iCarly 2: iJoin the Click!

iCarly 2: iJoin the Click! is a 2010 video game loosely based on the TV series of the same name. It is the sequel to the original iCarly game.[4]

iCarly 2: iJoin the Click!
Developer(s)Big Blue Bubble
Publisher(s)Activision
SeriesiCarly series
Platform(s)Wii, Nintendo DS
Release
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Development and release

iCarly 2 was announced in July 2010.[4] It was developed by Big Blue Bubble, a company which had previously worked on a Windows game called iCarly: iDream in Toons in 2009.[5] In a press release announcing the game, David Oxford of Activision Publishing touted the original iCarly game as "well received",[4] despite what limited critical reception of the original there was being largely negative.[6][7]

The game was released for the Wii and Nintendo DS in the US on November 16, 2010,[8] along with a line of iCarly toys from Playmates with in-game codes.[9] In a press release, actors from the cast of the show remarked on the game, with Nathan Kress saying the game has "a much more in-depth feel" than the original installment and Miranda Cosgrove saying: "It's so exciting to see the end results for the video game and hear my own voice come from my animated character."[9]

Gameplay

Players begin as a new student at Ridgeway who begins to hang out with Carly, Sam and Freddie at locations from the show, such as Groovy Smoothie, the Pacific Place Mall, and Carly's apartment. Gameplay is not the same as the original, with the player being able to create an avatar who can explore an open world from a third-person perspective. While the main cast of Carly, Sam, Freddie, Spencer, and Gibby are voice acted, the rest of the characters speak in gibberish.

Reception

iCarly 2, like its predecessor, released to limited critical reception, receiving no Metascore for either platform on Metacritic.[10][11]

Common Sense Media called iCarly 2 "a messy, sometimes incomprehensible mish-mash of a game", citing its dialogue as the only redeeming quality for fans of the show.[12]

Speedrunning

iCarly 2 has a small speedrunning community, with the game largely seen as a "meme" speedrun. During a livestream of the game by speedrunner EZScape, Jerry Trainor, the actor for Spencer, tweeted about the livestream, saying "His chat is hilarious!"[13][14]

References
  1. "IGN: iCarly 2: iJoin the Click!". Uk.wii.ign.com. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
  2. "Ficha técnica de iCarly 2: ¡Todo en un Click! (Wii)". players4players.com. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  3. "iCarly 2: iJoin the Click!". GameSpy.
  4. "Activision Announces 'iCarly 2: iJoin the Click!' for Nintendo DS and Wii" (Press release). Activision Publishing, Nickelodeon. July 29, 2010. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2020 – via IGN.
  5. Saltzman, Marc (July 2, 2009). "iCarly: iDream in Toons Review". Gamezebo. Archived from the original on December 14, 2020. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  6. Healy, Christopher (2009). "iCarly Video Game Review". Common Sense Media. Archived from the original on August 3, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2011.
  7. Laughlin, Andrew (November 13, 2009). "'iCarly' (Wii)". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on December 13, 2020. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  8. Makuch, Eddie (November 16, 2010). "Shippin' Out Nov. 14-20: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit". GameSpot. Archived from the original on September 20, 2020. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  9. "Activision's 'iCarly 2: iJoin The Click!' is Now Available on Wii and Nintendo DS" (Press release). Activision Publishing, Nickelodeon, Playmates Toys. November 18, 2010. Archived from the original on July 10, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2020 – via IGN.
  10. "iCarly 2: iJoin the Click (Wii)". Metacritic. Archived from the original on June 15, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  11. "iCarly 2: iJoin the Click (DS)". Metacritic. Archived from the original on June 26, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  12. Healy, Christopher (2010). "iCarly 2: Join the Click!". Common Sense Media. Archived from the original on December 14, 2020. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  13. Trainor, Jerry [@jerrytrainor] (December 5, 2019). "His chat is hilarious!" (Tweet). Archived from the original on December 6, 2020. Retrieved December 14, 2020 – via Twitter.
  14. EZScape (December 23, 2019). I Got World Record in iCarly 2. Retrieved December 14, 2020 – via YouTube.
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