Common Sense Media Review
By Chris Morris
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Smartphone hit still a blast, but tiring on larger device.
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Doodle Jump HD
What's It About?
Kids tilt the device to guide the Doodler as he jumps higher and higher, collecting power-ups and avoiding obstacles along the way. The higher up the course The Doodler goes, the deadlier the obstacles, but the better the boosts, such as springs and rocket packs. Kids can play a multiplayer game with Game Center friends, or with a random matchup using Game Center. T
Is It Any Good?
DOODLE JUMP is one of the members of the app store royal family -- and justifiably so. The title is, as advertised, insanely addictive, and achieves this with simple, but never simplistic, gameplay. The iPad version, which was long in coming, doesn't really add to the experience, though. There's an extra theme, which is nice, but that's about it. And tilting the iPad is much more tiring than playing the game on a handheld device.
Admittedly, that extra theme -- a race-themed multiplayer -- is a blast, though, and the game hasn't gotten any less fun. If you don't own a smartphone or iPod touch, this is an obvious choice. If you do, though, there's not much incentive to pay $3 for another copy of essentially the same game.
App Details
- Device : iPad
- Subjects : Science : motion
- Pricing structure :
- Release date : September 1, 2011
- Genre : Arcade Games
- Publisher : Lima Sky
- Version : 1.0
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 3.2 or later
- Last updated : November 11, 2020
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