{"id":21141,"date":"2021-04-14T00:01:10","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T00:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=21141"},"modified":"2021-03-24T13:28:53","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T13:28:53","slug":"bodyquest-switch-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/14\/bodyquest-switch-mobile\/","title":{"rendered":"BodyQuest (Switch, Mobile)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In the far future, computers and nanobots help heal humans with diseases and sicknesses, and doctors can even shrink themselves and go inside their patients\u2019 bodies to help out.\u00a0 When some viruses kidnap one of the computers, it\u2019s up to you to dive into the human body and save them and rescue the patient!\u00a0 BodyQuest is an educational action game where you\u2019ll learn about the different parts of the body and the organ systems.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on Switch and mobile devices, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

The first thing you\u2019ll do is pick your age.\u00a0 I\u2019d say at its most challenging, the game is geared toward older elementary school students.\u00a0 But that doesn\u2019t mean adults can\u2019t learn a thing or two.\u00a0 I sure did.\u00a0 After that you\u2019ll pick your kid doctor character, with choices of various genders and ethnicities.\u00a0 Then you\u2019ll choose a stage to tackle.\u00a0 These stages are viewed in an isometric perspective and represent various organ systems in the body, like the skeletal, muscular, digestive, nerve systems, etc.\u00a0 The game really reminded me of a math educational game I reviewed around this time last year called Math Land<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 I bet they were made by the same folks even!<\/p>\n

In each area you\u2019ll surf around mazes in the body with a hoverboard.\u00a0 Your job is to find a robot guardian.\u00a0 When you talk to it, you\u2019ll have to answer some questions about the human body.\u00a0 These may take the form of multiple choice, true or false, matching labels, or flash cards.\u00a0 The more questions you get right, the more \u2018diplomas\u2019 you\u2019ll earn.\u00a0 After talking to the robot, you\u2019ll get a disk that you can take to a computer to solve a problem in the level, like clogged arteries or cramped muscles.\u00a0 Once you do that, you\u2019ll complete the level.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know what these robots and computers are doing all over the human body, though! \u00a0I don\u2019t know if I like this future!<\/p>\n

Aside from diplomas, in the levels you can collect little blue blob things.\u00a0 Both items are used to unlock new hoverboards and accessories (like glasses) for your character. Sometimes you may have to press a button to zap a hostile germ, or use a tool to bypass an obstacle.\u00a0 You\u2019ll even have to avoid enemies like the Coronavirus!\u00a0 Yikes!\u00a0 Talk about topical!\u00a0 If you get hit three times and lose all your hearts, you\u2019ll start back at the last save spot with minimal loss of items, so the game\u2019s not too frustrating.\u00a0 The only problem I had with this game is that sometimes the instructions aren\u2019t very clear on what you need to do, but it\u2019s still pretty easy to figure out.\u00a0 And the game is a little on the short side, but I still think it\u2019s a pretty good educational game for kids.<\/p>\n

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BodyQuest is rated E for Everyone with an ESRB descriptor of Mild Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 You zap cartoony germs with a laser until they disappear, but that\u2019s about as violent as it gets.\u00a0 There is blood in this game, rivers of it in fact.\u00a0 But it\u2019s just background graphics.\u00a0 In the digestive system, you may have to avoid rolling balls of feces that look like meatballs, but that\u2019s about as much crude humor as you\u2019ll get.\u00a0 And for those of you wondering, no you don\u2019t explore the reproductive system, so you won\u2019t have to worry about those \u2018where do babies come from?\u2019 questions with this game.\u00a0 Reading skill is a must, and I\u2019d say the game would be best enjoyed by older elementary school students in the 3rd<\/sup> to 5th<\/sup> grade range.\u00a0 Any game that would spark a kid\u2019s interest in the medical field is OK in my book.\u00a0 Lord knows we\u2019ll need more people in that expertise in the future!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the far future, computers and nanobots help heal humans with diseases and sicknesses, and doctors can even shrink themselves and go inside their patients\u2019 bodies to help out.\u00a0 When some viruses kidnap one of the computers, it\u2019s up to you to dive into the human body and save them and rescue the patient!\u00a0 BodyQuest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21141","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\/21141","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=21141"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21143,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21141\/revisions\/21143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}