Majesco, a name behind many casual titles on the Nintendo DS has yet another one up their sleeves – Shorts. Before you start thinking about what Shorts mean, well, it won’t include anything to do with taking one’s pair of pants off. No sir, Shorts for the Nintendo DS will be an entertaining puzzle platform game that will see the highly-anticipated Warner Bros. theatrical release of the same name brought to life, albeit in a physical, portable format. The movie will see a high-profile cast that comprises of Leslie Mann, William H. Macy, Jon Cryer and James Spader. As for the game itself, it will be developed by Artificial Mind & Movement, where the Shorts videogame is tipped to see a July release date.

In Shorts, a magical rainbow rock that grants wishes brings chaos to the peaceful suburbs. Players take on the role of four of their favorite characters from the movie — Toe Thompson, Nose Noseworthy, Loogie Short and Helvetica Black – as they work to return the community of Black Falls to normalcy by fixing wishes-gone-wrong. Each character has his own special jump and unique ability that helps when fighting off a multitude of enemies, including booger monsters, bomb shooting crocodiles, poison spitting snakes, bats and sparking robots! Shorts features 26 levels in three distinct episodes from the feature film. Players can use the stylus to draw temporary platforms to jump on or use as shields to avoid dangerous threats. In addition, collecting enough energy balls lets gamers power special abilities like the alien and wasp hover-jumps, telekinesis super-attack, invincibility, and growth and shrink ray guns for extra sticky situations!

No idea on how much this title will cost, but knowing Majesco’s past pricing structure, it shouldn’t hit your pockets for too large an amount.

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