''The Three Musketeers'' ('' sv, De Tre Musketörerna'') is a

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and

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published and developed by

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developer-publisher

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. It was released in

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on February 22, 2006, and is rated 7+ by

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. The European release, which included

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n releases in partnership with

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, saw the game sold both in boxed form at retail outlets and online; in other territories, the game may only be downloaded. The game supports more than ten different settings for various languages. A

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version entitled The Three Musketeers: One for all! was released in North America on July 27, 2009 and in the PAL regions on July 31, 2009.

Gameplay

The game, which features two-dimensional movement through a cartoonish three-dimensional environment, is loosely based on the 1844

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classic ''

The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' (french: Les Trois Mousquetaires, links=no, ) is a French historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is in the swashbuckler genre, which has heroic, chivalrous swordsmen who fight f ...

''. It is the first

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to use this novel as its source material. In the game, the player controls

Porthos Porthos, Baron du Vallon de Bracieux de Pierrefonds is a fictional character in the novels ''The Three Musketeers'' (1844), ''Twenty Years After'' (1845), and ''The Vicomte de Bragelonne'' (1847-1850) by Alexandre Dumas, père. He and the other ...

in an attempt to save his kidnapped companions.

Reception

The game was nominated for a 2006 Swedish Game Award in the category Family Game of the Year. In contrast, the UK Official Nintendo Magazine gave the WiiWare version 20%, saying,"There are hundreds of games that are worth your money more than this hopelessly generic, lazily conceived side-scroller". Thus, it currently stands as the lowest score that the magazine has given to a WiiWare game.

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2005 video games Video games developed in Sweden Windows games Windows-only games Video games based on works by Alexandre Dumas Video games set in France Video games set in the 17th century Legendo Entertainment games Single-player video games Works based on The Three Musketeers {{platform-videogame-stub