Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a video game tie-in based on the film of the same name which is also based upon the 1978 children's book of the same name. The game allows the player to control Flint Lockwood, the film's hero, as he must save his town and the world from the rain of food, fighting highly mutated food enemies and using his gadgets to help him on the way.
Cast
- Eric Artell as Flint Lockwood
- Anndi McAfee as Sam Sparks
- Fred Tatasciore as Tim Lockwood
- Khary Payton as Earl Devereaux
- Phil LaMarr as Cal Devereaux
- Josh Keaton as Baby Brent
- Jim Connor as The Mayor
- Georgina Cordova as Steve the Monkey
Gameplay
Flint cannot swim
Players control inventor Flint Lockwood, using six different weapons to traverse food-covered landscapes and defeat sentient food creature enemies to complete missions. Many hazards exist within each level, from vicious food creatures to environmental hazards such as water (Flint cannot swim and instantly drowns) to burning chili. However, losing all health is only a minor setback, as Flint respawns in a similar location to where he died, and the player loses no progress on Hydronic Foodpods or level objectives, and the player does not lose any collected Hydrons. After dying, enemies and blockades such as ice pops or chips are respawned.
The PSP and Nintendo DS version of the game has much more confined and boxlike environments than the PC version. The platforming is much more limited as well, only allowing the player to jump across certain platforms. This version of the game is also anatopic at times, with ice cream snowballs appearing in Restaurant Row, and also introduces enemies in a different order than in the PC version.
Inventions
The player must use six different weapons to complete each level. The inventions equipped are predetermined for each level, and the player can only switch between the inventions provided.
Hydrons and Hydronic Foodpods
A red hydron, which restores Flint's health
From the PC game's manual:
| “ | Hydrons are water molecules in an excited state, produced by the F.L.D.S.M.D.F.R. when it turns water into giant food. Their energy can be used to upgrade your gadgets. Hydronic Foodpods have the highest concentration of Hydrons, so collect as many as you can find!
By breaking all Hydronic Foodpods, it’s rumoured that Flint can then harness the energy required to successfully build his secret ultimate invention! Now, if only anyone knew what this ultimate invention could possibly be used for… |
” |
In addition to the blue Hydrons that drop when destroying Hydronic Foodpods, there are also red Hydrons (or green, for the PSP version) scattered across the levels. These Hydrons restore a bit of Flint or Steve's health.
In the PSP version of the game, Hydrons are scattered across the level and Flint must walk over them to collect them. They can also be collected by defeating enemies and destroying Hydronic Foodpods. Unlike the PC/Xbox versions, every Hydronic Foodpod displays a bar showing how much damage it takes from each hit from Flint's inventions.
Keys
In the PSP version of the game, collecting 3 keys hidden in each level unlocks concept artwork.
Plot
For an overview of the plot and the specifics of each level in the PC game, see Plot
For a full transcript of all subtitled dialogue in both the PC and PSP versions of the game, see Transcript
Music
Achievements
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs had several achievements that could be unlocked on the PlayStation and Xbox360.
| Icon | Title | Description | Value |
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Platinum Trophy | Unlock all the trophies. |  |
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Food'onaut | Complete 1st mission. |  |
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Max Food'onaut | Complete 1st Act. |  |
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Rockin Roller | Clear Bridge for OOS. | |
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Licked it | 1st time kill an enemy. | |
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Party of Two | Play coop mission. | |
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Foodnik | 1st time get an upgrade. | |
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Castle Master | 1st time play in the jelly mold. | |
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Buck this BBQ | Going to the FLDSMDFR. | |
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Hungryman | 1st time get the Blueprint Piece. | |
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Pasta Power | 30 times using the spaghetti rope. | |
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Bread Head | 30 times using the bread to climb. | |
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Slurpdaddy | Pumped 50 drops. | |
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Yummer | Get 20 life points. | |
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Grub Drubber | Clear 5 levels with full HP at the end. | |
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Chick Nixxer | Make 10 roasted chickens fall on ground. | |
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Bear Buster | Kill 25 gummies by heating. | |
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Sugar Slayer | Kill 25 Marshmallows by cutting. | |
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Mr. Twister | Kill 10 spaghetti tornado by using pick. | |
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Tour de Fork! | Finish the game walkthrough. |  |
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Ultra Foodnik | Get all upgrades. | |
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Ultra Food'onaut | Finish Game with Final Ending. | |
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Dishin' Out! | Destroy all the Hyrdonic Foodpods in the game. | |
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Unmunchable | Kill 500 foods (NPC+DOOR+HYDRONIC FOODPOD) in the game. | |
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HYDRONIC FOODPOD | 1st time get the Hydronic Foodpods. | |
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Chow Hound | 100 Hydronic Foodpods destroyed. | |
Trivia
- The Power Plant Perimeter level was available to play as a demo downloaded from Ubisoft's website for the game. The gameplay in the full game is exactly the same as in the demo (although the demo had a few tutorial screens that were not necessary in the final version of the level).
- There is a secret location in 1-5 which is reached by jumping at a specific angle towards the window where the mayor can be seen. Standing in certain areas in this location will turn Flint invisible and, while invisible, if the Upsucker Plus is used, it will spin. Honey will also stick to the ground in this location.
- Sam calls Flint "indefatigable," which means "showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality."[1]
Gallery
Concept Art
Videos
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs trailer E3 2009 Ubisoft
2009 E3 Trailer