![]() If the water comes into contact with any additional enemies, then they’re frozen too, and if Hipopo jumps on one then the whole chain is popped and defeated at once. In some ways it might seem superficially similar to Bubble Bobble but the key difference is that the bubble is filled with water that spills and flows on impact. Chucking bubbles of water! Hipopo constantly carries with him a huge bubble, almost the same size as his own head, which he can throw at an enemy to freeze them in place. The entire design is built around one single, simple mechanic. ![]() The gameplay of Liquid Kids really isn’t complicated, and that’s what I love about it. Of course, if you want to do more than just hang out, Taito has you covered… With jaunty 8-bit music to match, it’s a guaranteed good time the sort of game you can just hang out in for the enjoyment of being there. It’s a game powered by colour and joy, where your hero collects slices of cake for extra points and wears a rubber life ring whenever he paddles in pools of water. The game itself makes good on that initial promise with presentation so sugary sweet, it should come with a diabetic warning. Riding on the back of a pelican with his girlfriend Tamasun, as they fly high above a colourful cartoon world, Hipopo might be the least threatening, most inviting character to ever grace the front of a game box. ![]() He’s a platypus, apparently, but I must admit I had to read Wikipedia to figure that out. The main character, Hipopo is about 30% eyes, just to make sure you immediately love him. Right from the box art, Liquid Kids looks achingly cute. Which is a damn shame, because it’s every bit as loveable as those classics. There were drastically few opportunities for regular gamers to come into contact with Liquid Kids and it never seems to have had the mass awareness or adulation that Bubble Bobble or New Zealand Story enjoyed.
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