A Boy and His Blob

A Boy and His Blob is a nicely hand drawn game for the Nintendo Wii with great puzzle action platforming but lacks some in story.

The game revolves around the small clippit of story you get at the beginning. A blob from outerspace has landed near your home and it’s your job to help him save his planet.

The game play resembles that of it’s long forgotten original on the Nintendo Entertainment System. You travel the world solving puzzles to get to and destroy the evil blob king at the end. The gameplay can be tough at times but the infinite lives system keeps you in for the count.

In the beginning you may flounder around a bit as your tree house is actually a portal to all the levels. Gathering treasure chests will unlock more hidden levels on the top floor up the ladder near your bed. I suggest not going up the second ladder as it contains a garbage bin that will destroy your save data.

The controls can be a little funny at first if you are using the wiimote and nunchuck. They buttons are in weird places to throw jelly beans and other tasks. Remember to press A while falling when jumping on a trampoline to go higher. Jumps are a little short and some times you have to time it perfectly to get across an enemy or bottomless pit.

The graphics are cute and well drawn. Everything in the game was hand drawn much like an old Disney cartoon, before being scanned in and cleaned up. For a good quality commercial game this is very rare.

The Music for the game is nice and though repetitive, makes a great score for the game. The only annoying part is calling the blob. The kid sounds like he is always angry at the blob for being so slow. Wouldn't you be slow and reluctant to come too if you were always being yelled at?

The graphics are great, the sound is good, the controls could be better and the plot could have been more fleshed out. Never the less if you like platformers then give this one a try.