Console: | Microsoft Xbox 360 |
TV Standard: | NTSC |
Country: | United States of America |
Developer(s): | PomPom Games |
Publisher(s): | Codemasters |
Release Date: | 2008-03-12 |
Players: | 1 |
Co-op: | No |
ESRB: | E - Everyone |
Type: | Action, Puzzle |
Bliss Island is an action-puzzler where you play a character called Hoshi (a Zwooph), who using blasts of air from his trunk, can juggle or manipulate other objects or himself. The game consists of a collection of mini-games, which can either be played individually (with the aim being to get a high score) or through the adventure mode (where you play each one in order, only progressing to the next one once you've achieved a goal/high enough score).
The mini-games consist of tasks such as:
- Smashing invader-style blocks as they march down the screen, by moving Hoshi into them. This is done by blasting pulses of air from Hoshi, which then makes him move.
- Blowing fruit balls into other objects (such as flower bumpers) so that they ricochet around the screen and into a monster's mouth, similar to Pachinko machines in arcades.
- A trick shot billiards game, where you fire Hoshi into the balls on the table, trying to pot them all within a certain number of air pulses.
- Bee Racing, where using similar controls to Hoshi, you race against AI Bees around a track (whilst avoiding obstacles such as rocks and snails)
... and various other mini-games that follow the theme of ricocheting balls off-targets / into holes either within a time limit or to achieve a goal (such as to clear bugs off a flower, to hit another ball off the same color, to pick up stars, etc.).