Garfield's Nightmare

''Garfield's Nightmare'' is a platform game released for the Nintendo DS, based on the popular cartoon strip ''Garfield''. The game follows Garfield traveling through 16 levels trying to escape a nightmare.

Plot

Garfield comes up with the idea to combine breakfast, lunch and dinner to have more time for his other activities. He crams several pizzas, lasagnas and bags of jelly donuts into a large sandwich, which he eats. However, this proves to be too much for him, and he slowly falls asleep and his nightmare begins.

Garfield suddenly wakes up in a haunted castle; rather than the real world, he has entered a strange dream world populated by the monsters of his sub-conscious. To make things worse, Garfield smashed his alarm clock in the real world, and now his only chance at waking up depends on his ability to find the shattered pieces and put them back together.

Gameplay

''Garfield's Nightmare'' is a 2D platformer game. It does not make heavy use of the touch screen features of the Nintendo DS, instead using it to display game statistics.

The levels are divided into four sections, with each section having its own theme and a boss battle at the end. Bosses need to be terminated during these timeless fights, gradually enhancing the difficulty level. Each level has a bonus door, leading to a bonus game to collect extra lives, as well as a secret area in each level which contains an extra life.

Reception

The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic