{"id":19058,"date":"2019-05-24T00:01:42","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T00:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=19058"},"modified":"2019-05-02T01:06:39","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T01:06:39","slug":"captain-planet-gaia-guardians-ios-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/24\/captain-planet-gaia-guardians-ios-android\/","title":{"rendered":"Captain Planet: Gaia Guardians (iOS, Android)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>When I was a kid, I remember a cartoon called Captain Planet.\u00a0 It was made in the late 80\u2019s\/early 90\u2019s and was all about saving the environment, which was a common theme at the time.\u00a0 But I thought the cartoon was dumb.\u00a0 But then, I was probably at that age where I thought everything was dumb.\u00a0 No, no, I still think that cartoon is dumb.\u00a0 Anyway, in the show, an Earth guardian spirit named Gaia gives five multicultural kids each a power ring based on one of the four elements (Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water), and the fifth kid gets a ring with the power of \u201cHeart.\u201d\u00a0 I don\u2019t know about you, but I\u2019d feel cheated if I were that fifth kid.\u00a0 Anyway, the kids then use their new powers to stop \u201cEco-Villains\u201d and when the going gets tough, they can summon a super powerful hero named Captain Planet.\u00a0 As much as I disliked the cartoon, I remember it being heavily promoted at the time.\u00a0 And references to the show crop up from time to time, even now.\u00a0 I remember reviewing a Cartoon Network fighting game where Captain Planet was a secret character, and a new cartoon called O.K. K.O. had a Captain Planet episode.\u00a0 And now there is a mobile game based on the franchise, too!\u00a0 And it\u2019s an\u2026endless clicker?!?\u00a0 Oh no!\u00a0 Captain Planet: Gaia Guardians is free-to-play on iOS and Android devices, but reviewed on iPad here.<\/p>\n

The plot of the game is just as dumb as the cartoon show.\u00a0 Eco-Villains have teamed up and invented a \u201cJunk Ray\u201d which turns ordinary garbage into monsters.\u00a0 Now they plan to pollute the world with their army of litter critters, and it\u2019s up to Captain Planet and the Planeteers (the five kids) to stop them.\u00a0 As an endless clicker, the game is notoriously simple.\u00a0 The five kids appear at the bottom of the screen, but you just start out with one.\u00a0 They\u2019ll automatically zap the garbage monsters with their rings, but you can tap on the screen to help them whittle damage.\u00a0 After a while, another Planeteer will jump in and help out.\u00a0 Defeated monsters earn you coins, which you can use to level up your Planeteers\u2019 attack power.\u00a0 You\u2019ll want to do this as much as you can, because every so often you\u2019ll have to defeat a boss.\u00a0 These bosses have time limits to defeat them, and if you don\u2019t make it, you\u2019ll have to start the fight over again.\u00a0 When you win, the Eco-Villains will summon Captain Pollution, and you can tap on the screen to have Captain Planet pummel him for even more bonuses.\u00a0 Then the cycle starts over again with a new baddie and more Planeteers will join you.<\/p>\n

Luckily, even when you aren\u2019t playing, the Planeteers will still zap garbage and earn coins, so you actually get rewarded more for NOT playing, which I never understood in a game.\u00a0 You can also play a mini-game where you tap on defeated garbage monsters in a junkyard and Captain Planet will recycle them for more bonus currency.\u00a0 You can also earn crates which you can open over time, and you can spend some of the currencies you get on an island to make trees and other things grow, which gives you rewards over time, too.\u00a0 As an endless clicker, I got bored of it pretty quickly, but they do a great job with the comic book style recreating the feel of the cartoon show.\u00a0 They even have that theme song you\u2019re probably singing in your head right now!\u00a0 There are \u2018save the Earth\u2019 tips on the bottom of the screen, but the text is too small to read so it kind of defeats the purpose of having them.\u00a0 But if you are a Captain Planet fan, it may be worth the download just for the hokeyness of it all.<\/p>\n

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

You zap garbage monsters with power rings, but that\u2019s about as violent as it gets.\u00a0 If you\u2019re OK with your kids watching the cartoon show, they\u2019ll be OK with the game, too (is there a way to still watch the cartoon show now?).\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for the text, but not necessary just to play.\u00a0 Parental supervision is recommended for the in-game purchases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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