The Fairly OddParents: Breakin’ Da Rules

Oh no! Timmy bust collect all of the missing pages of ‘Da Rules’.

NA release: 10th November 2003
EU release: N/A
JP release: N/A
Developer: Blitz Games
Publisher: THQ
NGC Magazine Score: N/A
Mods Used: Widescreen Code

The Fairly OddParents is a cartoon that I’ve only vaguely heard of, and I was surprised to lean just how much of it there was, with 10 seasons released over 16 years, followed by three live-action films and a live action TV show. Luckily the game introduces its main characters quite well and I never felt like I didn’t know who anyone was or how this universe of fairy godparents worked. Usually the protagonist, Timmy, can get his fairies, Wanda and Cosmo, to perform wishes for him at will, but an incident with his babysitter getting hold of his copy of “Da Rules”, meant she gets the wishing powers and his fairies may be taken away if they can’t find the pages.

The game is a fairly simple 3D platformer. You have to collect sets of five stars to perform a wish, with three sets in each level. The levels are structured like episodes, but I was surprised as to how varied they were. Timmy himself ends up in many different costumes (as well as being turned into a dog and a robot in some levels) and each level has its own quirks. There’s nothing overly taxing, but the game has a nice amount of variety. There’s even a level that takes place in a video game with an 80s sci-fi look and fake CRT scanlines.

Even within levels, things can change, as abilities can be granted (sometimes temporarily) via the wishes you perform such as a bigger jump, a grapple hook. Even the visual style of the level (which is already varied) can change throughout – one history-based level takes you through Medieval Britain, Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece. The voice acting and writing is also amusing which makes the game surprisingly fun.

Fun

Fairly Odd Parents is a fun property, but the game isn’t. Since it is designed for the younger crowd, puzzles and platforming are all too easy. Anyone who can master the sluggish controls won’t have a problem breezing through this title since all the hard to collect objects are in plain sight. It’s just sad that the entire game feels so generic and similar when the license allows for so much creativity and freedom.
Jane Irwin, IGN

Remake or remaster?

Perhaps a collection of The Fairly OddParents games.

Official Ways to get the game

There is no official way to get The Fairly OddParents: Breakin’ Da Rules.