''Tom and Jerry in War of the Whiskers'' is a

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developed by

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, published by

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for

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, and

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. It is the sequel to the 3D cartoon fighting video game ''

Tom and Jerry in Fists of Furry ''Tom and Jerry in Fists of Furry'' is a fighting game, fighting video game for the Nintendo 64 and Microsoft Windows. It was developed by VIS Interactive and published by NewKidCo on November 12, 2000 (Ubi Soft in PAL region). It is based on the ...

'' for

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and

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. It allows up to four players to play simultaneously. It is the only

game and the only '' MGM's Tom and Jerry'' game, released to receive a T rating. The PlayStation 2 version was released in all major regions, and the GameCube and Xbox versions were only released in North America. The game received mixed reviews from critics, with

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scores of 63/100, 64/100, and 50/100 on PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Xbox, respectively.

Gameplay

''War of the Whiskers'' is a four player

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(show)

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. The objective is to defeat an opponent in a set amount of time and rounds. There are three types of gameplay. First is Challenge mode, where the opponents are the enemies of the character chosen from classic ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons. The final boss is either Monster Jerry, a bigger and scary mutated Jerry, or Robot Cat, one of Tom's creations. Another mode is Versus, where a basic one-on-one fight is held. The last is Tag Battle, where a player works alone or with a friend to fight two enemies. The four modes of play are single player, versus, tag team, and team play. New characters are unlocked if the player wins against the computer. Characters include Tom,

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, Butch, Spike, Tyke, Robot Cat,

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, Nibbles, Monster Jerry, and

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, who use more than 75 weapons to beat each other with. Costumes are also unlocked, allowing specific characters to have more attire. Twelve destructible environments include a kitchen, beach, snowy winter, cruise ship, junk yard, unstable construction site, Italian market, haunted house, mad scientist lab, western town, castle, Hell, and a boxing arena.

Development

''Tom and Jerry in War of the Whiskers'' was developed by

. It was published by

in North America and

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in Europe. It is a sequel to ''Tom and Jerry in Fists of Furry''. The game was originally slated to the first quarter of 2002, but was delayed until the third quarter. It was first released for

on October 22, 2002 in North America, with later PlayStation 2 releases in other regions. It was also released on

and

only in North America on November 25, 2003. All voices in the game were provided by Alan Marriott (Jerry, Tyke, Lion, Nibbles, and Duckling) and

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(Tom, Butch, Spike, Eagle, Robot Cat, and Monster Jerry).

Reception

''Tom and Jerry in War of the Whiskers'' received "mixed or average" reviews on all platforms, according to

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. In Japan, where the PlayStation 2 version was ported and published by

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on January 29, 2004, ''

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'' gave it a score of two sixes, one five, and one four for a total of 21 out of 40.

References

External links

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