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Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King

Much to the dismay of Jack Skellington and the citizens of Halloween Town, unusual bugs have started to infest their township. At the root of this ever-increasing bug invasion is Oogie Boogie, a former holiday…

8 September 2005

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King is an adventure developed by Tose, released 8 September 2005 on Game Boy Advance.

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What Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King is

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King is an adventure game developed by Tose and released in 2005. It was published by Buena Vista Games. It is available on Game Boy Advance only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Much to the dismay of Jack Skellington and the citizens of Halloween Town, unusual bugs have started to infest their township. At the root of this ever-increasing bug invasion is Oogie Boogie, a former holiday king who is determined to take over Halloween. With help from his friends Sally, the mayor, and Dr. Finklestein, Jack and his trusted pal Zero embark on a quest to rid the town of bugs and stop Oogie Boogie from carrying out his evil plot. As Jack, you must battle Oogie's creepy henchmen using an arsenal of different weapons and navigate through booby traps, mazes, and puzzles.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Disney series

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King is the 271st of 516 entries we hold in the Disney series. The next entry was Disney's Kim Possible 3: Team Possible in 2005.

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What it launched against

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King launched on 8 September 2005, within three weeks of Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy), Indigo Prophecy, Fable: The Lost Chapters and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.

Released around the same time: Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy), Indigo Prophecy, Fable: The Lost Chapters, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.

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When did Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King come out?
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King was released on 8 September 2005 for Game Boy Advance.

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