Dr. Seuss: How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

If you though that The Grinch: Christmas Adventures was bad, then think again.

Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a game released in 2007 for the Nintendo DS mostly based on the 2000 film of the same name that is a remake of the 1966 animated TV special based on the 1957 children's storybook of the same name.

## Why It Failed to Stole Christmas

1. While the Game Boy Color version was great with a very fun and fast paced gameplay, this game howewer have a more simplified gameplay than that said game, and being Incredibly slow in term of pace, making the game Incredibly boring.
	* Not to mention that the gameplay is very repetitive too, with most levels that look like it's the same level over and over, see WIFTSC#3.
2. There are only 2 musics for the entire game, one that is only for the title screen and the other is for all the other parts of the game, and they sound downright terrible and extremely repetitive to the point that you would turn off the music of your DS, in fact they are even comparable to the terrible and repetitive music from Home Alone on NES.
	* Not only that but the musics sound so bland that it's might likely being annoying to listen after a while.
3. Terrible level design that is extremely repetitive for all the seven levels, as it's feel like the same levels over and over, compared to the great level design of the Game Boy Color version of the Grinch 2000 game which was less repetitive than this game.
4. The game is way too short, especially for a 2008 DS game, as there are 7 levels and you can beat the game in only 40 minutes or even shorter if you decide to not make 100% and if you do an any% run, you can beat the game in ***less than 30 minutes***.
5. The levels are very confusing to navigate for the later one, especially level 5 and level 7.
6. Really poor AL for all the Whos, as they sometime see you but unlike the excellent Game Boy Color version of the 2000 Grinch game, they don't run after you and instead walk right and left like an idiot.
	* Even worst, this make the game too easy, as you can easily beat the game and never get caught even once, especially if you go for an Any% run of the game.
7. The noise that a Who does (which is possibly Cindy Lou or the young boy that sleep), can be very annoying to some peoples after a while, considering how repetitive the musics and the sound effects are, this make the audio even worse than it's already is.
8. The game is barely challenging due to WIFTSC#6, as you also have 3 lifes and you can easily beat a level without getting any game over since the AL is so poor and the level design is terrible, this is also possibly the easiest Grinch game after The Grinch: Christmas Adventures.
9. When the sleepy Who hit you, you have to do a mini game in order to not get caught, and it is extremely awful and horribly frustrating as you need the slylus but the problem is that The Grinch is so unresponsive that he likely will be hit by the sleepy Who all the times and you will be caught one time, at least it's doesn't happen with the other Whos but still, it's a terrible idea and mechanic that work terribly bad in this game.
10. The default costume for The Grinch isn't even in the actual game since when you start the game, he wear something that is similar to what he wear in one scene of the 2000 film, this may possibly because it was neither programmed into the actual game or the game was possibly rushed.
11. Awful ending that is barely like an ending.
12. While the sprite work is decent, there are some objets that are barely seen as objets that you have to steal and as a result, you will likely not find these.
13. Dreadful placements for a lot of the Whos, as there are some places where you can't steal the gift without getting hit, kinda like Osomatsu Kun on Sega Genesis where there was some places where you can't pass without getting damage.
14. Clunky controls, especially the fact that The Grinch is slow in mouvement and the stairs are one of your worst nightmare to controls.
15. Horrible hit-detection, this is especially noticeable when you trying to go to a stair where you are in a place where it's look like that you can easily get up to the stair but actually it doesn't. This make everything worst if there are a Who where he/she near the stair, and if you can't walk away them, you assured to get caught or getting hit.
16. The game also feel like a cheap made Flash game instead of a full DS game, mostly due to the simplicity of the game and the repetitive gameplay.

## The Only Redeeming Quality

1. The graphics are pretty good with fluid animation and being very colorful with a great sprite work, but this is unfortunately the only good thing going for this game.

## Reception

The game received mixed to positive reviews by critics, with a score of 55/100 on Metacritic (at the time where there was a score for this game). IGN have given a score of 3.5/10 about this game, saying that had good graphics but the puzzle elements where too shallow to fit on a DS game. This game is also considered to be one of, if not the worst Grinch game ever made.

## Trivia

* This was the last Grinch game for a while until in 2023, where Outright Games have made a Grinch game called The Grinch: Christmas Adventures.