Muppets cell game worth the weirdness
Posted on February 2, 2007
Most people would never want to touch a game based on the Muppets with a ten foot pole. I agree with this sentiment by and large. However, general facts of gaming life don’t seem to carry over to the cell phone, as Muppets Puzzle Party is actually a pretty decent game when it all comes down to it. Actually, it’s pretty addictive.
The story is, at best, strange, and, at worst, the foundations of some of your worst nightmares. Miss Piggy in a mid-drift bearing track suit? Erm… It’s actually not as bad as it sounds, considering that the pixel version of the aforementioned pig is rather small. Actually, the stranger images come from Statler and Waldorf, who had decided they were tired of sniping at muppet shows and decided they wanted to become Dee-jays. That’s right, disc jockeys who wreak more havoc than help.
Your job, then, is to thwart their evil radio take over plans by doing a little jig. Everything is controlled with the arrow keys (and the “fire” button if your phone happens to have one. It’s the button that is usually found in the middle of the arrows).
You have to match certain blocks and patterns. Your blocks can come in different shapes, colors, and patterns, and you have to match them depending on the level guidelines. For Kermit, you generally have to make X amount of color bonuses and Y amount of shape bonuses, while also trying to make “chains”–different trios of matching colors, patterns, or shapes. It becomes more apparent once you play the game… I have yet to figure out how to take screenshots of a cell phone.
The game is quite addictive. Some levels are quite challenging, but there is no “life” system, so you can lose to Statler and Waldorf as many times as you need to before digging yourself out of the mess. You may want to, as you won’t want the game to end. Not only is the gameplay addictive, but the game itself is colorful and imaginative, enough to make you rethink your swearing-off of Muppets-related video games. (Although, don’t let that extend to that party game for the bigger consoles).
Muppets Puzzle Party is interesting and engaging enough for the player to get over the weirdness that is Kermit the Frog dressed up in gangsta clothing. The game’s only downfall is that it’s quite short (although, not much more can be expected from a cell phone game). It’s a decent deal for the $2-7 that a cell phone company charges for downloads.
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Cell Phone Games: Yay or Nay?
Posted on January 23, 2007
A long while ago (okay, so it was only about five years ago) cell phone games consisted of that time-honored classic, “Snake” and, perhaps, a version of the African board game Mancala (I think on my phone it was called Bantumi). Now, as cell phones with color screens become more common, more and more game developers are making games specifically conceived for the cell phone format.
What does everyone feel about the occasional smattering of cell phone game reviews on I Eat Games? They are relatively cheap (generally under $7) and generally have the lovely distinction of being playable with one finger. I love that.
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