We were very pleased with the incredible response to the first DS title, and the kids have given us tremendous feedback, making it clear they want to experience even more Club Penguin adventures on DS. Developing a sequel was a great way to meet that need while exploring more ways for fans to experience the Club Penguin virtual world offline.
Featuring new mysteries, missions and mini-games, Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force: Herbert’s Revenge will continue to entertain and delight kids around the world. Fans of the original DS game can expect to navigate through popular, familiar elements from the virtual world, plus numerous new adventures and gadgets unique to DS.
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— Craig Relyea, Disney Interactive Studios
Many bloggers got sneak peeks for the game in their e-mail from Billybob, of which they could share exclusively on their blogs. Billybob later posted the sneak peeks on the What's New Blog.
Gameplay
The Code Card
In the game, you play as an agent in a specialized team to stop Herbert and continue the story after the end of the PSA.
You solve missions and play minigames, you can earn coins, upload coins to your online account and play multiplayer. There are ten missions to solve. The main enemy is Herbert, a vegetarian polar bear, and your allies are Rookie, PH, Jet Pack Guy, Dot, Gary and The Director, all from the first game.
Each pack comes with a code card with which you can unlock items online (which you could use to access the EPF Command Room at the time).
Release dates
The game was released in North America on May 25, 2010.
The game was released in the UK on June 26, 2010.
The game was released in Australia on July 7, 2010.
Features
Play 10 missions on the Nintendo DS.
Earn coins by playing games.
Play 4 new exclusive games.
Sync your Club Penguin account to upload coins and items that you earned on the DS to the online game.
Play multiplayer mini games.
Play Club Penguin all-time favorite minigames with the touch screen.
Includes DGamer - the online community exclusively for Disney gamers. Create unique 3-D avatars, create a persistent profile, chat with friends in a Club Penguin chat room, share Club Penguin themed accessories, earn in-game honors, and unlock exclusive Disney content.
The game allows to transfer coins onto your own Club Penguin account, just like Elite Penguin Force. Unlike its predecessor, however, you can no longer purchase clothes.
Beta elements
Club Penguin- Elite Penguin Force "Herbert's Revenge" Official Trailer (English)-2
In the trailer, a cutscene showing Rookie behind Herbert and calling the player is not present, instead, it is treated as a normal call not as a cutscene.
On the back of the game, there is a scene from Mission 9 showing Dot, Rookie, and Jet Pack Guy at the Tallest Mountain. Jet Pack Guy can be seen wearing the Heads-Up 3000, which is impossible, because you can't give the Heads-Up 3000 to him.
Also on the back of the game, there is a scene from Mission 10 showing Herbert near the Ski Lift and the water. However, the belt wasn't cut and Klutzy was jumping, making it impossible for Herbert to be untangled at that moment.
The game's debug menu.
There is a debug menu that remains in the release. This menu allows you to play any cutscene (including the scrapped ones), play micro-games, mini-games, and missions directly, and edit your coins.
Comic Mischief
: May 25, 2010
: June 26, 2010
: July 7, 2010
