{"id":18362,"date":"2018-10-29T00:01:32","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T00:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=18362"},"modified":"2018-10-29T01:13:19","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T01:13:19","slug":"paw-patrol-on-a-roll-switch-ps4-xbox-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/29\/paw-patrol-on-a-roll-switch-ps4-xbox-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Paw Patrol: On a Roll (Switch, PS4, Xbox One)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Kids cable channel Nickelodeon has a block of shows for younger viewers (and a channel now, too) called Nick Jr.\u00a0 Nick Jr. has had many popular shows over the years, like Blues Clues and Dora the Explorer.\u00a0 The most recent hit show from Nick Jr. has got to be Paw Patrol.\u00a0 In this computer animated cartoon, a boy named Ryder has a team of puppies, each one represented by a community-minded job like police officer, firefighter, etc.\u00a0 So with his team of helpful and loveable pups, Ryder helps out the citizens of Adventure Bay with any problems they may have.\u00a0 No job is too big, no pup is too small, as he says.\u00a0 Now your child can help out, too, with a new Paw Patrol game for consoles (reviewed on Switch here).<\/p>\n

In the game, you start out with Ryder at the mission screen.\u00a0 In each mission you\u2019ll have to help save an animal or person somehow, and you\u2019ll take along a few pups to help out.\u00a0 The game plays out like a 2-D platformer, albeit a very easy one with no obstacles or dangers, as this is a game for the very young.\u00a0 Every pup you play as can run, jump, and double jump.\u00a0 Each one has special skills that\u2019ll help them bypass obstacles.\u00a0 Marshal the fire dog has a water cannon, Rocky the garbage dog can recycle materials to build bridges, etc.\u00a0 When you reach an area where you must use a skill, Ryder will prompt players to pick the right one.\u00a0 The neat thing is that while Ryder will tell you which button to push for each skill the first time, on the next challenge he\u2019ll just show the buttons, and it\u2019s up to the child to remember which skill to use.\u00a0 So the game encourages using memory skills.\u00a0 Also, some pup skills require you to fit shapes into holes, so the game also encourages spatial and shape recognition, too.<\/p>\n

Scattered about the levels are collectables to nab.\u00a0 In each area are 200 pup treats.\u00a0 Nab as many as you can to earn a bronze, silver, gold, or platinum pup treat after each level.\u00a0 Getting that platinum pup treat isn\u2019t always easy, even I couldn\u2019t find them all in every level the first time I played!\u00a0 Also in every level are five golden paw print shields.\u00a0 Find them all to earn a special picture you can view later.\u00a0 And that\u2019s pretty much it.\u00a0 The game looks just like the cartoon, too.\u00a0 My only problem is that each level is a bit similar and repetitive, and Ryder is the only one who talks.\u00a0 And boy does he talk.\u00a0 I know he needs to do that since the game doesn\u2019t require any reading skills, but if he tells me to collect pup treats one more time, I swear I\u2019m going to tape his mouth shut.\u00a0 At least you can lower the dialogue volume at the options screen.\u00a0 Some characters, like Skye the pilot dog and Zuma the lifeguard dog, have swimming and flying sections where you can\u2019t go backwards if you miss a pup treat, which is slightly annoying.\u00a0 But if you have a very young gamer in your life who wants a game made just for them, Paw Patrol: On a Roll is a perfect example of that.<\/p>\n

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Nothing violent or objectionable here.\u00a0 There are no obstacles in the levels that\u2019ll put the pups in danger.\u00a0 If you\u2019re OK with your kids watching the show, they\u2019ll be OK with the game, too.\u00a0 Reading skill isn\u2019t needed, as Ryder tells players everything they need to know.\u00a0 Even when he tells players to push left or right on the joystick, there are picture cues to show the direction as well, so it teaches kids that, too.\u00a0 The levels are a bit long, about as long as a Paw Patrol episode, so kids with short attention spans might lose interest during a level.\u00a0 But there are tons of missions, so they won\u2019t run out of things to do quickly either.\u00a0 It\u2019s nice to see a console game for young kids, as for the longest time, these kind of games were reserved for mobile devices.\u00a0 Just goes to show just how popular Paw Patrol really is!\u00a0 Paw Patrol: On a Roll is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n

The only problem I have with the TV show is that it\u2019s clearly made to sell toys.\u00a0 Heck, everything in the show looks like it could be a cool toy, and it usually is.\u00a0 But the show is so adorable and teaches good lessons so I can let that slide.\u00a0 In the comments section, tell me your favorite Paw Patrol pup.\u00a0 Come on, even if you\u2019re an adult, tell me!\u00a0 Be brave!\u00a0 I\u2019ll do it.\u00a0 My favorite is Rocky the garbage dog, because when I was a little kid, I was always fascinated by the garbage truck when it went by every week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kids cable channel Nickelodeon has a block of shows for younger viewers (and a channel now, too) called Nick Jr.\u00a0 Nick Jr. has had many popular shows over the years, like Blues Clues and Dora the Explorer.\u00a0 The most recent hit show from Nick Jr. has got to be Paw Patrol.\u00a0 In this computer animated […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18362","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\/18362","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=18362"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18401,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18362\/revisions\/18401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}