''Toy Story Mania!'' is a 2009

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published by

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and developed by Papaya Studio for the Wii and PC versions and by High Voltage Software for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions. It is based on the Toy Story Midway Mania! attraction located at Disney's California Adventure and Disney's Hollywood Studios, which was inspired by the ''

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'' movie series produced by

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. The game features single-player and multi-player shooting-gallery style gameplay. The game was released on August 14, 2009 for

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, on September 15 for the Wii console, on April 9, 2010 for PC exclusively in Europe, and on October 30, 2012 for

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and

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. It was packaged with a Ray Gun peripheral on its European release. The game has also been released as a Plug n Play device in early 2010. ''Toy Story Mania!'' is the first game based on a film by

to be published by

. Past

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/Pixar movie games have been made in conjunction with

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first, then THQ. Included in each game are two pairs of 3D glasses. These can be used in six 3D shooting galleries.

Design

In the Midway Mania! attraction, riders play a series of

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s hosted by characters from the film series, such as

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and

Sheriff Woody Sheriff Woody Pride (or simply Woody) is a Character (arts), fictional Pullstring, pull-string cowboy doll who appears in the Disney–Pixar Toy Story (franchise), ''Toy Story'' franchise. In the films, Woody is one of the main protagonist, pr ...

, by shooting various targets at each "game booth". For example, in one game, riders toss "rings" onto Little Green Men in a game hosted by Buzz Lightyear. The video game version has levels based on those used in the theme park attractions, as well as original levels based on other characters and scenes in the film series. The theme park attraction features two riders playing on the same screen, while the video game version will allow up to four players to play at the same time either competitively or cooperatively.

Reception

Reviews are mixed.

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gave it a score of 49 out of 100 for the Wii version and 33 out of 100 for the Xbox 360 version.

References

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