Carnival Island

Carnival Island is a motion-controlled party video game developed by Magic Pixel Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation 3, which utilizes PlayStation Move. It was announced at Electronic Entertainment Expo 2011 on June 5, 2011.[1] It is the first title by Magic Pixel Games, whose team previously worked on the Boom Blox series.

Carnival Island
Developer(s)Magic Pixel Games
Publisher(s)Sony Computer Entertainment
Platform(s)PlayStation 3
Release
  • NA: November 15, 2011
  • AU: November 17, 2011
  • EU: November 18, 2011
  • JP: December 1, 2011
Genre(s)Party game
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Reception
Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic66/100[2]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Destructoid5/10[3]
EGM7/10[4]
Famitsu29/40[5]
GamesMaster74%[6]
OPM (UK)7/10[7]
Play53%[8]
PSM6/10[9]
Common Sense Media[10]

Carnival Island received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[2] In Japan, where the game was ported for release on December 1, 2011 under the name Happy Charlie to Soratobu Carnival (ハッピーチャーリーと空飛ぶカーニバル, Happī Chārī to Soratobu Kānibaru, lit. "Happy Charlie and the Flying Carnival"),[11] Famitsu gave it a score of one seven, one eight, and two sevens for a total of 29 out of 40.[5]

References
  1. Mark Tsai (June 15, 2011). "E3 Replay: Roll, Throw, Flip and Toss in Carnival Island with PS Move". PlayStation Blog. Sony Interactive Entertainment. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
  2. "Carnival Island for PlayStation 3 Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  3. Jim Sterling (November 18, 2011). "Review: Carnival Island". Destructoid. Enthusiast Gaming. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  4. Ray Carsillo (November 15, 2011). "EGM Review: Carnival Island". EGMNow. EGM Media, LLC. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  5. Brian (November 22, 2011). "Complete Famitsu review scores". Nintendo Everything. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  6. "Review: Carnival Island". GamesMaster. Future plc. January 2012. p. 90.
  7. "Carnival Island". PlayStation Official Magazine – UK. Future plc. December 25, 2011. p. 109.
  8. "Review: Carnival Island". Play UK. No. 213. Imagine Publishing. January 2012. p. 92.
  9. "Review: Carnival Island". PlayStation: The Official Magazine. No. 53. Future plc. December 25, 2011. p. 79.
  10. Chris Morris (2011). "Carnival Island". Common Sense Media. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  11. "ハッピーチャーリーと空飛ぶカーニバル [PS3]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved May 2, 2019.


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