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It’s always nice to get to review a game I really wanted to play.  It happens less and less nowadays.  So as a big Bluey fan and genuinely interested in good games for kids, I’m glad I got to review this first game on my review blog list.  So please click on as many GamerDad game reviews as you can and maybe post a ‘like’ or comment or two.  I’d appreciate it.  OK let’s do this!

Bluey’s Quest for the Gold Pen (Switch)

Bluey is one of the most popular shows streaming right now, and it’s no wonder why.  It may be a preschool show on the surface, but it deals with subject matter that any age can enjoy.  The show is about Blue Heeler dog Bluey, her sister Bingo, and their parents, family, and friends as they learn life lessons through imagination and play.  I’m a huge fan of the show, and we’ve already seen plenty of Bluey on GamerDad.com with another video game review, a board game, and podcast.  And now there is a second video game with a story written by Joe Brumm, the show’s creator!  In the game, Bluey and Bingo and their parents are amusing themselves inside on a rainy day by drawing and coloring pictures and making up stories.  Bluey tells a story about a poor girl who can’t afford to repair her cottage.  So she calls upon Bingoose (her sister Bingo) to lay a golden egg for her.  But their dad has the gold pen for the egg and won’t give it back!  Now Bluey and Bingoose must go on a quest in their imagination to get the gold pen.  The game is presented with crayon styled drawings, similar to Bluey episodes like “Escape” and “Dragon.”  Gameplay is viewed in a top down perspective and you’ll solve Zelda dungeon styled puzzles to progress. 

Fallout Jones Sodas

I don’t know much about the Fallout game series as it’s not my cup of tea.  But my brothers love those games and I’ve watched them play the games in the past, so I know a little bit about them.  I know they have a brand of soda in the game called “Nuka Cola” that has a bit of radiation in it, and I know they use bottle caps as currency in the games.  Plus I think there’s a Fallout TV show now?  Anyway, now you can try some of the sodas in the game (without the radiation I hope) thanks to Jones Sodas.

Capcom amiibo

I got some more amiibo figures recently.  This time they are from new Capcom games.  We’ve got three from Monster Hunter Stories 3, and one from Pragmata.  So let’s take a look at them!

Pokémon Champions (Switch 2)

There’s a new Pokémon game out that is probably this generation’s iteration of Pokémon Stadium or Colisseum.  Although seeing your Pokémon battle in 3D isn’t as big of a deal anymore, and neither is the ability to battle online.  So I guess this one just consolidates everything and lets you battle the Pokémon you’ve trained from all sorts of different games.  At any rate, it’s free-to-play so let’s take a look at it.

CyberBlocker: Complete Edition (PS4)

It may sound like an Internet security program, but CyberBlocker: Complete Edition is actually a game that combines paddle and ball block breaking action like BreakOut or Arkanoid, mixed with 2D shooters with a power-up system similar to Gradius.  And it’s also really fun and one of the best Arkanoid clones I’ve played in decades! 

Elementallis (Switch)

The 16-bit Super Nintendo is my favorite game console, and one of my favorite genres on that console were top down action RPGs.  These include obvious ones like The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, as well as more obscure ones, like Soul Blazer.  So when I heard about Elementallis, which takes major cues from 16-bit classics like A Link to the Past, I was all into reviewing that!  So in this game, you live in a world inhabited by elementals.  Your parents were elementalists who could control the elements, but they got greedy and started ransacking the sacred temples.  Now that you are old enough, you befriend a floating elemental creature and go off on the quest to undo the wrongs of your parents.  You’ll explore a big overworld and tackle dungeon mazes, acquiring elemental powers to help you defeat enemies and solve puzzles. 

GluMe (PS4)

I don’t know if “GluMe” is pronounced “Gloom” or “Glue Me (Gloomy)” but either way it’s a clever title.  Anyway, this is a block pushing puzzle game but also is like a cross between these “Sokoban” style games and Puyo Puyo, the puzzle game where blobs stick to each other.  In the game you play as a blob, and your job is to collect all the jewels in each stage.  If you pass by another sleeping blob, it’ll stick to you either vertically or horizontally, depending on how you passed it.  Then you’ll control two of them together, and so on.  This can be handy, as you can then push two blocks at once or pass over pits you’d normally fall into.  But it also restricts your movement and you can’t fit into narrow passages.  So you must think about that as you play.

Soldner-X 2: Final Prototype (Switch)

Last year I reviewed Soldner X, a 2D horizontally scrolling shooter.  And now here’s the sequel.

And that’s all for now!  Thanks for reading my reviews and posting ‘likes’ and comments on them.  I do appreciate it.  Later!  --Cary