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Tak and the Power of Juju

An ancient prophecy foretells that the Moon Juju, the kind protector of the Pupanunu people, would be weakened by the evil Tlaloc, an embittered Pupanunu shaman, so he could turn the Pupanunu people into sheep…

74 15 October 2003 ESRB E

Tak and the Power of Juju is an adventure developed by Avalanche Software, released 15 October 2003 on Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2.

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What Tak and the Power of Juju is

Tak and the Power of Juju is an adventure game developed by Avalanche Software and released in 2003. It was published by THQ. It is available on Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2. It carries an ESRB E age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

An ancient prophecy foretells that the Moon Juju, the kind protector of the Pupanunu people, would be weakened by the evil Tlaloc, an embittered Pupanunu shaman, so he could turn the Pupanunu people into sheep as revenge for not being made high shaman in favor of another shaman, Jibolba. The prophecy also mentions a great and mighty warrior who would restore the Moon Juju, defeat Tlaloc, and bring peace to the Pupanunu people. Having escaped Tlaloc's spell, Jibolba believes his apprentice Lok to be the warrior of the prophecy and prepares to send him off; however, it appears that Lok has been turned into a sheep. Jibolba sends his younger apprentice, Tak (voiced by Jason Marsden), to find…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Tak and the Power of Juju holds a critic score of 74 out of 100. That places it above 47% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 5 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Tak and the Power of Juju launched on 15 October 2003, within three weeks of Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Call of Duty, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom and Jak II. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Call of Duty, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, Jak II.

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Tak and the Power of Juju was released on 15 October 2003 for Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2.

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