[4] With gameplay based on slapstick comedy,[5][6] players interact with the environment and scattered usable objects like chairs, pool cues, and bombs.

Power-ups include invincibility to items (but not to punches or the stage hazards), or a green gas which can contaminate a touched opponent.

[9] IGN briefly played a pre-release demonstration of the Nintendo 64 version, calling it a clone of Power Stone (1999), with a disappointing lack of four-player fighting.

[10] N64 Magazine rated it 35%, and said the game is to be avoided because the high-quality Tom and Jerry franchise was "let down by lazy and cack-handed execution", especially because of a "brain-numbing punch-punch-kick-style combo" instead of any special attacks.

[14] In 2002, Tom and Jerry in War of the Whiskers was released for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Xbox, and the latter two are North American exclusives.