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The Jungle Book Groove Party

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The Jungle Book Groove Party
Reissued European PlayStation 2 box art
Developer(s)	Ubi Soft Montreal Ubi Soft Shanghai
Publisher(s)	Ubi Soft^[a]
Series	The Jungle Book
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, PlayStation 2
Release	Microsoft Windows^[1] EU: November 1, 2000 PlayStation^[2] EU: November 17, 2000 NA: December 8, 2000 PlayStation 2^[3] EU: March 31, 2001 NA: February 4, 2003
Genre(s)	Music, rhythm
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

The Jungle Book Groove Party (The Jungle Book Rhythm n'Groove in North America) is a music rhythm video game developed and published by Ubi Soft for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, and PlayStation 2. Featuring similar gameplay to the Dance Dance Revolution series, the game features characters and songs from Disney's film The Jungle Book (1967). The game was packaged with a dance pad.

Gameplay

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The Jungle Book Groove Party loosely follows the story of The Jungle Book film, going through Mowgli's journey to the Man Village and the creatures he encounters along the way. The game is played in the style of Dance Dance Revolution with some differences, and can be played with either a standard controller or a dance pad. Arrows come down the top of the screen and the player must step on the corresponding arrow in time to the music. Missing arrows cause the fruit at the top of the screen to turn yellow and disappear, with the game ending if all pieces of fruit are lost. Power-ups can be activated by entering input commands in between arrows. These range from beneficial bonuses, such as point multipliers or automatically clearing arrows, to offensive items that hinder the opponent, such as blocking their view. The story mode takes Mowgli through nine levels, including two boss levels. The game also features a two-player mode allowing two players to battle against each other.

Songs

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Some songs such as "The Bare Necessities" and "I Wan'na Be Like You" are from the original film; the new songs were written by Nicolas Maranda, who also arranged all the songs. A cover of "I Wan'na Be Like You" performed by German singer Lou Bega can be unlocked by playing through the game:

"The Jungle's No Place for a Boy" - performed by Bagheera
"Join the Ranks" - performed by Hathi and Junior
"The Bare Necessities" - performed by Baloo
"Go Bananas in the Coconut Tree" - performed by the Monkeys
"I Wan'na Be Like You" - performed by King Louie
"A Mood for Food" - performed by Kaa
"We Are the Vultures" - performed by the Vultures
"Run" - performed by Shere Khan
"A Brand New Day" - performed by Shanti
"I Wan'na Be Like You" - performed by Lou Bega

Reception

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Aggregate scores
Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	(PS2) 63.47%^[4] (PS) 58.00%^[5]
Metacritic	(PS2) 56/100^[6]

The Jungle Book Groove Party received mixed reviews. Aggregating review website GameRankings and Metacritic gave the PlayStation 2 version 63.47% and 56/100.^[4]^[6] and the PlayStation version 58.00%.^[5]

References

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^ "Walt Disney's The Jungle Book: Rhythm n' Groove (2000) Windows release dates". MobyGames. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
^ "Walt Disney's The Jungle Book: Rhythm n' Groove (2000) PlayStation release dates". MobyGames. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
^ "Walt Disney's The Jungle Book: Rhythm n' Groove (2000) PlayStation 2 release dates". MobyGames. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "The Jungle Book Groove Party for PlayStation 2". GameRankings. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "The Jungle Book Groove Party for PlayStation". GameRankings. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "The Jungle Book Groove Party for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved May 11, 2014.

^ Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and Disney Interactive published the PlayStation and Microsoft Windows versions in Europe, repectively.

External links

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The Jungle Book Groove Party official website (archive)

Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book

Books

Mowgli stories

Characters

Adaptations of
Mowgli stories

Disney
franchise

Film

The Jungle Book (1967)
The Jungle Book (1994)
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (1998)
The Jungle Book 2 (2003)
The Jungle Book (2016)

Television

TaleSpin (1990–91)
Jungle Cubs (1996–1998)

Music

Soundtracks	The Jungle Book (1967) The Jungle Book (2016)
Songs	"Colonel Hathi's March" "The Bare Necessities" "I Wan'na Be like You" "Trust in Me" "That's What Friends Are For" "My Own Home"

Video games

TaleSpin (Nintendo) (1991)
TaleSpin (TurboGrafx-16) (1991)
TaleSpin (Sega) (1992)
The Jungle Book (1993)
The Jungle Book Groove Party (2000)

Related	Disney Infinity 3.0 (2016) Disney Magic Kingdoms (2017) Disney Mirrorverse (2022) Disney Speedstorm (2023)

Other

Other
adaptations

Live-action film	Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book (1942) The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo (1997) Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018)
Animated film	Adventures of Mowgli (1967–1971)
Television	Mowgli's Brothers (1976) Jungle Book Shōnen Mowgli (1989–90) episodes Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book (1998) The Jungle Book (2010–2020)