All posts tagged 'Movies with Children'

Pokémon Goldfish

I saw these Pokémon themed Goldfish cheese crackers at the grocery store and had to get them. So let’s take a look at them!

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Super Mario Galaxy Movie Cereal Collab with Lucky Charms and Trix

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is teaming up with famous cereals Lucky Charms and Trix for special editions of those cereals!  Even though the movie isn’t going to be out until April, you can get these cereals now, at least at Wal-Mart (that’s where I got them).  So let’s take a look at them!

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Pokémon Soup

A close relative got me this can of Pokémon soup from Campbells, so I thought I’d take a look at it here.  Get your spoons ready!

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Samurai Academy: Paws of Fury (Switch, PS5, Xbox X/S, PC)

Paws of Fury was a movie released in theaters a couple of years ago.  I never bothered with it then, as it looked like a Kung-Fu Panda rip-off.  But before writing this review, I did manage to watch the movie on Netflix.  I found it interesting that Mel Brooks did one of the voices and the plot of the movie is pretty much the same as Blazing Saddles (I wonder if Mel Brooks had anything more to do with Paws of Fury because of that).  Anyway, the game is kind of a spinoff/sequel.  Hank the samurai dog must defend his town from ninja cats and other baddies while trying to figure out why the Shogun is attacking the village.  It’s a 3D action platformer and is available on most current consoles but reviewed on Switch here.

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Snoopy & the Great Mystery Club (Switch, PS5, Xbox X/S, PC)

When I was a kid, I loved reading newspaper comic strips.  And I still have a strong interest in them today!  Some of my favorites include Garfield, Calvin and Hobbes, Dilbert, and of course, Peanuts.  When I was little and a Peanuts TV special was on, you can bet I was planted in front of the set watching it!  That’s why I’m really glad I got to review Snoopy & the Great Mystery Club!  After Charlie Brown, Peppermint Patty, and Snoopy solve the mystery of his missing supper, they decide that it would be fun to form a detective club and solve mysteries around the neighborhood!  Help them and the rest of the gang do this by talking to friends and collecting evidence, and even switching Snoopy’s personas and costumes to bypass obstacles.  And you might even finally get to kick that football!  Snoopy & the Great Mystery Club is available on most current game consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.

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Nicktoons & the Dice of Destiny (Switch, PS5, Xbox X/S, PC)

When I was young, I loved watching stuff on the kids’ cable channel Nickelodeon like Danger Mouse, Double Dare, and You Can’t Do That on Television (yeah I’m THAT old school).  But even years later as a teen and young adult I liked watching Nicktoons like Rocko’s Modern Life and Invader ZIM.  And once my little brothers came along, they were all in on shows like SpongeBob SquarePants, Rugrats, and Avatar: the Last Airbender.  So I’m always happy to review a new Nicktoons game.  So here comes Nicktoons and the Dice of Destiny, a crossover action RPG featuring some of your favorites.  In the game, Timmy Turner from The Fairly Oddparents is playing a table top RPG with his fairy godparents Cosmo and Wanda.  It’s a spoof of Dungeons and Dragons (they even call it Creatures and Caverns).  Anyway, Timmy wishes he could be in the game for real, so with the help of some dubious magical multisided dice that Cosmo found, they are whisked into a fantasy world where other Nicktoon characters are sucked in as well.  Now Timmy and characters from SpongeBob, Avatar, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and more must go on an adventure to find the magical dice so they can go back home as well as battle villains like Plankton and Angelica.  Nicktoons & the Dice of Destiny is available on most current consoles but reviewed on Switch here.

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The Good Old Days (Switch, PC)

I was a kid in the 80s, and because of that, there are a lot of movies around then that really shaped my childhood.  These include trilogies like the original Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Back to the Future films, as well as others like Gremlins and Ghostbusters.  But one 80s movie that I wasn’t as big a fan of was The Goonies.  I think it’s because in the summers, my best friend’s cousin would come over to visit and always bring her videotape of The Goonies and want to watch it with us every day!  I got so tired of it!  But like most other movies at the time, The Goonies got a few video games.  The most popular were the NES games from Konami.  The first one wasn’t really released in the US outside of arcades, but the second one was pretty popular, at least in my group of friends anyway.  So if you liked the gameplay of those classics, you may want to check out The Good Old Days.  It’s a 2D Metroidvania style platformer where you play as a group of kids called The Noogies.  They’re tasked with finding treasure in underground caverns to make enough money to keep their parents’ house, but they only have one day to do it and they must compete with a gang of thieves!  Only thing it’s missing is that catchy Cyndi Lauper song!  The Good Old Days is available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.

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Pokémon Pirate Puffs

There’s a snack brand called Pirate’s Booty that I think mostly does popcorn kind of snacks.  I don’t really see them much in stores that I visit frequently, though.  I think the last time I saw them was at World Market and I haven’t been there in years.  But recently a close relative bought me these packs of Pirate’s Booty snacks featuring Pokémon.  And you know me, I’ll write about anything video game related, no matter what it is.  So let’s take a look at them!

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Garfield Kart 2: All You Can Drift (Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, X/S, PC)

When I was a kid in the 80s, Garfield was huge!  Newspaper comics strips were a popular form of entertainment for all ages back then, and the fat orange cat was right at the forefront.  Not only that, but he had countless merchandise, Emmy award winning TV specials and a Saturday morning cartoon!  So yeah, Garfield was a big part of my childhood.  So good or bad, I’m always happy to review a Garfield video game.  So here comes Garfield Kart 2: All You Can Drift, a typical cartoony kart racer featuring the fat cat and his friends.  I’ve never played the first one, so I don’t know if this one improves anything in any way, but the sequel is available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.

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Pokémon Kisses

If you’ve ever wanted to have Kisses with Pokémon, now’s your chance.  OK that sounded ALL wrong!  Anyway, Pokémon have teamed up with Hershey’s Kisses to make some limited edition wrappers so you can try and catch ‘em all!

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