{"id":17246,"date":"2017-12-19T00:01:55","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T00:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=17246"},"modified":"2017-11-29T17:35:59","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T17:35:59","slug":"steven-universe-dreamland-arcade-ios-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/19\/steven-universe-dreamland-arcade-ios-android\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven Universe: Dreamland Arcade (iOS, Android)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Steven Universe is one of Cartoon Network\u2019s most popular shows right now.\u00a0 It\u2019s about a boy named Steven who befriends some gem-based intergalactic warriors and they go on adventures together.\u00a0 As popular as the show is, there aren\u2019t too many video games based on the franchise, surprisingly.\u00a0 Until now, as Dreamland Arcade is not one, but nine games in total for mobile devices (reviewed on iPad here).\u00a0 In one of the episodes, Steven and his friends visit the local Funland arcade.\u00a0 One of his gem warrior friends gets addicted to a game that bears a striking resemblance to Samba de Amigo.\u00a0 It\u2019s called Meat Beat Mania and in this mobile game, Steven falls asleep while she plays it.\u00a0 Then he has a dream where he\u2019s in an arcade featuring games starring him and all his friends.\u00a0 You get to unlock and play these games that Steven dreamed up.<\/p>\n

Right off the bat I was disappointed that you can\u2019t play Meat Beat Mania.\u00a0 It\u2019s the main focus of that particular episode of the cartoon, and it\u2019s in the intro to this game as well.\u00a0 Also, before I get started, please forgive me if I don\u2019t know about all the characters featured in this game.\u00a0 A year or so ago, I reviewed another mobile Steven Universe game called Attack the Light<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 Before I reviewed it, I watched a few episodes of the cartoon so I knew what was going on.\u00a0 I would\u2019ve done the same thing for this game, as it\u2019s been a while since I watched the show.\u00a0 But Cartoon Network makes it very difficult to watch Steven Universe anymore, which is unfortunate because it has many story arcs.\u00a0 Usually when I turn on Cartoon Network nowadays, they\u2019re always showing Teen Titans GO!\u00a0 Blech!\u00a0 But anyway, here are the nine games you can play in Dreamland Arcade.<\/p>\n

Lion\u2019s Beach Racer<\/strong><\/p>\n

So apparently Steven has a pink pet lion now?\u00a0 This game is a continuous runner.\u00a0 Steven rides the lion and you can jump over pits and obstacles by tapping on the left side of the screen.\u00a0 Tap on the right and the lion will let out a roar that can dispatch enemies.\u00a0 Collect stars to power up a meter and when it\u2019s full, the lion will do a charge attack for more distance.<\/p>\n

Meep Morp Masher<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t understand the title, but in this one you play as a green character who is collecting falling objects.\u00a0 Tap left and right on the screen to make the character move in those directions.\u00a0 Gunk will fall on the ground to slow you down, and avoid picking up any green stinky objects.\u00a0 When you have a good stack, tap it to receive points.<\/p>\n

Bug Hunt<\/strong><\/p>\n

This game features a character who looks like a marshmallow and speaks in baby talk.\u00a0 He is hunting for bugs, and you can help him.\u00a0 Draw circles on the screen to catch bugs inside.\u00a0 Doing so will add more seconds to the timer.\u00a0 But watch out for paper airplanes.\u00a0 If your lines touch one, you\u2019ll lose time!<\/p>\n

Gauntlet Smash<\/strong><\/p>\n

I forget her name, but this game features my favorite character from the show.\u00a0 She likes to punch things and she\u2019s also the one who gets addicted to Meat Beat Mania in the cartoon.\u00a0 In this game, enemies come from the left and right side of the screen.\u00a0 Two meters at the top go up and down.\u00a0 Try to tap the sides of the screen when the meters are full and she\u2019ll unleash powerful attacks to her left and right.\u00a0 Try to last as long as you can without getting hit too many times.<\/p>\n

Cluster Buster<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pilot a drill machine as you dig deep into the ground.\u00a0 Tap left and right to make your drill move in that direction.\u00a0 Avoid enemies and try to drill into gems for points.\u00a0 I should mention that not all the games are unlocked at the start.\u00a0 You have to buy them with tickets.\u00a0 Earn tickets by getting high scores in other games, and collecting them in the games themselves.\u00a0 Not only can you spend tickets to unlock new games, but you can also buy permanent power-ups in each of the games to give you an edge.\u00a0 You can also view the power-ups in a trophy room in the arcade lobby.<\/p>\n

Sworn to the Sword<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this game you play as a girl who uses a sword.\u00a0 To attack and block in these one-on-one fights with holograms, you must trace patterns as close you can that are shown on the screen.\u00a0 Draw as quickly as possible and stay inside the lines to improve your attacks and defense.<\/p>\n

Laser Light Panic<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a Space Invaders style game.\u00a0 You pilot a rose (?) who shoots at flaming tribal masks, I think.\u00a0 Tap left and right to move the rose on the bottom of the screen.\u00a0 If you release your finger, the rose will charge up a powerful shot.\u00a0 Tap the screen again to release it.<\/p>\n

Sky Swimmer<\/strong><\/p>\n

A blue winged character carries Steven around as they fly through the sky.\u00a0 Tap above or below them to make them fly up or down, and avoid obstacles and collect tickets along the way. It reminds me of Balloon Trip from Balloon Fight. This game and Lion\u2019s Beach Racer are the best games to collect tickets quickly, by the way.<\/p>\n

Kindergarten Climber<\/strong><\/p>\n

And finally, help a purple character leap from wall to wall as she climbs a tower.\u00a0 Tap left and right to make her wall jump in that direction.\u00a0 Try to collect power=ups and tickets while avoiding obstacles.\u00a0 Keep tapping or she\u2019ll fall!<\/p>\n

And those are all the games. I think it\u2019s pretty neat that this game has so many mini-games in it, where usually in mobile titles, one of these games would suffice.\u00a0 And it\u2019s free-to-play, too.\u00a0 But unfortunately, the games aren\u2019t engaging enough to want to keep playing to get a high score, and play control isn\u2019t as responsive as I would\u2019ve liked either.\u00a0 I think only die-hard Steven Universe fans will enjoy this.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Violence is only cartoony and very minimal.\u00a0 If you get hit, you usually just flash or fall off the screen while Steven says \u2018ouch\u2019 or something.\u00a0 If you\u2019re OK with your kids watching the cartoon, they\u2019ll be OK with this game.\u00a0 You can view ads to continue where you left off in a game, or if you want extra tickets, but I didn\u2019t see any in-game purchases.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the instructions, but the games are easy enough to figure out just by playing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Steven Universe is one of Cartoon Network\u2019s most popular shows right now.\u00a0 It\u2019s about a boy named Steven who befriends some gem-based intergalactic warriors and they go on adventures together.\u00a0 As popular as the show is, there aren\u2019t too many video games based on the franchise, surprisingly.\u00a0 Until now, as Dreamland Arcade is not one, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews","category-television"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17246"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17248,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17246\/revisions\/17248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}