It Came from the Suburbs

It Came from the Suburbs is an adventure game released in 2002 for the Game Boy Advance. It's compatable with the Game Boy Advance 4 Player link cable. The game was developed by Provocative Software and published by Crave Entertainment.

Plot/Gameplay
The game centers on four youths who come across a meteor that crashed in the local park, which mutates them into monsters. They decide to use their newfound powers to take down a man who wants to convert their neighborhood into a detention camp.

You take control of one of the youths (or have one player as each) as you venture through the neighborhood fighting hostile neighbors and new mutants. There's also a fighting mode where you take on the other mutants.

Reception
The game received generally mixed reviews. Critics praised the story and humor, but felt that gamers wouldn't have longterm fun with the single-player missions, encouraging people to use the multiplayer modes.