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{{Short description|2003 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title     = Muppets Party Cruise
| image     = Muppets Party Cruise Coverart.png
| caption   =
| developer = [[Mass Media (company)|Mass Media]]
| publisher = {{vgrelease|NA|[[TDK Mediactive]]|EU|[[Global Star Software]]}}
| released  = '''PlayStation 2'''{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}{{vgrelease|NA|November 13, 2003|PAL|April 16, 2004}}'''GameCube'''{{vgrelease|NA|November 26, 2003<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=November 21, 2003 |title=The Launch List, 11/21/03 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/11/21/the-launch-list-112103 |access-date=October 27, 2024 |website=[[IGN]] |language=en}}</ref>}}
| series    = ''[[The Muppets (franchise)|The Muppets]]''
| genre     = [[Party video game|Party]]
| modes     = [[Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
| platforms = [[GameCube]], [[PlayStation 2]]
| composer = [[Chris Tilton]]
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'''''Muppets Party Cruise''''' is a 2003 [[party video game]], based on [[The Muppets|The Muppets franchise]], developed by [[Mass Media (company)|Mass Media]] and published by [[TDK Mediactive]] for the [[PlayStation 2]] and [[GameCube]]. 

This was the [[Muppets]]' last video game before the franchise was acquired by [[The Walt Disney Company]] in 2004.

==Gameplay==
''Muppets Party Cruise'' has six playable characters: [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]], [[Miss Piggy|Piggy]], [[Fozzie Bear|Fozzie]], [[Gonzo (Muppet)|Gonzo]], [[Animal (Muppet)|Animal]] and [[Pepe the King Prawn|Pepe]], and six non-playable characters: [[Statler and Waldorf]], [[Rowlf the Dog|Rowlf]], [[Rizzo the Rat|Rizzo]], [[Swedish Chef]], [[Sam Eagle|Sam the Eagle]], [[Bunsen Honeydew|Bunsen]] and [[Beaker (Muppet)|Beaker]]. The game contains 30 mini-games, 15 of which the player must unlock,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/32440-muppets-party-cruise-review | title=Muppets Party Cruise Review | date=December 2003 | access-date=2018-11-14 | archive-date=2018-11-15 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115071213/https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/32440-muppets-party-cruise-review | url-status=live }}</ref> and five levels: the Engine Room, Crew's Quarters, Quality Cabins, Star Suites and Royal Staterooms. Players may also choose between a long and short cruise.

The currency is party favors that are accrued by unlocking additional party games from the menu, but during gameplay, players use cruise credits.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mobygames.com/game/gamecube/jim-hensons-muppets-party-cruise | title=Jim Henson's Muppets Party Cruise for GameCube (2003) | access-date=2018-11-14 | archive-date=2018-11-15 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115030632/https://www.mobygames.com/game/gamecube/jim-hensons-muppets-party-cruise | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gamerstemple.com/game-reviews/playstation-2/612/muppets-party-cruise-review | title=Muppets Party Cruise Review - PlayStation 2 | access-date=2018-11-14 | archive-date=2018-11-14 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114213328/https://www.gamerstemple.com/game-reviews/playstation-2/612/muppets-party-cruise-review | url-status=live }}</ref>

In "long cruise" mode, players may freely roam a tiled cruise ship. They roll a die at the start of each round and may advance that number of spaces. Around the walls of the cruise ship are doors; entering the blue, red or green doors starts multiplayer mini-games, and entering the yellow doors rewards the player with lottery-style one-player games in which the player may win more cruise credits. When a player wins a mini-game accessed via a red, blue or green door, the player receives a party favor of that color. When a player accumulates enough party favors, the game is over and the total party favors collected by all players are added to the saved balance, which can unlock mini-games.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://worthplaying.com/article/2004/1/16/reviews/14708/ | title=PS2 Review - 'Muppets Party Cruise' | access-date=2018-11-14 | archive-date=2018-11-15 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115030539/https://worthplaying.com/article/2004/1/16/reviews/14708/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

In "short cruise" mode, the first player may select a mini-game in which everyone will compete, but no party favors are won.

== Reception ==

The game received "average" reviews according to video game [[review score aggregator]] [[Metacritic]].<ref name=Metacritic>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/jim-hensons-muppets-party-cruise/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-2 |title=Muppets Party Cruise Critic Reviews |work=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=August 31, 2015 |archive-date=December 18, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218084328/https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-2/muppets-party-cruise/critic-reviews }}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:2003 video games]]
[[Category:GameCube games]]
[[Category:Mass Media (company) games]]
[[Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games]]
[[Category:The Muppets video games]]
[[Category:Party video games]]
[[Category:PlayStation 2 games]]
[[Category:TDK Mediactive games]]
[[Category:Video games about amphibians]]
[[Category:Video games about bears]]
[[Category:Video games about dogs]]
[[Category:Video games about mice and rats]]
[[Category:Video games about pigs]]
[[Category:Video games developed in the United States]]
[[Category:Video games set on ships]]