Bliss Island

Bliss Island

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
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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.).