Once the fish is picked, the player can choose where they would like to battle. There are four different battlegrounds to choose from. The battlegrounds do not effect the battle in any way. They just change the background of where the fish are doing battle.

After choosing the fish to use and the battleground to compete in, it is time to fight. There are different ways to fight depending on the mode that was chosen at the beginning of the game. The Arcade mode is the mode where players will fight opponent after opponent until they defeat to the last guy. The opponents get tougher as you progress through arcade mode. Players battle by using the touch mechanics of the iPhone. Tapping the screen will cause the fish to punch their opponent. Sliding a finger across the screen will cause the fish to kick their opponent. Sliding your finger down the screen will cause the fish to block their opponent.

Legend of the Fish of Fury is a fun and entertaining fighting game. Players have to like fighting style games to enjoy the game. The game is a bit different than other fighting games in the use of fish fighting each other. If you like fighting style games for the iPhone/iPod Touch, you can’t go wrong with Legend of the Fish of Fury.

Players still have to build out their area, but that area is a monster restaurant. The monsters come in and mill around and will order what is being cooked. The cooking of the food takes time. Some food takes a lot longer than other food and players have to start the food cooking and then remember to go back and get it.

Monsterz Revenge has levels as most social games. The more you complete goals the more energy and monster coins you will earn and the more experience. Each new level will refill your energy levels. The energy can be used to play mini-games while you wait for tasks to finish. The mini games will get your coins. The coins allow players to upgrade their battle cars.

One feature very different in Monsterz Revenge is the battle cars. The battle cars are customized to fight the fast food chains. The players pick the armor and weapons on their car and then go into battle. The restaurant will fight back and players have to be the one that wins. Players participate in the battle by touching the hit button. There is a meter that is going back and forth and will determine how hard you hit the restaurant. The harder the hit the quicker the restaurant dies and you win.

Mosterz Revenge is a great game for those that enjoy social games. The social game genre got big with FarmVille and has been growing since. The game offers some neat features not found in other social games and adds more things to do while waiting for your food to cook. There is more to keep you playing the game instead of just doing a few things and waiting. If you are into social gaming, check out Monsterz Revenge in the Apple App Store.

Luxor: Amun Rising HD

The levels get more difficult as the player progresses. The levels wind around great Egyptian backgrounds. The levels start out fairly easy to shoot the marble and then get more difficult with more bends and less chances to be able to shoot the marble easily.

The player shoots the marble by touching the screen and positions the shooter by dragging their finger on the screen. The player can position the shooter and a little triangle will show up on the balls on the screen. The triangle gives the user an idea of where the ball will land when they shoot it. The triangle is nice because it can be difficult to pin-point where the ball would end up.

The graphics in the game are really nice looking. The graphics are all contain Egyptian themes and are nice and clear and crisp. The graphics give the feel of being in Egypt.

Over all, Luxor: Amun Rising HD is an fun and entertaining game. The levels provide enough challenge to keep the player wanting to beat the next level and the next. If you are looking for a fun and entertaining match three game, check out Luxor: Amun Rising HD.

Tap Tap Bar

The drinks are on the side of the screen and the player has to select the drink from the side of the screen by touching the drink. The customer could want three drinks at once, which means the player has to touch all three drinks and then touch the customer to deliver the drinks. The customers have money by their pictures to indicate how happy they are with the service.

The drinks are randomly placed on the screen so it is possible to have a customer asking for a drink that is not on the screen. If this happens, the player has to shake the phone or iPod to place new drinks on the side of the screen. Each time a drink is used a new drink will fill its place.

The game is free to play, but if the player wants more than one level, they must purchase the full version from within the game.

Over all, Tap Tap Bar is fun and entertaining. The levels can be challenging to deliver all of the drinks without losing customers. The drink selection is random, which makes some levels easier than others. If you happen to get a good drink mix, the player can breeze through the level. If you are looking for an entertaining time management/puzzle game for your iDevice, check out Tap Tap Bar in the Apple App Store.

Hextacy

Players are trying to score the highest score they can. The more matches the player can clear at one time the more points they will attain. The higher the level they can achieve will lead to more points as well. The levels get more difficult as you get further into the game. Players have to contend with the hexagons that weren’t matched from the previous rounds. The hexagons only go dark for one round, which gives players a chance to match them next round. There are power ups spread through out the level, as well to help players out.

Hextacy is a simple, but fun and entertaining game. The game shines when you are trying to beat your own or a friend’s high score. Any player will be able to figure out how to play the game, but it will take many games to be able to master the game. If you are looking for an entertaining, yet easy to play puzzle game, check out Hextacy in the Android market place.

Slice HD

Slice HD combines a puzzle game with a twister type game for your fingers. There are different levels that require you to move multiple blades at once, which requires the player to place their fingers on multiple blades at a time and maneuver them in a way that does not cut them. It gets tricky to move the blade and not get cut at times. There are levels that will have blades that pop up from no where too.

On of the things I don’t particularly care for is, if you get cut you lose the level, but you also go back a level. Players find themselves playing the level before the level they are stuck on. It is possible to go all the way back to the beginning too. I think if you made it to a level and can’t pass that level you should be able to stay on the level until you figure out how to pass the level.

Over all, Slice HD is a fun and entertaining game. The levels increase in difficulty as you go on and it gets harder and harder to maneuver your hands to move the blades and not get cut. If players are quick, they will be able to figure out the puzzles and then get their hands to do what they need. If you are looking for a different type of puzzle game and don’t mind blood, check out Slide HD in the Apple App Store.

Float

The balloons can be hit from the top or the bottom. Hitting a balloon from the bottom causes the balloon to rise and hitting the balloon on the top causes the balloon to float down. The player has to use these techniques to keep the balloons afloat for the allotted time. Each level has a different time to keep the balloons afloat.

Players accrue points as the balloons float. There is a line placed at a certain point on the screen. If the balloons are allowed to float down to the line and then hit back up, the player scores more points. Of course, the line is usually close to the spikes, which makes the game more challenging.

Over all Float an entertaining game. If you like arcade style games that you can play in bite size chunks, check out Float in the Apple App Store.

For those few of you who still don’t know what Plants Vs. Zombies is, it’s a modified tower defense game in which you thwart a zombie invasion on your suburban lawn with plants, which can be “bought” with sunshine. Some plants like sunflowers generate sunshine, while others fire projectiles that damage zombies. Other plants devour, blow up, and freeze zombies, while others can cause them to attack other zombies. The zombies come in just as many varied forms. Some have road cones on their heads to protect them, while others are tied to balloons to float over the plants. Some are armed with pick axes to burrow under the ground, while others ride zombie dolphins. The goal is to prevent them from entering your house and eating your brain. Successful protection results in cash being sent your way.

During all this, Crazy Dave – who is craaaAAAAaaazy - will sell you plant and tool upgrades, while you can send your other plants to Zen gardens to earn even more money to buy more stuff. Aside from the main game, there are tons of minigames that often riff off of other Popcap games, like “Beghouled” which is Plants Vs. Zombies, Bejeweled-style.

So how well is the game implemented on the Nintendo DS?

Well, it seems clear that Popcap was presented with a choice on how to stuff the game onto a DS cart – content or graphic fidelity – and they wisely went with content. All of the stuff you have with the with the PC Game of the Year edition, including the Zombatar feature in which you can create your own customized Zombie, is there. Not only are all of the minigames present, but Popcap actually managed to fit in four new exclusive DS minigames. Air Raid is a zombie-themed side scrolling shooter. Home Run Derby has the player having to hit home runs to earn sun to fend of zombies. Heat Wave actually utilizes the DS microphone, in which you have to coax your tired plants into cheering up using the mic. Bomb All Together gives the player a limited amount of explosive plants to deal with zombies.

As for gameplay, Plants Vs. Zombies is the rare DS game that uses only the touch screen and stylus. All aspects of the game are controlled as such. One of the unexpected delights is that it also features ad hoc multiplayer for some good old versus head-to-head action, which one player controlling the plants and the others the zombies.

The graphics, however, do suffer. The downgrade is comparable to seeing the Atari 2600 try to handle an NES game. The characters seem to have four frames of animation, while being highly pixellated. However, the gameplay and massive number of minigames as well as multiplayer makes it an easy price to pay. There’s too much game here not to be pleased with the final result, and Plants Vs. Zombies is the perfect DS game for having some quick gameplay sessions.

Plants Vs. Zombies is a welcome addition to the Nintendo DS library, and anyone who hasn’t tried this addictive gem yet – or have and want it on the go as well, should pick this game up.

Crazy Electric

Lighting a light bulb may sound like a simple task, but of course it is not that easy. The beginning levels start out simple enough and serve as a tutorial. Each new ability is explained to the user so they know what to expect. Players have to use the scrolling pipes to get the electricity to light the light bulb. The pipes scroll onto the screen and must be used before they all stack up. If the pipes stack up, the game is over and the level must be played again.

Once you get use to the pipes and how to place them, the game adds more challenge with wood obstacles and bombs. The bombs can be used to clear pipes that were mistakenly placed down. Until the bombs, there is no way to clear the pipes that were mistakenly placed down. Some of the levels require the player to light the bulb, but not blow up a bomb that will blow up the light and cause the level to be lost.

The game is played by touching the pipes that are scrolling at the bottom of the scree and placing them where the player wants them. The touch based controls work well and all of the touches were recognized by the game.

Over all, Crazy Electric is a fun and challenging game. Any puzzle fan will enjoy this game. Crazy Electric takes the puzzle game play and adds urgency to it. Players have to use the pieces before they stack up and be able to put the pieces where they will work best. If like puzzle games, check out Crazy Electric in the Apple App Store.

One of the challenges of a Bejeweled 3 is that there is very little to the formula you can actually add or change. Bejeweled Twist (review) managed to add some life by adding a new selection mechanic, but otherwise, a vanilla sequel would need much more. Bejeweled 3 accomplishes this by adding fresh new game modes.

Of course, it includes the base game, in which you match 3 gems to score. Four gems matched creates an explosive Flame gem. Matching five gems creates the Hypercube which can be matched with another gem to eliminate all gems of that color. Two holdovers from Bejeweled Twist can be found in 3: the Star gem and the Supernova gem. The Star gem is created when a T or L shape is matched with gems – when ignited, the Star gem shoots lasers in four directions and destroys the gems in their paths. The Supernova gem is even more difficult to create: matching six or more gems in a row, which can only be done in a complicated string of explosions. When a Supernova gem explodes, it does the same as the Star gem, only with three rows in four directions. The game ends when there’s no more matches to be made. One of the new twists is that if two Hypercubes are matched, they remove all of the gems from the board, save themselves.

That’s fine, but a slight rehash of Bejeweled 2 isn’t enough to justify a sequel. That’s why Bejeweled 3 comes with a bunch of variations of the concept.

The most entertaining of these new game modes is Poker, in which you match gems to create poker hands, such as pairs, spectrums (one of each type of gem), two pairs, three of a kind, full houses, four of a kind, and flushes. As you play, the game begins to restrict the types of hands you may achieve, starting with pairs. Creating hands will make those low types of hands available. Should you, say, make a pair when a pair is restricted, the game flips a coin, giving you a 50-50 percent chance of “game over”.

The other exciting new game mode is Diamond Mine, in which you use gems to blast away rock and uncover artifacts and precious rocks like diamonds and crystals in 90 seconds. Clearing all but the bottom two rows extends the gameplay by 30 seconds, and digs deeper into the earth. Matching two Hypercubes or somehow clearing the board in another way will give an extra 90 seconds. The game mode is somehow deeply exciting with a “one more try feel”.

Butterflies is a cute game mode in which there are gem butterflies that float up one square after every turn. At the top of the board is a hungry spider, and should a butterfly be eaten by the spider, the game is over. The fourth main game mode is Ice Storm, in which columns of ice slowly freeze the board. The ice can only be removed with matches – vertical matches completely destroy the ice columns. This mode is a tough blitz mode because aside from having to identify matches quickly, the player has to have good concentration because it does everything it can to distract you.

The Puzzle mode basically challenges players with objectives for the other game modes like Poker or Butterflies, as well as some mini-modes such as Alchemy (a nod to the popular Popcap game of the same name that was usually bundled with Bejeweled) in which you had to cover the entire board with gold in a limited amount of time; Balance, a strange game in which you have to earn blue and red gems evenly lest one color tip the scales over; Sandstorm, in which you have to uncover archeological treasures before sand recovers them; Time Bomb, which is a nod to Bejeweled Twist in which bombs appear and the player has to detonate them before they go off by themselves; Stratamax, in which one must remove a certain number of gems in a certain number of moves; and Wall Blast, in which the player has to remove a wall in a limited number of moves. The only real complaint is that these games don’t have an “infinite” mode – once you solve all the puzzles, there’s little point into replaying them. It would have been nice if, say, Stratamax Infinite challenged the player to see how many gems they could remove in 90 seconds.

There is, of course, a Zen mode which is a neverending game of Bejeweled 3 which basically serves as either a relaxation mode or experimental mode for advanced players who want to try out tricks to see how they might get the elusive Supernova gems in the regular mode.

Overall, Bejeweled 3 is a warm welcome from an old friend who wants to show you that an old game can learn new tricks. This game is definitely a keeper, and a welcome update to the long-running casual game series. It’s well worth the wait.