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Squinkies

 

 

SCORE: 90

Squinkies 

 

We recently ran into Squinkies on the Nintendo DS in the bargain bin of a local retailer. Shouldn't Family Friendly Gaming have known about this kids game? Sadly the PR employees and/or PR firm for Activision failed us. They did not send us any information on this wonderful game when it was originally released. We are only so many people with only so many financial resources. We are not capable of being aware of every video game release.

What we can promise is to cover these wonderful games for families when we find them. Which is exactly what we are doing with Squinkies. We even fast tracked this hand held video game based on the toy franchise. This is a great Nintendo DS game that kids will really enjoy. The mini games are not that difficult plus they are actually fun. Players earn coins that allow them to earn new Squinkies.

The music in Squinkies is fantastic. There are even verbal sound bytes in Squinkies that will give kids direction on what to do next. I love it when video games provide guidance for kids. There are mini mazes with turtles. Players must avoid them and get to all the orbs. This is where mini games are played and new Squinkies can be unlocked. There is also a giant gumball machine where we put the coins into to earn even more Squinkies.

There are tons of Squinkies to unlock in this hand held video game. Kids will get a real blast out of collecting them all in this hand held video game. I will warn parents of one thing. Playing Squinkies may encourage your child to ask for some of the real life toys. That goes along with any franchise that contains toys, and video games. Companies try to cross-promote the franchise to make as much money as possible.

The good news is we found Squinkies for under five dollars. For me that is worth the price of admission. Especially when I can bring a good, fun, and clean kids game to the millions upon millions within Family Friendly Gaming Universe. Squinkies looks good, sounds good, and plays really well. We let some kids play Squinkies, and they loved it. Some of them learned DS games work on a 3DS.
- Paul

 

Graphics: 90%
Sound: 90%
Replay/Extras: 90%
Gameplay: 90%
Family Friendly Factor: 90%

System: Nintendo DS
Publisher: Activision
Developer: Human Soft Inc
Rating: ‘E’ - Everyone SIX and OLDER ONLY

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