{"id":19632,"date":"2019-11-25T00:01:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T00:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=19632"},"modified":"2019-11-10T13:27:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-10T13:27:09","slug":"squidgies-takeover-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/25\/squidgies-takeover-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Squidgies Takeover (Switch)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Squidgies Takeover is a downloadable Switch exclusive that mixes physics style gameplay with Lemmings-like puzzles.\u00a0 Cute little baby alien octopus creatures are venturing out from their mother\u2019s tentacles so they can take over their own planets.\u00a0 It\u2019s up to you to distribute powers to them so they can safely reach portals in each single screen level.<\/p>\n

In each level, the Squidgies start emerging from a tube and roll around uncontrollably.\u00a0 You have a list of powers that you can use by tapping on a Squidgie to activate it.\u00a0 Some of the powers require additional dragging and dropping, depending on the ability.\u00a0 Arrows make the squids sprout arrows which make others fly in that direction.\u00a0 Give a squid a grapple and they can swing across gaps and obstacles.\u00a0 Stoppers will freeze squids in their tracks, even in the air, and block other squids, too.\u00a0 Balloons will make them float in the air, and metal will turn them into steel balls and impervious from obstacles like fire and electricity.\u00a0 There are many more powers and you can even combine some of them in later levels.<\/p>\n

You only need to have one squid baby make it to the portal to complete the level, but if you can get all the required squids in, you\u2019ll take over all three planets per area.\u00a0 After that, extra challenges open up for you to tackle, like beating a stage in a certain time, etc.\u00a0 So there is lots of replay value.\u00a0 There are dozens of levels, and more open up when you get a gem at the end of certain areas, but I\u2019m not sure how they dictate when you get those gems.\u00a0 If a level zips by too fast, you can always adjust the speed in which the Squidgies roll out, which is nice.<\/p>\n

You CAN play the game in TV mode, but you\u2019ll use a cursor moved by motion controls on the JoyCon, so it\u2019s best played in handheld mode.\u00a0 The only other problems I had with the game is that the difficulty seems a little out of whack.\u00a0 Some early levels I couldn\u2019t figure out at all, and then levels with higher numbers I could takeover all three planets in one try!\u00a0 Luckily you can tackle levels in any order as long as they\u2019re available.\u00a0 Also since the game is physics based, puzzles require a higher level of precision (or luck) to get things just right.\u00a0 But if you like Lemmings style games, you may want to check this one out.\u00a0 It feels like something that could be on a cell phone, but they say it\u2019s a Switch exclusive, so who knows?<\/p>\n

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

Squidgies Takeover is rated E for Everyone with ESRB descriptors of Alcohol Reference and Mild Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 I have no idea where the Alcohol Reference comes in, unless it\u2019s because the name of the developer is called Giant Margarita.\u00a0 If a squid alien rolls into fire or electricity, they\u2019ll just squeal and roll around for a bit until they disappear.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for the text, and younger gamers may find it a bit too difficult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Squidgies Takeover is a downloadable Switch exclusive that mixes physics style gameplay with Lemmings-like puzzles.\u00a0 Cute little baby alien octopus creatures are venturing out from their mother\u2019s tentacles so they can take over their own planets.\u00a0 It\u2019s up to you to distribute powers to them so they can safely reach portals in each single screen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19632","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=19632"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19634,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19632\/revisions\/19634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}