| Castleween | |
| Developer: | Kalisto Entertainment (PS2) Magic Pockets (GBA) Wanadoo Edition (GC) |
| Released: | PlayStation 2 GameCube Game Boy Advance |
| Genre: | Platform |
| Modes: | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Platforms: | PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance |
Castleween (Spirits & Spells in North America) is the name of two 2002/2003 platform video games, one developed by Kalisto Entertainment for the PlayStation 2 and ported to the GameCube by Wanadoo Edition, and the other developed by Magic Pockets for the Game Boy Advance.
Alicia and Greg set off with their friends one Halloween night to look for a house in the forest where they could stock up on goodies. Upon reaching the house, Greg and Alicia's friends are turned into stone by a bogeyman. To save their friends, the two heroes must enter the world of the dead. In order to find their friends and set them free, they need to make it through cemeteries, haunted houses and sinister laboratories. Only one person at a time is allowed to enter the world of the dead, so Alicia and Greg must take turns in order to make their way through the danger that awaits them. Friends like the Goblin and Jack O'Lantern will teach them magic tricks that will help them to overcome obstacles along the way. They must find the Mad Scientist's laboratory to get their friends home safe and sound.
The Game Boy Advance and GameCube versions received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, where the GBA version was ported and published by MTO on April 24, 2003, as,[1] followed by the GameCube and PlayStation 2 ports on June 19, 2003, Famitsu gave the latter two console versions a score of 20 out of 40 each. Nintendo Power gave the GBA version an average review, over two months before it was released Stateside.