Bomb Monkey Review [Elder-Geek]

"In recent years it seems that the traditional puzzle genre has been relegated to cheap Bejeweled knock offs and ugly dollar mobile games. While I can’t say I’ve been paying particular attention to what’s been going on in the genre, I became interested in Bomb Monkey because it looked like it was a throwback to games like Tetris Attack and Puyo Pop. It also helps that it was from Renegade Kid whom already proven their clout on the 3DS eShop earlier this year with Mutant Mudds. Oh, and I really miss book style DS games (think Hotel Dusk or Ninja Gaiden), Bomb Monkey being the first on 3DS to embrace this now classic style.

Bomb Monkey falls in line with the tile matching puzzle games of yesterday, with a few twists to call its own. The general idea is that players are tasked with blowing up blocks before they reach the top of the screen. The player is mostly dropping colored blocks from the sky and randomly they’ll be able to launch a bomb. Once the bomb hits, it takes out the blocks adjacent to it. If the bomb explodes on a block that has same colored blocks near it, that will start a chain reaction and remove those from the field. Large, screen-clearing combos are also a regular sight to see when pink arrow blocks are blown up. These level a column or a row and can then cause further chain reactions from there. The feeling of accomplishment that washed over the player here is extremely satisfying.", writes Elder-Geek.