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Happy Jump
Free for Android - in-app purchases
You know how it is? You are a smiley red jelly that likes to score points by making
your way up in to the sky by bouncing off platforms and coins.
Be careful how you make your ascent, for as tempting as it is to climb the grassy
steps, the higher the climb, the greater the fall. As you reach new high scores you will earn new
boosts - often you get to choose from a selection. Will you choose to slow things down or add a
temporary shield?
The only aim seems tobe to try and beat your previous score. There is little in the way of a goal.
It’s all very silly, but can pass a minute or two of boredom.
New Star Soccer
Free for Android - in-app purchases
This is an interesting take on football games. Start by learning some of the nuances
of the game’s simple controls. Here, you will learn to bend the ball, pass and dribble.
Once the computerised authorities are satisfied that you know what you are doing,
progress to match play is swift. And it is the match play that differs from most traditional soccer
simulators.
Start playing in the league and much of the action is replaced with highlight captions, all very
‘Final Score’. But this leads to intricate little set pieces that hold your interest.
Quite different and
not bad at all.
Baby Games For One Year Old
Free for Android
Oh dear. This, unfortunately, like a four-hour worn nappy, is a bit of a stinker. It is
simply a selection of cartoon pictures that when pressed will give you an electronic
representation of a farmyard or wild animal.
Some of the reviews online are particularly damning of this app, so for that reason alone, justified
taking a look. Surely it couldn’t be as bad as they make out?
It really is awful. We don’t think it will hold any one-year-old’s attention. Not even for as long as it
takes to say the app’s title.
The animal noises aren’t even that authentic
. We recommend that you
give this app a miss and seek out something else to entertain your tots.
APPy Talking
It’s an app’y New Year from the
team at All About Newport. So lets
have three apps - Happy, New and
Year themed ...
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to
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