The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) is a Henry Selick stop-action animated musical film about the inhabitants of Halloween Town who take over Christmas one year.

Video games

A video game based on the original movie was released in 2005. ' is an action/adventure game developed by Capcom from Japan for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox systems. Intended to be a sequel to the movie, the game features the return of all the well-known characters in a new story with upgraded versions of the movie's songs. In the story, Jack leaves Halloween Town to satisfy his curiosity, but during his absence, Oogie Boogie is reconstructed and takes over Halloween Town by the time Jack returns. Now Jack has to stop Oogie Boogie's evil plans.

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Video game - 2005 - Capcom - Japan - PlayStation 2 - Xbox

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A GBA game , "" comes out fall 2005. The opposite of the Playstation and Xbox versions, the GBA game works as a prequel to the movie. The Pumpkin King is a side-scrolling action platformer in which you'll control Jack Skellington and use a number of different weapons to fight enemies and traverse obstacles. The side-scrolling adventure game centers around the first time Jack faced off against his nemesis, Oogie Boogie, to eventually become the pumpkin king. The game's plot will kick off with the invasion of some unusual bugs in Halloween Town. Jack soon discovers that these nasty insects are under the control of Oogie Boogie, who's looking to take over Halloween himself. With these creepy wheels set in motion, it will be up to Jack and his friends--including characters such as Zero, Sally, Dr. Finklestein, and others--to both stop Oogie and save Halloween.

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Halloween Town also appears as one of the worlds in the Square Enix/Disney Kingdom Hearts video game series (In fact, it was the movie's first official video game appearance.). In this game, Jack tries to create an artificial heart so he can control the Heartless for use in his "Heartless Halloween," but the plan goes awry when Oogie Boogie (who was one of the Disney villains allied with Maleficent.) steals the heart, ingests it, and tries to use it to control the Heartless for his own purposes. Jack then teams up with Sora and the others to stop Oogie Boogie's plans. Jack can also join Sora's party whenever they are in Halloween Town. Kingdom Hearts 2 follows the movie plot, where Jack tries to take over Santa Claus' place on Christmas.

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Square Enix - Disney - Kingdom Hearts - Heartless - Maleficent - Kingdom Hearts 2

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