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By Christopher Healy
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A Boy and His Blob
What's It About?
In A BOY AND HIS BLOB, a young boy finds and immediately befriends a little alien blob that crash-lands outside his tree house. He then helps his malleable new friend, who is being pursued by a bunch of evil blobs, to find his way back to his home planet of Blobolonia and free it from the tyranny of a wicked emperor. The boy is limited to merely running and jumping, so he must instruct the blob to change shapes (into things such as a balloon, a ladder, a hole, and a trampoline) so they can make their way through maze-like, puzzling levels on the way home.
Is It Any Good?
A Boy and His Blob is a fabulously entertaining Wii game. From the moment kids meet its eminently likable heroes, they'll be eager to help these two along, and in doing so, they'll be forced to think strategically. The puzzles can be deceptively challenging and may require a lot of trial and error to find solutions. Each short level only requires that players make it to the end of the path to move on in the game, but each also contains three hidden (or hard-to-reach) treasure chests that add extra challenge. This format makes the game accessible to a variety of age groups. A Boy and HIs Blob is a solo game, but two kids or a kid and a parent can easily team up and put their brains together to win.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the jelly beans that the boy feeds to his blob. Is candy a good reward system?
Parents can also discuss the importance of friendship and befriending those different from us.
Game Details
- Platform : Nintendo Wii
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- Available online? : Not available online
- Publisher : Majesco
- Release date : October 13, 2009
- Genre : Adventure
- ESRB rating :
- Last updated : August 31, 2016
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