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Homerun Battle 3D
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- iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire
- $4.99
- Sports Games
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that Homerun Battle HD is a home-run derby game that's all about baseball players hitting long balls. Hits and foul balls are as useless as strikes in the game -- which serves up pitches that can be knocked into the cheap seats. Figuring out the targeting system is fairly easy, but mastering timing is another affair. That makes the game an addictive one. Children can play with strangers in the game's multiplayer element, but no personal exchange beyond a nickname and country is exchanged, and there's no chatroom.
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Homerun Battle 3D doesn't have a license from Major League Baseball and doesn't need one. The focus on hitting balls deep into the stands and the number of perks you can get with special balls -- such as gold ones, which let you alter your appearance when you've hit enough homeruns with them -- make this a great combination of arcade and role playing. The multiplayer mode is safe and a showcase of how matchmaking should be. The only downside is there's no way to transfer your player's progress between the iPad HD version and the separate iPhone and iPod Touch version -- meaning you not only have to pay twice, all the work you put into the game on one platform won't help you on another.
Talk to your kids about ...
Encourage kids and remind them that timing takes practice -- and that they shouldn't give up just because something is hard.
Ask young baseball players if there's anything in the app that could help them improve their real-life game, then test it out together.
App details
- Devices: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire
- Subjects: Hobbies: sports
Science: motion - Skills: Health & Fitness: gross motor skills
- Price: $4.99
- Release date: December 8, 2010
- Category: Sports Games
- Topics: Sports and Martial Arts
- Publisher: Com2uS Inc.
- Version: 1.5.0
- Minimum software requirements: iOS 3.0 or later, Android 2.1 and up
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