of IGN described the game as "pat and boring, but also silly in difficulty at times since there's little guiding your path and no real clue to the strategy." He gave it a score of 3.0 out of 10. Nintendo Power was a bit more favorable in its review of the game, giving it 3 out of 5.
References
External links IGN page GameSpot page