The Extreme Gut Buster Game III

The Extreme Gut Buster Game III is the third season-based game in the The Extreme Gut Buster Game series, being based on the third season of The Extreme Gut Buster Show. It serves as a sequel to The Extreme Gut Buster Game II (2010).
A sequel, The Extreme Gut Buster Game IV, released in 2012.
==Details==
Developer(s)
Stick Feline Games (PC)
Blue Tongue Entertainment (PS2)
Griptonite Games (DS)
Tantalus Media (PSP)
Relic Entertainment (X360)
Saber Interactive (PS3)
Heavy Iron Studios (Wii/3DS)
Publisher(s)
THQ
Sony Computer Entertainment (PS2/PS3/PSP)
Series
The Extreme Gut Buster Game
Platform(s)
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 3
PlayStation Portable
Xbox 360
Wii
Nintendo DS
Nintendo 3DS
Microsoft Windows
Mac OS X
Release
March 1, 2011 (PS2/PS3/PSP/X360/Wii/DS/PC)
March 27, 2011 (3DS)
Genre(s)
Action-adventure
Beat-em-up
Platformer (PS3/X360 only)
Mode(s)
Single-player
Multiplayer (Wii only)
==Gameplay==
There are seven different versions of the game depending on the platform (except for the 3DS version, which is a port of the Wii version), each based off certain episodes of the third season.
===PC version===
The PC version is a clone of SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom, is based on the first two episodes of the third season and has 14 levels and 5 playable contestants depending on the level. There is also a fifteenth level where the player can choose who they want to play as.
===PlayStation 2 version===
The PlayStation 2 version is a clone of Donatello's story mode in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003), is based off episodes 3 and 4 of the third season and has 6 stages, each of which has a different playable contestant.
===Nintendo DS version===
The Nintendo DS version is a clone of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Arcade Attack, is based off episodes 5 and 6 of the third season and has 8 levels, each of which has a different playable contestant and another contestant controlled by a computer player.
===PlayStation Portable version===
The PlayStation Portable version is a clone of The Simpsons Game on the same system, is based on episodes 7 and 8 of the third season and has 16 levels and 4 playable contestants depending on the level.
===Xbox 360 version===
The Xbox 360 version is a clone of Cloning Clyde, is based on episodes 9 and 10 of the third season and has a training level, 4 trial levels and 24 main levels and 7 playable contestants depending on the level.
===PlayStation 3 version===
The PlayStation 3 version is a clone of the Monsters, Inc. game on PlayStation 2, is based on episodes 11 and 12 of the third season and has 7 levels, each with a different playable contestant as well as an eighth level where the player can choose the contestant they want to play as.
===Wii and Nintendo 3DS versions===
The Wii and Nintendo 3DS versions are based on the season three finale and has 4 playable contestants to play through 10 levels.
All four contestants are on screen even without four players. Contestants can be switched on the fly with the Wii Remote's 1 and 2 buttons on the Wii version and the L and R buttons or the touchscreen on the 3DS version.
The contestants have three lives and when they lose all their health, they will lose a life. The contestants can only die three times, but the fourth time when they're at live 0 will knock them out for the rest of the level. If all four contestants get knocked out, players fail the level.
==Playable characters==
===PC version===
In level 15, the player can choose any of the contestants mentioned below to play with.
*Mopslinger Indian (levels 1, 2, 3, 5, 11, 12, 13 and 14)
*Kate Bortz (levels 1, 2, 6, 9 and 10)
*Bria Bortz (levels 3, 5, 8, 9 and 13)
*Leah Bortz (levels 4, 7, 8, 10 and 14)
*Carina Bortz (levels, 4, 6, 7, 11 and 12)
===PlayStation 2 version===
*Cloe Indian (stage 1)
*Meredith Bortz (stage 2)
*Lexia Bortz (stage 3)
*Nick Bortz (stage 4)
*Jillian Bortz (stage 5)
*Maddie Bortz (stage 6)
===Nintendo DS version===
*Alexa Bortz (level 1)
*Grace Bortz (level 2)
*Ratcatcher Bortz (level 3)
*Rebecca Bortz (level 4)
*Alyssa Indian (level 5)
*Abworker Bortz (level 6)
*Lizzy Bortz (level 7)
*Claudia Bortz (level 8)
===PlayStation Portable version===
*Miniature Golfer Paris (levels 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15 and 16)
*Katie Bortz (levels 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15 and 16)
*Kamrin Bortz (levels 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 14 and 16)
*Colin Bortz (levels 5, 11 and 12)
===Xbox 360 version===
*Cleo Bortz (training and trial levels)
*Paige Bortz (levels 1-4)
*Jack Bortz (levels 5-8)
*Alex Bortz (levels 9-12)
*Ainsley Bortz (levels 13-16)
*Annie Bortz (levels 17-20)
*Olivia Indian (levels 21-24)
===PlayStation 3 version===
In level 8, the player can choose any of the contestants mentioned below to play with.
*Danielle Bortz (level 1)
*Rachel Bortz (level 2)
*Siara Bortz (level 3)
*Sophia Indian (level 4)
*Jamie Bortz (level 5)
*Zachary Bortz (level 6)
*Alexis Bortz (level 7)
===Wii and Nintendo 3DS versions===
*Julia Bortz
*Alexandra Bortz
*Anastasia Bortz
*Abby Indian
==Controls==
===PC version===
*WASD: Move contestant
*Spacebar: Jump
*X: Attack
*E: Gadget attack
*Q: Gadget combo
*Left click on mouse: Interact
*Tab: Switch contestant
*Esc: Pause
===PlayStation 2 version===
*Left analog stick: Move contestant
*X: Small Attack
*Square: Large Attack
*Circle: Jump
*Triangle: Throw projectile
*L1: Extreme Gut Buster moment
*L2: Dash
*R1: Switch projectile
*R2: Uppercut
*Start: Pause
===Nintendo DS version===
*D-pad: Move contestant
*X: Jump
*Y: Block
*A: Kick
*B: Attack
*Start: Pause
===PlayStation Portable version===
*Analog stick: Move contestant
*Analog stick and L: Move camera
*X: Jump
*Square: Attack
*Triangle: Interact
*R: Target
*Down on D-pad: Switch contestant
*Select: View to-do list
*Start: Pause
===Xbox 360 version===
*Left analog stick: Move contestant
*A: Jump
*X: Attack
*Y: Clone switcher mode
*Right bumper: Special attack
*Start: Pause
===PlayStation 3 version===
*Left analog stick: Move contestant
*Right analog stick: Move camera
*X: Jump
*Square: Shoot crossbow
*Circle: Swing crossbow
*Triangle: Interact
*R1: Stealth mode
*Start: Pause
===Wii and Nintendo 3DS versions===
<tabber>Wii =
*Analog stick on Wii Nunchuk: Move contestant
*D-pad on Wii Remote: Move camera
*A: Jump
*Shake Wii Remote left and right: Attack
*B: Special Attack
*Z: Run
*1: Previous character
*2: Next character
*+: Pause
|-|Nintendo 3DS =
*Analog stick: Move contestant
*D-pad: Move camera
*B: Jump
*Y: Attack
*X: Special Attack
*A: Run
*L: Previous contestant
*R: Next contestant
*Touchscreen: Switch contestant
*Start: Pause
</tabber>
==Trivia==
*This is the last game in the series to be published by THQ. Future games in the series starting with its sequel would be published by Activision.
*The DS version of this game has the lowest score on Metacritic out of all the black-and-white Extreme Gut Buster games, receiving a score of 26. Not to mention, it's also considered by many to be the worst black-and-white game in the series.
*The Wii versions of this game and its predecessor are the only black-and-white Extreme Gut Buster games to have multiplayer. This game plays up to 4 players, but its predecessor plays up to only two.
===Opening logos used===
====PC version====
*Comet logo of THQ
*Stick Feline Games
====PlayStation 2 version====
*Comet logo of THQ
*Sony Computer Entertainment America presents
*2009 Blue Tongue Entertainment logo
====Nintendo DS version====
*Still version of the announcer logo of THQ
*Still version of the 2009 CGI Griptonite Games logo
====PlayStation Portable version====
*Comet logo of THQ
*Sony Computer Entertainment America presents
*2004 Tantalus Media logo
====Xbox 360 version====
*Comet logo of THQ
*1999 Relic Entertainment logo
====PlayStation 3 version====
*Comet logo of THQ
*Sony Computer Entertainment America presents
*2007 Saber Interactive logo
====Wii version====
*Comet logo of THQ
*2000 Heavy Iron Studios logo
====Nintendo 3DS version====
*Still version of the THQ logo
*Still version of the Heavy Iron Studios logo
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