Do you have young TMNT fans in your household, ninja-flipping around like their favourite Turtle bro and claiming to be the biggest pizza-tarian of them all? This new app might be able to satisfy their hunger for some more TMNT goodness!
The story mode takes players through an adventure with the Turtles, from the sewers to the streets and beyond. Along the way they meet some familiar friends and foes from the series - my sons were really excited to see them in a different setting!
The storyline is wrapped around variations of four core activities or mini-games:
- a Fruit Ninja - like game where you tap or slash the enemy M.O.U.S.E.R.S and Foot-Bots (and avoid smoke bombs).
- a pipe puzzle where you rotate and connect sections of a pipe to make sure water can flow through.
- a cannon-style game where you shoot down the enemies with a pizza launcher (A bit like Angry Birds, or if you're old school, the Worms series or Scorched Earth
- a pattern-matching puzzle which requires players to input the correct sequence of coloured shapes to 'hack' the Kraang's shields.
Targeted at pre-Kindergarten aged players, the mini-games have elements of STEM concepts like physics and pattern recognition. These skills are great to learn for any future hero!
My 4 and 5-year old sons found the story mode a breeze. However, they were still very much entertained by the four core mini games available as stand-alone challenges in the Dojo, keen to improve their high scores. Players can also unlock achievements and badges by going back to the story mode and completing goals.
I'm really impressed with the quality of the graphics and audio. The voice over instructions and visual cues are also well thought out, and even help give an overview of menu items and how to navigate them, which is especially useful for younger players who are just starting out with gaming.
Overall it's a fantastic game that hits the mark for the intended age group. I wish there was an unlockable 'big __kids mode' with a more intense level of difficulty...
TMNT: Half Shell Heroes is available for iOS and Android
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