Everyone knows PopCap for Plants vs. Zombies, but they made a lot of great puzzle games before that. Zuma is one of their best.
It's more or less a clone Puzz Loop with an Aztec aesthetic, more interesting, layered level design, and some new scoring ideas (gold coins, gap bonuses, chaining to clear levels faster). The levels are awesome aesthetically, and they all look and play distinct from one another. It gets quite challenging too. Biggest flaw is that there's only one music track for all the levels. Highly recommended if you enjoy color-matching puzzle games like this, especially if you enjoy Puzz Loop.
It's more or less a clone Puzz Loop with an Aztec aesthetic, more interesting, layered level design, and some new scoring ideas (gold coins, gap bonuses, chaining to clear levels faster). The levels are awesome aesthetically, and they all look and play distinct from one another. It gets quite challenging too. Biggest flaw is that there's only one music track for all the levels. Highly recommended if you enjoy color-matching puzzle games like this, especially if you enjoy Puzz Loop.
I told this story over on my Letterboxd but your getting the free DLC here on Backloggd.
After I watched the new Super Mario Bros. movie I recounted my memories of my late father and how he helped mold me into the giga nerd that I am today. My earliest memory of my life is of my dad playing the OG NES Super Mario Bros. on the Wii’s Virtual Console but the second one I have is of him playing this game. What’s special about this game is that I couldn’t figure out what the game was for many many years. Mario was iconic and easy to remember but Zuma was something I only remember through the gameplay and I wasn’t actively searching for it so it kinda just lingered in the back of my head for years. I remember quite recently I was looking at PopCap DS games after I had purchased the DS version of PvZ and I stumbled upon Zumba’s Revenge. I immediately recognized the little frog guy and was able to connect the dots from there and thusly I pieced together another long forgotten memory. That’s why this game is special to me. It’s no Peggle but it reminds me of my dad so that’s kinda nice I think.
BUFFALO WILD WINGS RAAAAAAWR!!
After I watched the new Super Mario Bros. movie I recounted my memories of my late father and how he helped mold me into the giga nerd that I am today. My earliest memory of my life is of my dad playing the OG NES Super Mario Bros. on the Wii’s Virtual Console but the second one I have is of him playing this game. What’s special about this game is that I couldn’t figure out what the game was for many many years. Mario was iconic and easy to remember but Zuma was something I only remember through the gameplay and I wasn’t actively searching for it so it kinda just lingered in the back of my head for years. I remember quite recently I was looking at PopCap DS games after I had purchased the DS version of PvZ and I stumbled upon Zumba’s Revenge. I immediately recognized the little frog guy and was able to connect the dots from there and thusly I pieced together another long forgotten memory. That’s why this game is special to me. It’s no Peggle but it reminds me of my dad so that’s kinda nice I think.
BUFFALO WILD WINGS RAAAAAAWR!!