Stretchmo
After finishing up playing one of the
cartridge physical copy Nintendo 3DS games a strange message appeared.
Nintendo was invading my privacy, and invading my machine that I paid
for, and they shoved some new icon down my throat. It was for the free
app (aka repeat pay to play) video game Stretchmo. We liked Pushmo, so I
clicked on it. It told me it had to go to the Nintendo eShop to
download. I played along figuring at the very least Family Friendly
Gaming would get a preview out of it. We needed a preview for this week
too, so it worked out. After the system updated, it forgot what it was
doing and I had to repeat the process from the icon. Finally it errored
out telling me there was not enough space on the SD card. I wondered how
big this game was since I have over 104K in blocks free. I ignored the
false error and it continued.
Stretchmo lets you play the tutorial levels, and then wants money for
the rest of the game. Each area can be purchased one at a time for
around $14.00 total, or all areas can be purchased at the same time for
around $10.00. That means Stretchmo is one of the dreaded downloadable
only video games. No physical copy means no sale from me. If a company
is so lazy that they won't release physical copies they won't get my
money. It is that simple. That is also why there won't be a review of
Stretchmo any time soon. I like the new game play mechanic of being able
to pull blocks out to the left and right. That adds a nice dimension to
this Nintendo 3DS video game. I really hope Nintendo wakes up from this
free app haze soon. Their low image is dropping even worse in my eyes as
they continue to do less and expect more money for it.
{06/05/2015} - Paul
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