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By Christopher Healy
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Excellent puzzler with a goofy storyline and mild violence.
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Kickin Momma
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KICKIN MOMMA is a fantastic physics-based arcade game with an ounce of chaotic randomness that adds extra excitement. The game has great controls that allow you to aim your shots (or kicks) very precisely, but once the bouncing baby monsters are loose within the field of gems and pegs, you can never be exactly quite sure which way they'll bounce. The physics isn't faulty, it's just hard to predict, as in the also-excellent Peggle. The idea of a mother kicking her children off a cliff into a field of dangerous obstacles may make some cringe, but the game plays it up as silly fun. If anything, it's the stereotypical idea that "Momma wants jewelry" that might need some dispelling for kids.
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad
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- Release date : August 4, 2011
- Genre : Puzzle Games
- Publisher : Hothead Games
- Version : 1.0
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 3.1.3 or later
- Last updated : November 11, 2020
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