{"id":23864,"date":"2023-10-30T00:01:10","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T00:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=23864"},"modified":"2023-09-27T11:56:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T11:56:58","slug":"shark-shark-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/30\/shark-shark-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Shark! Shark! (Switch, Xbox One, X\/S, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I never had an Intellivision game console as a kid, but my cousins had one.\u00a0 Only thing I really remember playing on theirs was Frog Bog, which I enjoyed very much.\u00a0 Many years later, another Intellivision game I enjoyed on one of the PlayStation game collections was Shark! Shark!\u00a0 In that game, you are a small fish and must eat enough fish to grow so you can eat even bigger fish.\u00a0 Just watch out for that shark!\u00a0 It was very similar to a popular PopCap game called Feeding Frenzy, too. And now you can play a reimagined version of Shark! Shark! on some modern game consoles and PC (reviewed on Switch here).<\/p>\n

Gameplay is very simple.\u00a0 Move around your fish with the control stick and that\u2019s it.\u00a0 When you start, you can choose the color and breed of your fish (you can unlock more by playing).\u00a0 Up to four people can play at the same time, and you can even choose to be able to eat the other players if you\u2019re big enough!\u00a0 You can eat smaller fish but bigger ones you\u2019ll just bump into until you\u2019re big enough to eat them.\u00a0 When you eat enough small fish, you\u2019ll grow a bit, but if you are eaten, you\u2019ll shrink down again.\u00a0 Get eaten five times and it\u2019s Game Over.\u00a0 You can pick up a bubble shield that\u2019ll protect you for a short while.\u00a0 Sometimes clams will open up on the bottom of the screen, and if you can quickly nab their pearl, you\u2019ll get bonus points.\u00a0 Avoid obstacles like jellyfish, electric eels, and pufferfish that can stun you or even make you lose a life!\u00a0 And then there\u2019s the shark!\u00a0 Every so often you\u2019ll hear a growling noise, that\u2019s when you know the shark\u2019s about to come out to play.\u00a0 The shark is harder to avoid, but if you can manage to get behind it and nibble its tail, you\u2019ll get bonus points, too.<\/p>\n

There are several modes of play.\u00a0 In Voyage, you\u2019ll tackle each stage and progress by eating a certain number of fish.\u00a0 There are also versus and multiplayer modes, as well as a high score mode.\u00a0 You can also view scores in the Hall of Fame or toggle options.\u00a0 My main problem with the game is that the controls just felt a bit slow.\u00a0 Your fish does not turn very quickly and it would\u2019ve been nice to have a dash move or something you could use to avoid enemies and catch up to fish.\u00a0 It also feels like it takes a long time to complete stages or unlock anything.\u00a0 Maybe I was more forgiving of the original game since it\u2019s older, but I seem to remember liking the original Intellivision game more.<\/p>\n

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

Nothing too violent or objectionable here.\u00a0 When you eat fish or get eaten, you or the fish just disappear.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the text, but not necessary just to play.\u00a0 Shark! Shark! Is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I never had an Intellivision game console as a kid, but my cousins had one.\u00a0 Only thing I really remember playing on theirs was Frog Bog, which I enjoyed very much.\u00a0 Many years later, another Intellivision game I enjoyed on one of the PlayStation game collections was Shark! Shark!\u00a0 In that game, you are a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23864","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\/23864","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=23864"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23866,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23864\/revisions\/23866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}