The happiest game on Earth
Cute little dragons, candy and sneaker powerups, and the happiest, catchiest BGM in the history of gaming. What's not to love??
At first, the game seems simple. Run around, catch the baddies, pop the bubbles, don't get eaten by the whale, try to grab the powerup in time to be rewarded with a giant popcicle at the end of the level.
Awesome! But dig a little deeper, and there's strategy to be had. The enemy movement patterns and "air currents" (i.e. where your bubbles float after appearing) are always the same for each level, so play through the game enough times and you can get your movement patterns down to a science, if you're so inclined. Even if you're not the type to put together a speed run (and really, when you need to do a second play-through on "super mode," take a secret door in level 99, do a few more levels, and then finish the boss with 2 players, it's not really speed-run-friendly), there's a certain amount of pride in being able to execute some of the more complicated levels with surgical precision.
The game is also a great relationship test for the gaming-inclined. If your partner can sync up with you to work as a double-dino bubble-popping team, have the patience to make it through 100+ levels, AND put up with a ~30-second loop of cheezy music because they love you, then they're definitely a keeper.
