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|genre = Platforming, Stealth |modes = Single-player, multiplayer |platforms = Nintendo DS }} ''Over the Hedge'' is a platform video game with stealth game elements developed by Vicarious Visions and published by Activision for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console. It was first released in North America, and was later released in Europe. The game is set immediately after the events of the DreamWorks movie ''Over the Hedge'', unlike the console versions which follow the events of the film.〔 Vicarious Visions is responsible for many handheld versions of licensed video games. Publisher Activision has a longstanding business relationship with animation studio DreamWorks and has exclusive global rights to publish games based on DreamWorks animated films. Gameplay involves guiding three playable woodland creatures through suburban houses to collect items and return them to their forest. House inhabitants and traps must be avoided or neutralized to succeed.〔 The game's plot concerns Gladys Sharp's attempt to turn what's left of the animals' forest into a swimming pool; the animals try to prevent this by luring endangered species to the forest, making the forest a protected habitat. ''Over the Hedge'' received positive and average reviews from the gaming press,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Over the Hedge - DS )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Over the Hedge )〕 as well as gaming website IGN's 'Best Game No One Played' award for 2006.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Best of 2006 - DS - Best Game No One Played )〕 The game was praised for the technical achievement of displaying full 3D on both of the Nintendo DS' screens, but some reviewers found the gameplay repetitive.〔 ==Gameplay== The game has been likened to both ''Tomb Raider'' and ''Metal Gear Solid'' due to the 3D platforming and stealth gameplay respectively.〔 Players guide the forest inhabitants through 20 levels, during which they must infiltrate a series of suburban homes in order to steal a variety of items and destroy construction materials.〔 The items needed to lure endangered animals to the forest must be collected from houses and carried back to the forest one at a time. Each level requires several trips to be completed.〔 Security systems must be avoided or deactivated in order to progress through each level.〔 Household members and their pets must also be avoided, distracted or stunned by a thrown object. For example, a phone card can be used to make a prank call to lure a householder away, catnip can be used to distract cats.〔 Each character has their own unique abilities. Verne has the strength to push and carry large items and can retract into his shell in order to avoid detection, but cannot jump as high or run as swift as the other characters. RJ has average strength and agility. He can climb, lift items and also throw Verne. Hammy is the most agile of the three, running swifter and jumping higher. This enables him to circumvent security more easily.〔 ''Over the Hedge'' is presented in full 3D on both of the Nintendo DS' screens, which is not often seen in a Nintendo DS game.〔 The upper screen displays the game in an over-the-shoulder third person perspective, whereas the touch screen shows an overhead perspective. The lower screen indicates the sight range of enemies and can be used as a touch screen to target enemies to attack.〔 The console's microphone is used to attract the attention of dogs or to rouse the woodland creatures should they be knocked unconscious. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Over the Hedge (DS game)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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