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		<title>Google Android: Games by Square Enix</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danny</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Android]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arkanoid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[puzzle bobble]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the time of writing this article, there are currently three apps on the android market by Square Enix. I&#8217;ve just bought, and tested, each one, just to write about them here, for you. So I hope you appreciate it. :) The three games that I&#8217;m going to discuss in this article are: Arkanoid &#8211; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At the time of writing this article, there are currently three apps on the android market by Square Enix. I&#8217;ve just bought, and tested, each one, just to write about them here, for you. So I hope you appreciate it. :)</p>
<p>The three games that I&#8217;m going to discuss in this article are:<br />
<strong>Arkanoid</strong> &#8211; A clone of the original<br />
<strong>Space Invaders</strong> &#8211; If you don&#8217;t remember this, you&#8217;re most likely incapable of reading this entry anyway.<br />
And a third, which is <em>very</em> different. I&#8217;ll reserve any information until the end of this entry, but just know that it&#8217;s called <strong>Puzzle Bobble</strong>, and I like it <em>a lot</em>.</p>
<p>To start off, I&#8217;ll summarise Arkanoid and Space Invaders together: crap. Honestly, I would&#8217;ve expected great things, especially after Square-Enix released <a href="http://uk.ds.ign.com/articles/881/881707p1.html" target="_blank">Space Invaders Extreme</a> a little while back. (Screenshot borrowed from <a href="http://ign.com" target="_blank">IGN</a>.)<br />
<center><img src="http://www.gabehabe.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/space-invaders-extreme-ign.jpg" alt="Square-Enix Space Invaders Extreme - PSP" /></center></p>
<p>But no such luck. :( They&#8217;re literally exact clones of the original games, complete with the terrible graphics. Granted, it&#8217;s nice to reminisce, but I&#8217;d rather reminisce in front of a ROM on an emulator than playing in a tiny window with a huge border, and paying a few quid to do it. The exact same goes for Arkanoid. A couple of quick screenshots,<br />
<center><img src="http://www.gabehabe.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/arkanoid.png" alt="Square-Enix Arkanoid on Android" /><br />
<img src="http://www.gabehabe.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/space-invaders.png" alt="Square-Enix Space Invaders on Android" /><br />
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Pretty disappointing, huh? :(</p>
<p>Now, it&#8217;s not all so bad. I&#8217;ve been playing Puzzle Bobble a bit, and it&#8217;s quite a nice game. Completely different to the Arkanoid and Space Invaders clones, frankly I find it hard to even believe that they were written by Square Enix. :(</p>
<p>But, onto the positive. While it&#8217;s the most expensive game that Square Enix currently offer on the Android market, it&#8217;s a great one. The graphics are nice, and it&#8217;s actually really cute ^__^ (similar style to <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/23300/" target="_blank">Yosumin</a>, which is completely unrelated to this post, but just to give you an idea!)</p>
<p>The idea is similar to a game I used to play on Sky games about a decade ago, with bees. I forget the name, so this isn&#8217;t really going to help you to get an idea of what the game is. It&#8217;s one of those games where you have bubbles at the top, and you have to shoot differently coloured bubbles to match them. If you get 3 or more in a row, they will chain and fall, dropping anything which is attached to them. Screenshots are more descriptive.<br />
<center><img src="http://www.gabehabe.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/puzzle-bobble_1.png" alt="Square-Enix Puzzle Bobble on Android" /><br />
<img src="http://www.gabehabe.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/puzzle-bobble_2.png" alt="Square-Enix Puzzle Bobble on Android" /><br />
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