{"id":14142,"date":"2015-11-02T00:01:44","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T00:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=14142"},"modified":"2015-10-20T11:48:52","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T11:48:52","slug":"the-smurfs-3ds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/02\/the-smurfs-3ds\/","title":{"rendered":"The Smurfs (3DS)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SMURFS_BOX\"<\/a>It\u2019s Toon Week here on GamerDad.com, where we\u2019ll look at games based on cartoons for kids and adults. Today it\u2019s The Smurfs!\u00a0 Whether it\u2019s a classic cartoon from the 80\u2019s, an even earlier European comic strip, or a couple of recent computer animated movies, The Smurfs have been delighting children for decades.\u00a0 Heck, even I watched the cartoon when I was a kid (but only because it came on right before the Pac-Man cartoon).\u00a0 I wasn\u2019t a big fan of the show, but I did like Jokey Smurf and his exploding presents.\u00a0 I\u2019m also glad I got to meet the voice of Papa Smurf a long time ago before he passed away.\u00a0 Anyway, now you can play a new Smurfs game on the 3DS, and it\u2019s not what you\u2019d probably expect!<\/p>\n

In the game, the Smurfs are out for a walk in the woods, but when they return, their village is destroyed! Now you must help Papa Smurf and his friends rebuild the village and find out who destroyed it in the first place.\u00a0 You\u2019ll first tap on places to build mushroom houses for all the Smurfs.\u00a0 To build houses and other structures, you\u2019ll need materials like wood and stone.\u00a0 To gather these items, you\u2019ll have to play mini-games in the woods and in the mines with the touch screen and stylus.\u00a0 Tap and swipe trees to chop them down, and move a mine cart to catch stones.\u00a0 Once you have enough materials, you\u2019ll be able to play some building games where you swipe wood to make lumber, pound down nails by tapping on the screen, and move shaped stones around like Tetris.<\/p>\n

Certain houses you build can unlock other mini-games as well. You can reach higher scores by boosting the Smurfs\u2019 morale with mini-games like Hide & Seek at Brainy\u2019s house, or a music game on Harmony\u2019s stage.\u00a0 You can also cook food at the Chef\u2019s house with a cooking mini-game, but first you\u2019ll have to gather food by playing Farmer Smurf\u2019s garden game.\u00a0 Use the cakes and potions you create to give you a boost in the mini-games, and tap on Jokey\u2019s presents during the games for extra bonuses!\u00a0 Decorate your Smurfs\u2019 houses by choosing the color of their mushroom top, and build furniture, too!\u00a0 Visit Papa Smurf\u2019s house to view the characters you\u2019ve built houses for, quests you can do, and unlocked artwork, as well as other goodies.\u00a0 Practice the mini-games at Hefty\u2019s house, too.<\/p>\n

Despite being based on kind of a dopey license, The Smurfs game isn\u2019t really that bad. The mini-games are entertaining and increase in difficulty as you progress, but they never get overly hard so their target audience (kids) will never get too frustrated.\u00a0 Some of the mini-games work better than others, though, but you\u2019re not really penalized for doing poorly.\u00a0 Sometimes the quests you must do will slow down the progress of the game, which gets a little boring, but otherwise this is a cute little building simulation game for kids and Smurf fans.<\/p>\n

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No violence or objectionable material here. Reading skill is a must for the text and instructions, though.\u00a0 Younger kids might need a little help, but otherwise this is a pretty decent little title for kid gamers.\u00a0 The Smurfs is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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