Sam Marchello Writes:
The story is presented in the form of a storybook, which means that characters' dialogue is written in the form of a novel. The only characters with spoken dialogue in the game are Oz and the witches, while Dorothy and her companions only speak during the storybook sequences, and it does enhance their world, and the dialogue presented in the story is very emotional, even if the main plot itself isn't as strong as it could be. The characters are people the player can relate to and the story is charming and touching, making the game a very bittersweet experience.
gamrReview's Xavier Griffiths: "Movie tie-in games have a reputation for being notoriously bad and shoddy, doing both a disservice to the original film and videogames as a medium. More often than not the movies that get adapted into videogames are high octane, action-oriented summer blockbusters and the aim is simply to extract as much money from the market as possible. Realistically no one expects games based on trashy films such as Catwoman, The Cat in the Hat, or Eragon to be good in the first place, but what about games based on films that have garnered recognition for the highest award in cinema?"
A list saluting horribly wonderful movie games like Street Fighter: The Movie and The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road.
In a cluttered RPG market on the DS there isn't any real reason to recommend The Wizard of Oz. The new story is generic, the exploration hampered by unnecessary backtracking and the dreaded locked door puzzles. An interesting combat system is ruined by the default party actions and clunky menu navigation. This certainly isn't what L. Frank Baum had in mind, there aren't even any flying monkeys.
