Customer Reviews
Excellent for 6+ - By: WhamBarQueen, 01 Jan 2009 
De Blob is an excellent game for young children to play with their parents. It has good goals, relatively easy to achieve once you get the hang of it (from an adult perspective!). Given that it doesnt rely on a big name franchise like Mario, it is impressive & likely to keep you engaged for hours.
Fantastic - By: M. Jende, 01 Jan 2009 I loved Super Mario Galaxy, nothing has come close to this on the Wii, however De Blob is up there with Mario, I won't go over what has been said already, butin terms of simplicity, graphics & gameplay you won't go wrong. Oh by the way, the soundtrack is fantastic!
Fantastic Third Party Fun - By: Steve Wren, 01 Jan 2009 
De Blob is one of the finest third party games going, but once again as it is not made by Nintendo it seems to be passing a lot of people by. If you own a Wii & you want a fun, challenging game then this should be high on your list. The game play is simple yet addictive, & the challenges & secret missions give the game longevity & allow you to go back & revisit levels. I found myself ignoring the time limits & was quite happy to roll round each level just trying to paint everything whilst completing the challenges, & the game has been designed to allow you to do this. I love it - go buy it!
Well done! - By: Ms. R. Graham, 26 Nov 2008 They are some amazing games on the wii & most of the amazing ones are mario/zelda/metroid types. So it's great to see a third party developer come up with such a quality, individualistic game. It's gorgeous, really bright, colourful & the music is so catchy. It is a major part of the gameplay as each colour is assigned a different musical instrument. The resulting sound is so groovy it could be playedin any jazz bar (by the way I hate jazz, but I still LOVE the music!). I'm giving it 4 stars & not 5 because I have 2 annoyances with it. The jump mechanism (you have to shake the wii remote) is so dissappointingly unresponsive sometimes (only sometimes mind you) that it is really frustrating, I don't understand people on here saying it is smooth. Don't get me wrong it's easy to play but I just don't understand why they didn't map a button for the jump. Also, as I get further into the game the levels are longer & inexplicably, you can't save the game when you are half way through a level so you're progress will be lost if you turn the game off. Not a massive problem for some as the game is so addictive anyway you'll want to finish it, but it annoys me ever so!! Basically, get this game.
Blob does the Job - By: Paul B, 21 Oct 2008 It's a refreshing change when a game comes along on the Wii that feels like it has the Nintendo quality without the badge. De Blob is one of those rare games that shines on the console without resorting to gimmicks.
The premise is simple. Your world has lost all its colour due to an invasion by INKT, an evil dictatorship that wants to control the land & stamp out all colour. The people of the world have been imprisoned & only you & a few puddles of colour can make a difference.
This involves bouncing around, hitting creatures that are stealing the colours & getting the paint all over you, then spreading it to buildings by touching them. Completing a block of buildings frees the people inside & also opens switches to gates & colour restorers. To open the gate you need to have enough colour power before you can advance to the next stage.
In essence this is pretty simple. Avoid the hazards (black ink spills & creatures out to get you) plus the water which will wash off any ink & try to paint the buildings before the time runs out. The more ink you manage to capture the larger you get & the higher you can jump, useful for reaching taller buildings. Things start easy & get more complicated as you go on, having to paintin certain colours for instance, but the first few stages are great for getting used to your bouncing blob.
In addition to this there are 2 other modes to play. The first is a multiplayer game where you can choose to have a paint-off, chase the `it' blob who can paint or race to a specific location. The second is a free paint mode, which you can unlock by completing levels of the game & lets you just mess aboutin the world without any dangers holding you up.
My 4 year old daughter had a great time just playing through the first few levels, even finding the jump (flicking the remote down or up) easy to handle. As she gets stuckin a lot of other games, it's good to find one that has really simplified the controls without making the game too simple & boring at the same time. Knowing that I too had a good time playing through de Blob really shows how much this can appeal to any age group.
De Blob is a very well put together game with colourful friendly graphics that are both pleasing & full of character, some nice sound (though nothing too memorable) & some great gameplay. While it's not too taxing for adults, it's still worth a play, but if you want a game that you can share with your children & still have a great time yourself then de Blob is perfect.
