Happy Feet GBA

Gameplay
The console versions (for PlayStation 2, Wii, GameCube and Microsoft Windows) feature 3 different modes: a dancing mode which simulates Dance Dance Revolution with the player pushing the button in response to arrows on the screen, a fishing mode in which the player collects pebbles and shrimp as well as air bubbles in order to breathe, and a belly-sledding mode where the player sleds and collects the number of fish needed, sleds to beat a given time or races another character down the hill. In the Nintendo DS version of the game, the rhythm sequences use gameplay mechanics similar to those in Elite Beat Agents, though greatly simplified.

The game also features each of these modes for two players. In the dancing and swimming games, the players compete with each other, while cooperating with each other in the multi-player belly-sledding mode. The game features songs not in the film, such as "Shake Your Booty" from KC and the Sunshine Band for when Mumble hatches, and "I Will Survive" from Gloria Gaynor sung by Gloria when Mumble and her break up. These are for the dance modes of the game

Why It Rocks (GBA Version)

 * 1) Unlike the console game which consists of only minigames, the GBA port is mostly a platformer with the minigames in different sections
 * 2) A Free Play mode is available with the Fishing, Dancing, Timed Sledding and Collection Sledding minigames with three different difficulty settings without needing to completing Story Mode first
 * 3) Free Play also has extra fishing and belly sledding levels not in the main game
 * 4) Mumble controls well and his horrible singing is actually used as a way to clear obstacles. As the player progresses they gain new moves such as a stronger jump, dashing underwater, belly sledding in the platformer sections and a new deeper voice to shatter strong ice
 * 5) There are plenty of NPC penguins the player can interact with in each level aside from the Forbidden Shore, each says something different depending on the mission Mumble is completing or if he's just on his way to the end of the level
 * 6) Each level has their own unique gimmicks
 * 7) * Emperor Land is mostly linear with dark ice block as obstacles, the only minigame being the two rhythm stages in Chapter Four and the final chapter
 * 8) * Iceberg Platform is a short stage with just one rhythm stage and the leopard seal chase at the end
 * 9) * Adelie Land has multiple paths to take as well as shortcuts. Lovelace's groupies act as blockades here, it mostly consists of fishing stages, has two belly sledding stages (one timed and one collectable) and just one rhythm stage
 * 10) * Elephant Seal Land is the largest world with multiple pathways the player must take in order to complete several fishing stages and a timed belly sledding stage. It finally ends off with a rhythm stage
 * 11) * The Forbidden Shore is large but linear with no minigame sections aside from the orca chase at the end
 * 12) The songs sound great for the GBA, and the music playing in the levels are catchy too
 * 13) The sound test in the options menu can essentially act as an MP3 player if the player just wants to listen to the songs or the game music without playing the levels
 * 14) We finally know the names of the other Adelie Amigos and the Elephant seals from the film
 * 15) Since the song Jump N Move has explicit lyrics related to drugs, the game uses an edit that censors them out in order to keep the E rating

Bad Qualities

 * 1) No multiplayer option for the Free Play stages, as well as the two chase minigames being unavailable
 * 2) Somebody To Love and That's The Way (I Like It) from the consoles aren't in this game
 * 3) You only get to play as baby Mumble in the first chapter
 * 4) Most of the plot is told through narration that start every chapter, including the finale which could seem unsatisfying to some