Wawa Land Review



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It’s clear that Wawa Land is trying to provide an equivalent of Mario on iOS, which gives the game some big shoes to fill. Fortunately, there is no lack of spirit in the game’s protagonist, and no lack of potential for the game for the game itself. In its current state, Wawa Land doesn’t fulfill all of its potential, but it makes respectable progress.

The plot of Wawa Land is never formally introduced, but it appears as though a determined cat named Wawa is trying to save a member of the monarchy. To accomplish this familiar goal, Wawa has to jump on enemies, hop over bottomless pits, and leap off of walls, accruing coins along the way. In almost every aspect the game parallels Mario, but it puts a characteristic spin on every parallel, which makes it feel significantly less like a clone.

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Jetpack Joyride arrives on Facebook for free



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Jetpack Joyride has followed in the steps of Halfbrick Studios’ Fruit Ninja and is now playable in a free version over on Facebook. The new game is very similar to the iOS version. In fact, it’s strikingly similar, given that there aren’t any really new social elements, and even the gadgets (just arrived on iOS) are implemented and ready to buy in the store. In fact, while Fruit Ninja was a nice solid port with some original features, Jetpack Joyride seems a little more of an afterthought unfortunately.

Still, it’s fun, and it’s completely free. I like it, and even though it’s not quite as fitting as the Fruit Ninja port, it’s still Jetpack Joyride. So if you can’t pull out your iPhone to play at work, maybe you can do it on Facebook.

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My Little Hero Review



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My Little Hero is a game with a lot of soul and imagination. You’ll journey through worlds you would’ve imagined only as a child, and you play a hero with more heart than strength. Visually, the game is remarkable. There’s an attention to detail that is really enjoyable. The concept and the basic story provide a good backbone to this game. However, the gameplay and the level design don’t get the same attention as the rest of the game.

In My Little Hero, you are a little boy who loves his stuffed animal Pinky. You’re the best of friends, until the Boogeyman comes into your room one night and steals Pinky. Now it’s your job to venture into the dark, dangerous worlds found in your closet and get Pinky back. To protect yourself, you don a cardboard box for a helmet and grab a toy sword as your weapon.

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Time of Heroes Review



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App store Link: Time of Heroes

If you’ve ever played a turn-based strategy RPG, you’ll quickly feel at home here. You start out with a pre-determined number of units in squads assigned to each of your heroes. Once you customize your squad’s loadout at the start of the level, you’re dropped right onto a (fairly large) map and the battle begins. Each level provides you with goals to accomplish, but lets you do so however you want — don’t worry, they’re rarely anything other than to just kill the enemy heroes without losing yours.

This is arguably one of the deepest turn-based strategy games I’ve ever seen on an iOS device, thanks in large part to how units react to one another. Character types are more and less effective against other units, kind of like how Battle Beasts action figures worked with their kooky element symbols (if you’re not a child of the 80s, just think of Rock, Paper, Scissors; it’s the same idea).

This is only the start of how the action works, though, since you’ll also need to figure out how different bonuses will affect each unit during a skirmish. There are terrain bonuses (or penalties) to factor in, as well as the effect your heroes’ auras will have on nearby friendly characters. It’s kind of insane how many things you have to consider when it comes to engaging enemies in a fight, but that’s also one of the game’s strongest assets.

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“Cannon Cat” Review



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App store Link: Cannon Cat

Do you belive Cat can fly on the sky? Do you want to your cat become a hero. Cannon Cat will let you to do that. Cannon Cat is an action game in the vein of Mega Man  or Donkey Kong Country. It even looks and sounds like something out of that era. Beyond that though, it’s the other little retro touches that make this game something special.

Well, Cannon Cat  doesn’t have much of a story. In a fantastic world where fish can fly, a flightless bird named Evil Emu has imprisoned all the fish into floating bubbles. Join Cannon Cat on his epic flying adventure to free the fish and re-claim the skies for all creatures! The game has a pretty nice ending, even though it doesn’t seem to have much to do with anything that happened during the game. The atmosphere is pretty decent, with the backgrounds and enemies of the stages.Cannon Cat’s play control is really precise and near-perfect. Flying and shooting is easy. switching weapons is easy, too.

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New free-to-play iOS game Downhill Xtreme out now



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19th April 2012: Distinctive Games, developer of Football Kicks and Rugby Nations, unveil the latest chapter of their in-house sports games portfolio with the release of Downhill Xtreme, launching on iOS today. As the App Store’s first longboarding title, Downhill Xtreme is a free-to-play game featuring gorgeous 3D graphics, pinpoint accelerometer controls, player customisation, offline and online racing and an awesome soundtrack from up-and-coming artists.

Longboard racing is an increasingly-popular extreme sport, described as a cross between skateboarding and snowboarding. Downhill Xtreme has been designed to capture the speed thrills of the sport, as well as its music and culture, as you travel to exotic locations and progress from amateur to pro, all while racing against your friends and other top-rated riders across the globe.

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Today’s free and discounted apps in the App Store



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The App Store is filled with hundreds of thousands of apps for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. At iDB we keep an eye on the best apps available to see when they’re available for the best price.

These apps are currently available for a great discount, and some of them are even totally free. We recommend jumping on these hot deals while they are available. Act fast before it’s too late!

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“Voice Secretary” Review



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App store Link: Voice Secretary

Voice Secretary is well a sound recorder app. Great for creating audio notes to remind yourself of something, or may to audibly record that epiphany you had one day. I had to actually go looking for a con for this app, which should tell you something. It is a very solid app, that does exactly what it says it does, and the developer has been good about updating when a bug or issue is found.

This app is called Voice Secretary recorder. This is a very well designed app that allows you to make voice recordings using the device extremely easily. When you first launch the application, you will notice that it has a very simple design, however, at the same time it has all the features that you will need in order to record what you need. To begin recording with the app, you simply need to tap the Record icon that is located in the centre of the screen. After this, simply speak into the device and it will record whatever you are saying.

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Instudios Review



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App Store Link: InStudios, $0.99′

Some of us dream to travel around the world, to visit places that are so exotic and we are ready to give up anything we want. There are certain places on earth which transcend beauty as we know it. I’ve known some friends who have taken this journey to follow their dreams and trust me, there is no better hobby than Photography. It gives you this sublime feeling of loneliness, yet makes your happy and gets you the satisfaction you always craved for. But, for most of us who are busy and have other commitments, photographs are the closest we can get to touching this “dream”.

Now you can touch your dream easily with Instudios app. Instudios developed by Veena Karthick allows you to do that. With Instudios, user can a visualization tool for explore their creativity and imagination on the iPad.  And the best of this application is a dream studio, allowing users to invent new inventions, landscapes and building.

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“Jump to it ” Review



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App Store Link: Jump to it, Lite version

Froggies, a $1.99 game puzzler with a free Lite version, comes from Promnia. And frankly, it was a tough one for me to review—but only because I really didn’t want to stop playing.

The Froggies is absolutely excellent. In the “hand-drawn” style that’s remained popular on the App Store, the game is taking inspiration from the classic puzzle game peg solitaire, Froggies adds a new dimension to the board game genre by featuring five different coloured types of frog, each with their own unique personalities and movements, which demands a new strategy with each encounter. Froggies differentiates itself by encouraging the player to solve levels through creating patterns to clear the board rather than tilting and dexterity.

Froggies is carefully balanced to appeal to the casual and fanatical gamer, with a subtle difficulty curve. And in fairy tale tradition, help is on hand in the form of a magic wand for moments when you are in need of inspiration.

One thing special of this game that the Retina Display is just awesome and are making the graphics more colorful and fantastic!Another Big Plus and great thing with Froggies. There is also Gamecenter, with 34 achivements, rankings and other great things to keep you playing it and to compete and see the statistics of your Gamecenter friends! And theres also a great catchy Soundtrack and audio sounds!It is great for anyone and it is just a wonderful puzzle game.

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