| Skultimate Roller Maze | |
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| Platform(s): | Nintendo Wii Nintendo DS~DSi Nintendo 3DS |
| Region(s): | USA Australia Europe |
| Release Date(s): | November 13, 2012 November 15, 2012 November 16, 2012 March 7, 2013 March 13, 2013 March 29, 2013 |
| Developer: | Little Orbit Ivory One |
| Publisher: | Majesco Entertainment |
| Distributor: | Namco Bandai Partners |
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Skultimate Roller Maze is a game for the Nintendo Wii, the Nintendo DS~DSi, and the Nintendo 3DS. The three versions were released on the American, Australian and European markets from November 13, 2012 to March 29, 2013. Skultimate Roller Maze is produced by Little Orbit and the distributor is currently unknown. The background music of the 3DS-exclusive levels is created by Ivory One. The game ties into the Skultimate Roller Maze doll line and the "Friday Night Frights" TV special.
Skultimate Roller Maze belongs to the racing genre, more specifically the arcade racing genre. Players are to select one to three characters from a roster of three to twelve to win in various types of competition on six or eight tracks. Each character fits into a weight class and each character has a unique ability that can be employed to gain the upper hand in a match.
The trademark for Skultimate Roller Maze was requested on June 25, 2012. The game was formally announced during San Diego Comic-Con International of 2012. And the trailers, one for the Wii and DS versions and one for the 3DS version, were featured as September 2012's Freaky Fab 13 and March 2013's pre-Freaky Fab 13.
Versions
Each of the three versions of Skultimate Roller Maze has its pros and cons compared to the other two, although the DS version easily is the lesser compared to the 3DS version.
On a technical level, the DS version and much of the 3DS version are ports of the Wii version. The Wii version has superior graphics and the racing-controls work better. There is also a multiplayer mode on the Wii version, lacking in both handheld versions, which leaves room for at most three players. On the other hand, the handheld versions make use of the second screen to provide the player with additional information on the current competition's stats.[1]
As for content, the Wii version and DS version were released at the same time and contain the same characters, tracks, and options. The 3DS version was released almost half a year later and has some additional content, namely two exclusive tracks: the Himalayas and the Scare Ship.[2]
Gameplay
Spooky, Creeparific, Scarifying
Single Player, Multiplayer, Lockers, Options
Characters
| Character | Class | Ability | Description |
| Abbey Bominable | Medium | Cold Shoulder | Quick to freeze out the competition, this creeptastic competitor has icy-cool moves on the SKRM track. |
| Clawdeen Wolf | Medium | Full Moon | At her best when the moon is full, this clawsome player has mad skills on the SKRM track. |
| Clawd Wolf | Strong | Beast Mode | As SKRM team captain, this furrious leader is a fierce competitor. |
| Deuce Gorgon | Strong | Stone Gaze | With rock-solid SKRM skills, this team leader is as hard to contain as a slithering snake. |
| Draculaura | Light | Bat Call | She may not be the beast skater on the team, but she's got fangtastic spirit. |
| Frankie Stein | Light | Electric Kiss | Always willing to lend a hand to the team, she's ready to put every spark of energy into the game. |
| Gillington Webber | Light | Slick | He may not always make a splash on the SKRM track, but this fresh-water player has some slippery moves. |
| Heath Burns | Medium | Prometheus | A bit unpredictable, this fiery competitor heats up the SKRM track. |
| Lagoona Blue | Light | Tidal Wave | Even though she's a fish out of water, she's making waves on the SKRM track. |
| Operetta | Strong | Perfect Pitch | A fast and fierce competitor, she puts the rock in roller skating! |
| Robecca Steam | Medium | Steamed | This fangtastic SKRM pro has the steam to lead the team to victory! |
| Rochelle Goyle | Strong | Rockstar | This freaky-fab competitor is a rock-solid player who never just wants to watch the game from above. |
Tracks
| Scaris | Gloom Beach | Monster High Stadium | Skull Shores |
| Monster High | Granite City | Himalayas (3DS only[2]) | Scare Ship (3DS only[2]) |
Unlockables
Though the game features few racers, few tracks, and few play modes, there are relatively many unlockables because most characters and tracks are locked when the game is launched for the first time. There are two means to unlocks either: by fulfilling the game's requirements and winning competitions in order or by inserting codes. The codes are to be entered at the Lockers screen and are always only five letters long.
Prizes
Robecca Steam is the first character to be unlocked. One has to place first in Circuit on the Spooky difficulty setting, but higher works too to unlock her.
Deuce Gorgon is the second character to be unlocked. As with Robecca, one has to place first in Circuit on the Spooky difficulty setting. Unlike Robecca's case, finishing on a higher level does not work.
By finishing Circuit on Scarifying, all laps other than Scaris, which is unlocked by default, are unlocked for Quick races and Granite City specifically is unlocked for Timed races.
Lockers
| Abbey Bominable | Chill |
| Deuce Gorgon | Snake |
| Robecca Steam | Gears |
| Scaris | Merci |
| Skull Shores | Skull |
Story
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Select
| Clawd Wolf | Do you think it's fair picking the strongest and fastest player in the game? Yeah, me too. | ??? |
| Clawdeen Wolf | Clearly you want to win and look good doing it. | ??? |
| Draculaura | Ohh, totes! | Are you excited? |
| Frankie Stein | Voltage! I won't let you down. | ??? |
Deselect
| Clawd Wolf | When you want to win, you can choose me again. | It's all ghoul. I wanted to get a snack anyway. |
| Draculaura | I guess you don't believe in me after all. | ??? |
| Frankie Stein | Oh, bolts! | Ah, buzzkill! |
Wait
| Clawd Wolf | Any monster want to go in on ten pizzas? | ??? |
| Clawdeen Wolf | Does this outfit make me look gorgeous? | Wonder if I have to change my hair color. |
| Draculaura | Erh-erhm! I better go get ready for my driver's test. | I better go get ready for my driver's test. |
| Frankie Stein | Don't worry about me. I went to the charger before we started. | I should use this time to catch up on my nap time. |
| Lagoona Blue | If you see Gil, tell him to text me, would ya? | Wonder what the surf's like today. |
Race
| Player vs Opponent | Opponent | Player | Player (Win) | Opponent (Lose) |
| Clawd vs Frankie | I'm really charged up to beat you! | Just make sure you don't fall apart. | That's what I'm howling about! | ??? |
| Clawd vs Lagoona | I will give you a chance to beat me – you won't – but you can still have the chance. | You might want to jump back in the pool. | Today I was just faster, ghoul. | ??? |
| Draculaura vs Clawdeen | Love your lipstick ghoulfriend – what's that color called, Second Place Red? | I'm not fanging around this time! | You were wearing the perfect second place outfit today. | ??? |
| Draculaura vs Gillington | I'll be fresh off a win when you see me again. | Then let's find the starting line. | ??? | Thanks for not getting batty after I beat you. |
| Draculaura vs Operetta | Bless your heart, darlin'. You're so scary sweet it'll be a shame for you to lose. | Sing your song to some other monster. | I had to play to my strengths to beat you. | ??? |
| Draculaura vs Robecca | You were so kind the last time we met perhaps I can return the favor after my victory. | As if. | When I said "Let's catch up" I wasn't talking about the track. | You skate well but in this race I skated better. |
| Frankie vs Heath | Come on and race me – there's no shame in losing to The Heathster. | I can't believe even you believe that, Heath. | ??? | You looked burned out-did my win do that? |
| Clawdeen vs Heath | After The Heathster wins maybe he'll show you how to be a real skater. | You know what happens when you challenge me... right? | ??? | There's no shame in losing to The Heathster. |
| Clawdeen vs Operetta | Race me? You must have a hankerin' for a loss then. | I've heard that song before. | Did you say something? I couldn't hear you over my victory howl. | |
| Robecca vs Heath | You ready to lose to The Heathster? | I shall not engage you in such banter-to the racetrack! | ??? | Was I riveting to watch when I went by you to the finish line? |
| Robecca vs Gillington | Looks like you're going to have to settle for finishing behind me. | So you say. | ??? | It's possible my win left you rusty. |
Notes
- Some sound files, in particular Draculaura's, are from other media. "Are you excited?" is from "Franken-Styled", "Sorry, sweetie" is from "Friday Night Frights".
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