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Which is disappointing because we have seen movie-to-game licenses soar far higher. But compared to the high production values set forth in the feature film, we cannot help but label the sloppy game re-creation a thin, cardboard cut-out of the other.

Certainly the Tom Hanks headlined feature film, brought to life with the latest and greatest in digital wizardry, looks entertaining. To the North Pole! In this predictable platformer with mini-games, you play as the young boy who finds himself the latest party to the Polar Express, a train that zooms children from all parts to the North Pole to meet Santa Claus and take part in the annual Christmas festivities.

Requires two memory blocks for saves on GameCube.

A handful of different play styles from standard platforming to minor puzzle-solving and vehicle-based levels.

Full-motion video and in-game cut-scenes tell the story.

Players control of a young, brave boy as he explores the Polar Express in search of missing tickets.

Based on the Tom Hanks headlined computer animated movie of the same name.

And if you're a kid, you have our sincere condolences. So if you're an adult, well, you might want to get off the train now. Not a particularly well put together kid's game. Let's be clear: not to play, but to write about. We had to write it or our superiors might have fired us, mind you, but really, deep down, we know that this is one of the fun ones. Three hours later, after we had successfully beaten the title, we knew it was time for the review. But alas, we traveled to the icy North Pole itself - that is, our local retailer - and picked up the special platformer. Our calls for a review copy of the game, developed for GameCube and PlayStation 2 by Blue Tongue, were met with blank stares.

Collect letters, avoid obstacles and aim for the ultimate 100 letter delivery! We know everyone is busy these days but the Pony Express needs YOU.Had publisher THQ had its way, we might have never realized that it released a videogame adaptation of the Robert Zemeckis-directed movie The Polar Express. We've made time-based games in the past so our new idea was simple. The Pony Express felt like a great game concept to us at Google. What a concept–riders with letters on horseback racing from California to Missouri and vice versa to deliver mail on time! True to their word, the first mail arrived on April 14th. So when William H.Russell, Alexander Majors & William B Waddell founded the Pony Express on April 3rd, 1860, they set in motion a wonderful yet daunting method of communication.

The notion of triumph through adversity is so inspirational. We were so excited to share this doodle that we asked a friend of the team, animator Nate Swinehart, to tell a bit more about the history of the Pony Express and document the doodle process.