Critical Reception
Reviews of the GameCube version of the game was met with generally positive reviews upon release. It currently obtains 66 out of 100 on Metacritic indicating "mixed or average reviews" and an even better 73% on GameRankings. GameZone wrote a favorable review, mainly citing the use of a checklist calling it motivating and helps to keep the user on track, but criticized it for its crude background designs and fairly generic music tracks; GameZone ended the review by exclaiming that it was great fun for kids but older fans may just want to rent.
The Game Boy Advance version of the game was the best received out of the three consoles the game was released on. It currently obtains 71 out of 100 on Metacritc indicating "mixed or average reviews" and 73% on GameRankings. GameZone wrote a generally positive review, saying that it was an excellent game for the kiddies but thought that it was too short and easy to appeal to its older audience.
Despite the GameCube version being fundamentally the same game as on the PlayStation 2 version, (with the exception of an inconvenient loading glitch) the PS2 version was met with mixed reviews. It currently does not have a rating on Metacritic and has a 53% rating on GameRankings. IGN.com wrote a rather harsh review, giving it a mere 4.0 "poor" rating and hardly saying anything redeeming about the game, criticizing it for its sluggish controls, annoying music tracks, n64 graphics, frequent and obnoxious loading screens, simplistic game play, somewhat tedious fetch quests and the unnecessary use of a checklist which made the game feel like a chore. IGN.com ended their review saying: "...Yes, pre-school-aged kids will probably get a kick out of the game, though they'd likely be more entertained mowing down prostitutes in Grand Theft Auto." Play magazine also wrote a generally negative review, giving the game 2 out of 5 stars, citing its mediocre and sparse levels, bad models and the fact that there are loading times where there should not be any.
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