{"id":19499,"date":"2019-10-21T00:01:10","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T00:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=19499"},"modified":"2019-10-07T16:18:44","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T16:18:44","slug":"family-tree-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/21\/family-tree-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Tree (Switch)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A family of fruits lives peacefully in an orchard, but late one night Pedro the Day of the Dead-looking skull swoops down and fruit-naps all the babies!\u00a0 Now it\u2019s up to the Daddy (?) Fruit to get them all back in this action platform game that mixes pinball and Breakout elements.\u00a0 Family Tree is available to download exclusively on Nintendo Switch.<\/p>\n

Each level is a vertical shaft inside the trunk of a tree.\u00a0 You start off at the bottom and must reach a goal above to finish a level.\u00a0 By pressing the L and R buttons, your fruit hero will hop left or right.\u00a0 Aim with the left control stick and press the A button to launch yourself upward.\u00a0 Scattered about the trees are fruits and coins.\u00a0 Collect them all to increase your score.\u00a0 But it\u2019s harder than it sounds as bumpers, roving enemies, and other obstacles will hinder your progress.\u00a0 Don\u2019t dawdle too long or Pedro will come and try to knock some of your collected items away, but you can collect more fruit to keep him at bay.\u00a0 At least I think that\u2019s how it works.\u00a0 The game doesn\u2019t explain that part very well.<\/p>\n

Each world is ten levels and is represented by a season (Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter).\u00a0 After each season of levels you\u2019ll have to win a race against Pedro to move forward to the next season.\u00a0 These race levels are like side scrolling platform challenges where you must control your jumps with the L and R buttons so you don\u2019t fall off the stage, all the while keeping ahead of Pedro.\u00a0 Because of the unconventional controls, these parts of the game are a bit annoying and I could\u2019ve done without them. \u00a0After you finish all four seasons, you\u2019ll start again with Spring Year 2 (and so on) with more complicated levels.\u00a0 There is also a small multiplayer mode as well where up to four fruits can race to the top of a level all while avoiding rising water (kind of reminds me of Rainbow Islands).\u00a0 Aside from the annoying Pedro race bits, this is a fun and colorful simple little action game.<\/p>\n

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

You can launch yourself into obstacles like chirping birds and get hit by Pedro, but you or the enemies just disappear when hit, and that\u2019s about as violent as it gets.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the text, but not necessary just to play.\u00a0 Younger gamers may have trouble with the controls and difficult platform sections, but otherwise it\u2019s a fun little romp for the whole bunch.\u00a0 Family Tree is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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