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Ski Safari: Adventure Time Review
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Cartoon Network Spends Some Adventure Time on a Ski Safari With a New Crossover
VentureBeat reports that Cartoon Network plans to do more with mobile gaming and is now working with Defiant, the creators of Ski Safari, to bring a Ski Safari-style Adventure Time game to the App Store. It will feature Finn and Jake skiing down a mountain to escape the Ice King as players collect and use special power-ups to go faster and higher. The game will remain similar in gameplay to Ski Safari, but add the humor of Adventure Time into the mix.
Check out the first screenshot below, courtesy of VentureBeat. Also, be sure to check out their full interview with Cartoon Network and Defiant.
Halloween - Ghost Toasters - Regular Show Lets Players Use High-Tech Weaponry to Stop a Ghostly Invasion
Ghost Toasters - Regular Show is a creepy platform shooter where players must save the park from a ghost invasion. Fans of Cartoon Network's Regular Show should prepare themselves to run with one of thirteen characters from the TV show while using some high-tech weapons and power-ups to make toast out of those ghosts! It offers 40 levels of action, just in time for Halloween!
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Legends of Ooo - Adventure Time gets Another Episode
Oh my Glob! It's finally happened: Legends of Ooo - Adventure Time (no longer "Big Hollow Princess") has received a new episode titled "The Library of Doom." Lumpy Space Princess' secrets have been stolen, and it's up to Finn and Jake to recover them in an all new adventure featuring new original voicework for BMO, Finn, Jake, Flame Princess, and LSP. This is exciting news, especially since the only real problem people had with the original release was its length.
It's made all the more exciting when you consider that "The Library of Doom" is currently free for a limited time. That's right, if you already own Legends of Ooo and have beaten it to the Nightosphere and back, you can get your hands on the latest installment for free. If you don't already own it, it's $0.99. Stop stalling.
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Jumping Finn Turbo Review
Price: $1.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0
Device Reviewed On: iPod touch 5
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This is the wrong approach, because Finn keeps hitting the ground face-first. Repeatedly. But failure is the cornerstone of any game, as without failure there can be no true success, so we all keep failing until success is achieved. Players try to time the initial kick so that Finn gets launched at maximum power, then have Jake kick him in the air periodically, and can bounce him once if he’s about to hit the ground. Along the way, other characters from the show can help Finn fly further – Marceline can thwack him with her axe bass to send him flying faster, or he can fly higher on Lady Rainicorn. All these powerups can be upgraded to make Finn fly farther and eventually win. Emphasis on eventually.
The format’s key flaw is that randomness plays such a role in success. This is especially true on the initial launch, because it’s the best opportunity to actually be sent flying upward, instead of just forward. So hitting a bunch of allies on the ascent tends to be the secret to flying far, as much as skilled timing of the kicks and tapping to remove the penguins does. The player is there to provide agency, pretty much. I still found myself captivated by the goal, and satisfied whenever I got a long kick in. It’s just that eventually it feels like I’m along for the ride, rather than being the determining factor in success and failure, or at least in varying degrees of failure.Now, was this captivation because I just am a fan of the show? If it had original characters, would I not care so much? Probably not. Such is the peril of licensed games: how much can they truly be enjojyed beyond just their licenses? And is familiarity really a bad thing if it entertains people? Hmm. At least the game completely skips in-app purchases and features widescreen support, but the lack of Game Center support is disappointing. Perhaps a leaderboard for how many games it takes to win?
So, while I’m still somewhat conflicted about this game, I still actually enjoyed it quite a bit, though there is a flawed concept here. This is probably best for the kids, though I’m probably going to go kick Finn again. I’ll see myself out.