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Happy Easter!  Let’s go on an egg hunt to find game reviews I’ve recently written over at GamerDad.com!  Please click on the links and read as many as you can, and maybe even post a ‘like’ or comment or two.  I’d appreciate it.  Ok let’s begin!

Super Mario Easter Basket

Many stores nowadays have a selection of pre-made Easter baskets you can buy, and while at Target I saw a Mario themed one for only 20 bucks.  So I decided to get it and show you all what’s inside.

Ringo’s Roundup (Switch)

Also for Easter you gotta have a game starring a rabbit!  Ringo is a bunny who happens to also be a postal worker.  Help him drive around collecting all the letters and returning them to the mailbox in this puzzle game.

Bubble Ghost Remake (Switch)

When I was a kid, one of my favorite stores to go into in the mall was Babbages.  I don’t think they’re around anymore, but they were kind of like a precursor to GameStop.  They sold video games but mostly computer software and stuff.  I didn’t really buy too many computer games then, but I still liked to look at the boxes because that’s how we found out about games before the Internet a lot of times.  One of the game boxes that caught my eye was Bubble Ghost.  It had two things I liked in games: bubbles (like in Bubble Bobble) and ghosts (like in Pac-Man).  But I never got around to buying that game.  Not sure why.  Maybe it was too expensive and I didn’t think it was worth the money.  A few years later they made a version of it on the Game Boy, but I never got around to buying it either.  There were a few years as a kid that I didn’t buy a whole lot of Game Boy stuff, and I don’t really remember seeing it in a store anyway.  So I never got to try Bubble Ghost.  So that’s why I’m glad that I got to review this remake.  It adds fancy hand drawn graphics and new levels and gameplay ideas.  Basic gist is that you are a ghost and try to blow a bubble around obstacles and keep it from popping.

Care Bears: Unlock the Magic (Switch)

There are many toy lines that came out in the 80s when I was a kid that are still popular today.  Some examples would be Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, My Little Pony, etc.  Another example that I didn’t know was still around until recently was Care Bears.  That was huge when I was a kid, and they had lots of toys, plush, several cartoons, and even some movies!  I think even I saw the first Care Bears movie when I was a kid (I remember it being surprisingly dark), and that movie even made more money than the Disney cartoon film it was competing against (granted that Disney movie was The Black Cauldron, but still).  Now Care Bears are making a comeback and late last year I reviewed a 2D platformer starring the bunch.  And now they have a new installment featuring an assortment of arcade style mini-games.

3D Don’t Die, Mr. Robot! (PS4)

Several years ago I reviewed a game called Don’t Die, Mr. Robot.  It was a simple arcade style game where you controlled a square robot and avoided enemies while collecting fruit and coins and chaining explosions.  And now they’ve made a 3D version of it.

S Prysm Destroyer (PS4)

Pilot a mech and mow down robots with streams of bullets while you collect power-ups in S. Prysm Destroyer.  It’s an anime inspired 2D run and gun platformer.

Hot Rod Mayhem (Switch)

Race hot rods on crazy tracks in this cartoony kart game!

Akatsuki: Lord of the Dawn (PS4)

A long time ago, an evil demon king and his armies ransacked the land.  When the demon king was defeated, the armies disbanded but there are some demon stragglers here and there.  You play as a young man who just discovered his ancestry and is now a lord.  So you must lead your troops into battle to rid the world of demons for good.  Akatsuki: Lord of the Dawn is a unique combination of deckbuilding, simple action battles, and hexagonal board style strategy.

And that’s all for now!  Thanks for reading my reviews and posting ‘likes’ and comments on them!  I do appreciate it.  Happy Easter!  --Cary