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That would be followed that November 29th in Japan (with a very differently designed boy) as Fushigi na Blobby: Blobania no Kiki courtesy of Jaleco. This was an action-puzzler that was unique for the time where you controlled a nameless boy who fed his blob companion jellybeans so that he'd change shape to overcome obstacles and help get to otherwise inaccessible spots.
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This is a platformer game in which players team up with a 'blob' sidekick, traverse through side-scrolling landscapes, and solve puzzles along the way. Enemy blobs appear as obstacles, but can be defeated with the aid of the sidekick. Coconuts can be tossed, anvils can be dropped, pits can be dug, and punches can be thrown to defeat the blobs. During one sequence, players can enter a mechanical contraption that allows them to punch, jump on, or crush enemies. Blobs burst apart with a 'squishing' sound effect when defeated.
The boy and his blob have one of the sweetest relationships in video game history. There is literally a 'hug' button, which allows the boy to embrace his blob whenever it feels frightened or agitated (or just to show some affection). The boy can also 'scold' his blob, but that only amounts to his saying, 'Calm down,' in a pretty gentle voice. Teamwork is key to solving all puzzles. There might be a slight negative for some parents in that the boy feeds his blob jellybeans throughout the game, but those differently colored candies are used tell the blob which shape to transform into. Parents need to know that aside from the inclusion of a few scary-looking evil blob monsters, A Boy and His Blob provides a sweetly entertaining adventure that works the brain and even touches the heart. The title characters are so endearing (and adorably rendered in 2-D artwork), it's hard not to like this game.
The amount of fighting is minimal and mostly occurs during the four boss battles. But even those battles are really brain twisters; with the exception of one sequence in which a machine he enters allows him to 'punch' the bad blobs, the boy never lays a hand on an enemy; he simply figures out which shapes his blob must take to defeat the bad guys. In A BOY AND HIS BLOB, a young boy finds and immediately befriends a little alien blob that crash-lands outside his tree house. He then helps his malleable new friend, who is being pursued by a bunch of evil blobs, to find his way back to his home planet of Blobolonia and free it from the tyranny of a wicked emperor. The boy is limited to merely running and jumping, so he must instruct the blob to change shapes (into things such as a balloon, a ladder, a hole, and a trampoline) so they can make their way through maze-like, puzzling levels on the way home. A Boy and His Blob is a fabulously entertaining Wii game. From the moment kids meet its eminently likable heroes, they'll be eager to help these two along, and in doing so, they'll be forced to think strategically.
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The puzzles can be deceptively challenging and may require a lot of trial and error to find solutions. Each short level only requires that players make it to the end of the path to move on in the game, but each also contains three hidden (or hard-to-reach) treasure chests that add extra challenge. This format makes the game accessible to a variety of age groups. A Boy and HIs Blob is a solo game, but two kids or a kid and a parent can easily team up and put their brains together to win.
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