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Bonsai Blast

by Glu Mobile Inc.
Platform: Android Rated: All Ages
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (137 customer reviews)

Price: $0.99
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Product Details

  • ASIN: B004I16N1W
  • Original Release Date: November 30, 2008
  • Date first available at Amazon.com: March 21, 2011
  • Rated: All Ages This app may include dynamic content. What's this?
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (137 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,556 Paid in Appstore for Android (See Top 100 Paid in Appstore for Android)
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Product Features

  • Shoot and match colored marbles together in this colorful zen-themed puzzle game
  • Play through 90 increasingly challenging levels--cherry blossom gardens, snowy fields, and other gorgeous landscapes await
  • Harness the strength of elemental power-ups: Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Light, and Dark
  • Test your marble blasting skills in the never-ending Survival Mode
  • Collect treasures in the all-new bonus levels

Product Description


Product Description

Shoot and match colored marbles together in this zen-themed puzzler from Glu Games. Bonsai Blast features intuitive touchscreen controls that make it easy to pick up and begin play. Colorful, tranquil background environments draw you in as you try to clear the board of marbles before they reach the end of the path. With addictive puzzle gameplay in the tradition of such Match-3 games as Zuma and Puzz Loop, Bonsai Blast offers 90 levels of marble-blasting bliss.

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Gameplay

Bonsai Blast is a Match-3 puzzle game where players try to match as many sets of three or more same-colored marbles together. A successful match clears the set from the board and activates any attached bonuses as well. New marbles are created at the edge of the screen, forming a long strand that slowly advances along a set path. You lose the game if the strand of marbles ever reaches the end of the path, marked by the yin-yang symbol.

Clear sets of marbles before they reach the end of the path by using the touchpad to shoot your own marbles into the advancing strands. Line up your shots precisely to match up three or more of the same color. Your marble shooter stores two different marbles at a time: tap the shooter to swap between these colors. Clear away all waves to advance to the next level, and continue advancing through all 90 levels to beat the game.

Adventure and Survival Modes

In Adventure Mode, players must clear all marbles from the board to advance to the next level. Progress is marked on an overland map that records your route from level to level. Embark on a zen-themed journey through cherry blossom gardens, grassy fields, and snowy mountains to master all 90 levels.

Survival Mode gives you the option to begin playing from any level you have already completed during Adventure Mode. In this mode, waves of marbles will continuously advance down the path until they reach the end. Challenge yourself to hold out as long as possible and set a new high score record.

Classic Gameplay Made New

Though the gameplay will be familiar to anyone who has played a Match-3 puzzle game before, Bonsai Blast features several new additions that add a fresh challenge to its classic style. Use chutes to guide marbles down winding paths, teleport shooter locations with a single touch, and rack up bonuses by using walls to ricochet your shots. With its intuitive touchscreen controls, shooting and matching marbles has never been more fun.

Elemental Mastery

Use the elements to your advantage by collecting these six power-ups:

  • Water: Make a splash with this power-up by popping several random marbles with each shot
  • Fire: Melt away entire waves of marbles by loading up your shooter with these fireballs
  • Earth: Smash all marbles of the same color with this powerful seismic attack
  • Wind: Summon a swirling gust of wind and cherry blossom petals that pushes marbles backwards
  • Light: An explosion of light shatters marbles on impact--shake your mobile device to increase the blast radius
  • Dark: This negative effect covers your shooter with a shroud of darkness--shake the device to clear it away
Editorial Reviews

"Gamers looking to find an affordable time passer for their phone should look no further than Bonsai Blast. It is a fun, addicting puzzler that will keep you entertained for quite some time." -411 Mania

"Experience the Zen of gaming nirvana with this addictive puzzle game."-App Safari

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Journey across the land.
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Use elemental power-ups.
Key Features
  • 90 increasingly challenging levels set in a beautiful zen garden theme
  • Harness the strength of elemental power-ups: Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Light, and Dark
  • Interactive power-ups and status effects: shake the screen to power up certain attacks or remove negative effects that obscure your vision
  • Bounce marbles off walls or launch them into chutes to access hard-to-reach spots and score bonus points
  • In-game tutorials will help you learn the basics of gameplay
Additional Screenshots
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Gorgeous environments.
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Helpful tutorials.
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Survival mode.
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Intuitive touchscreen controls.

Developer Info
Glu Mobile (NASDAQ:GLUU) is a leading global publisher of games for smartphone and tablet devices.  Glu's unique technology platform enables its titles to be accessible to a broad audience of consumers all over the world - supporting iOS, Android, Palm, Windows Phone 7 devices and beyond.  Glu is focused on bringing the best in social, freemium, cross-platform mobile gaming experiences to the mass market. Founded in 2001, Glu is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area and has major offices in Brazil, China, Russia and the UK.  Glu is focused on creating compelling original IP and also partners with leading entertainment brands including Activision, Atari, Fox and Harrah's.  Consumers can find high-quality, fresh entertainment created exclusively for their mobile devices wherever they see the 'g' character logo or at www.glu.com.  For live updates, please follow Glu via Twitter at www.twitter.com/glumobile or become a Glu fan at Facebook.com/glumobile.

Technical Details

  • Size: 6.5MB
  • Version: 1.8
  • Developed By: Glu Mobile Inc.
  • Application Permissions: (Help me understand what permissions mean)
    • Open network sockets
    • Access the vibration feature
  • Minimum Operating System: Android 1.0
  • Approximate Download Time: Less than 1 minute

Customer Reviews

It has good graphics, and nice background music. SushiFish  |  25 reviewers made a similar statement
This is like the game Zuma. Shanna  |  18 reviewers made a similar statement
I don't want to be harsh on this developer. Zara  |  2 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun game November 24, 2011
Amazon Verified Purchase
Since it is the app of the day and there is only a peppering of bad reviews, mostly about Amazon (?), I downloaded it. Glad I did. It is a fun, casual game. Even though they clearly state it isn't optimized for all tablets, I bet if I try to play this on my phone vs the Kindle Fire, it might be aggravating to be more accurate when aiming. They did a good job with the logic and the music. You can turn off the sounds and music if you find it distracting. No ads. I would recommend people try it. For the day, it won't cost you anything to try it. Side note: As someone who is also a Nook Tablet owner, free games are exceedingly rare. For anyone looking to compare the 2 experiences, right now it is downright hard to find free apps for the NT.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Good game for smartphones November 24, 2011
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I just got Bonsai Blast as the Free App of the Day promotion on Amazon. This is the type of simple game that should be a part of every smartphone. This is the paid version, so you don't have to worry about ads. The graphics on this game are very bright and vibrant so it makes for a good time waster. Glu Mobile Inc did a good job in porting this game over to Android.

This is a puzzle game. If you liked Zuma, you'll like Bonsai Blast. But is has some features that set it apart. The object of the game is to clear all of the colored balls from the line before the reach the Yin Yang symbol at the end of the level. To accomplish this task, you'll need to fire colored balls at the line to break them. When three or more of the same colored balls collide, they break and shorten the line. The gun that you are in control off will offer up a different colored ball after each shot, so you have to keep track of what you have and what you'll need to get rid of.

There are a couple of powerups and bonuses that keep the game interesting. The powerups correspond to six different elements (Water, Fire Earth, Wind, Light and Dark. The first powerup I got was "Wind" this generated a gust of wind and cherry blossom petals that temporarily reversed all marble movement, thus giving me more time to finish the game.

I installed it on my Samsung Vibrant and Samsung Galaxy Player 5.0 Wifi to play a couple of games. The apps worked well on both Android devices, but I preferred it on the slightly larger Player 5.0. I like this so far and having a paid version is a bonus because I don't have any annoying adds on my screen.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun for only so long. November 26, 2011
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I beat adventure mode in a few days of occasional play. It was fun and some levels are challenging. I wish there were more than just 24 levels. All 3 stages in adventure mode use the same 24 levels so the repetition keeps this from being a 5 star game for me.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun Game
I like this game. I like that I can choose between adventure or free play. There are times that it is difficult to control but I think that that was a problem with my device.
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1.0 out of 5 stars deleted
don't remember much about the app and i feel like it was very forgettable and i kept looking around for more apps later that day
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5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
What can I say other than this is one of the first games I ever had on the first Android device, the G1. I got this on amazon and felt like I owed it a review. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Free game (app)
Download went fine. It seems that all free games lack giving you enough to cause you toreally want to lay out money to buy the full version
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4.0 out of 5 stars Way too addictive
This game is beautiful and addictive. My only complaints are that it is a bit too short and it gives no real indication that you've finished. Read more
Published 11 months ago by David Valentine
5.0 out of 5 stars great game
I really enjoyed playing this game, the only thing I'd change is to make more levels. The game is challenging without being frustrating.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Cool game
This is a very fun game. A good time waster. Hope they will come out with more levels. Works great on my T-Mobile Sensation.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fun app
This app is sooooo much fun. There so many different levels. There are three different stages. Morning, Afternoon and Night.
Published 15 months ago by jess
4.0 out of 5 stars wowiemeta
I enjoy this game. it keeps me entertained for hours. I love the graphics. I would prefer that there are more levels.
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