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Comic Mischief: GamerDad found cartoon hijinx just like the TV show this game is based on. Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends is a popular show on TV cable channel Cartoon Network. In the cartoon, imaginary friends that children create become as real as you or me. Imagined friends whose kids have grown out of them can go to Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends to be adopted by other children who need a special pal. The main protagonists in the cartoon are Mac and Bloo. Mac is a smart, well-behaved boy. Bloo is his conceited, trouble-making, yet somehow likable imaginary friend who looks like a ghost monster from Pac-Man. Mac's concerned mother thinks her son is too old for an imaginary friend and requests he give Bloo up. But the nice folks at Foster's make a deal: Bloo can stay at Foster's and not be put up for adoption if Mac comes to visit Bloo every day. So together with their newfound imaginary friends at Foster's, Mac and Bloo have lots of crazy adventures in this cleverly well-written and ﾑimaginative' animated series. In the Game Boy Advance game based on the cartoon, play as Mac and Bloo as they hop and bop around the Foster house in this 2-D platform jumping adventure. Mac can double jump to reach high places, but Bloo can roll into a ball to get into narrow spaces. Both can throw or slingshot paper balls at troublesome foes. But most of the time players retrieve items to help out friends in Foster's. Each stage is based on an episode of the show. For instance, in one level you must get from the roof down to the dinner table and sneak by hungry imaginary friends, or collect go-kart gears for imaginary friend Cheese. All characters are well-represented in the game, and some even help you reach high areas or move heavy furniture out of the way. Collect tickets in the levels to unlock simple mini-games. The graphics really reflect the cartoon show well, but the music is a bit repetitive. The cartoon's theme song is a lot of fun, but not when it's being played over and over in the first level. Play controls is solid but goals and objectives are sometimes unclear and things get boring and repetitive very quickly. Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends makes a better cartoon show than a video game.  
Kids will love the cartoon characters and simple gameplay. The makers of the game either really did their research or are big fans of the show because there are oodles of references and funny lines in the game. Thankfully, your progress is also saved automatically after a level. No more annoying passwords in these Game Boy Advance titles. There's really not any violence either. Mac and Bloo can toss paper balls at things, but you rarely ever need to do that. Instead, players mostly just help others find things in the huge house. Reading skill is helpful to know how to play, and to know which friend needs what item and how many. Even so, sometimes knowing what you have to do and where to find items can be a bit unclear and young gamers may get frustrated with the boring and repetitive gameplay. Parents, do yourself a favor and sit down with your kids and watch the Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends cartoon show sometime. Both you and your kids will be laughing.
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