Edamame Touch Review

Sometimes you need something inane, mindless, and fun to pass the time, and Edamame Touch certainly fits the bill. The game starts with a black bowl of presumably steamed edamame (fresh soybeans in the pod, for the uninitiated), which are dragged to the screen and laid upon a bamboo background. By touching the three raised areas on the pod, edamame beans are released. But wait.... something special may be in store; various "achievement" beans are possible, and the app keeps track of how many of the 19 possible rare edamame beans are discovered, such as tie-dye, "poofs" (vacant bean holdsters), footballs, smileys, and the slightly disturbing "ctrl-alt-delete bean". I don't pretend to understand the meaning behind this- but perhaps that's the point; it is utterly meaningless, and strangely addicting.

Once the beans have been expelled from their pod, they can be eaten by touching, with a satisfying crunch sound, and then the husk is flicked from the screen.

My 4-year, a sushi connoisseur and lover of edamame, went nuts over this game.