Zoo Cube

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Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0000631VB
• Item Weight: 5.1 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: June 4, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #29,215 in Video Games (See Bestsellers in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Game Boy Advance

Amazon.com Product Description

Created by PuzzleKings, ZooCube takes puzzlers to a whole new dimension--the third dimension. Around the world, animals have been transformed by shape-altering science experiments and need help returning to their natural states. Players use their ZooCubes to rescue and return the animals to the flying ark.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cubetastic!, July 24, 2002

By	An Amazon Guy (Boston, MA, United States of America) - See all my reviews

I JUST WANT TO FIRST STATE THAT THERE IS NO GORE IN THIS GAME. The Gore note up there seems to refer to the animals being twisted into the shapes, but this is never seen happening, and there is no graphic display of mutilation anywhere to be found.

I've waited a long time for a worthy successor to Tetris, and this is it! Let's just hope it doesn't languish in obscurity, because it's possibly the best puzzle game I've ever played.

Easy to learn, yet extremely challenging, this is an addictive experience. I lose hours every time I play. Where does the time go? Into an truly innovative and interactive puzzle game. The action revolves around a cube on which you stack colored shapes( animals who have been transformed, according to the rather flimsy plot), trying to match two of the same kind( like Noah) so that they will be "rescued" and transported from the playing field. The shapes come from three sides, and by rotating the cube on it's three axes, you catch & match to rack up a high score. But be careful! If you allow more than five unmatched shapes to collect on a side, your Zoocube will overheat, and it's Game Over. The action starts off at a nice pace and moves to a frantic flipping frenzy as you desperately try to keep the rain of shapes at bay.

I believe the engine must be fairly deep, as you are always provided with the correct piece in plenty of time - IF you can manipulate your cube to pair it with its partner, which is a lot harder than it sounds.
To increase the challenge, you can play in KO mode, where you start with pieces accumulated and must eliminate them..... but only enough peices are provide to do the job, and you aren't allowed mistakes.
And, if you can unlock it, you can play KO Blind, where the pieces aren't colored!

What about on Gamecube, you ask?? As much as I love it, I think the Game Boy Advance version is superior. I think the controls are a little bit easier and a little bit tighter, and while it doesn't have the same level of graphics and sound, it's still impressive and the flow of the game is much improved without the cutscenes.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ZooCube, June 30, 2002

By	Truth_Seeker1 (Clayton, MO United States) - See all my reviews

Man this game rocks! It's Tetris with not just an x-axis that pieces fall down, but a y- and a z-axis that pieces ALSO fall down. These "pieces" are in the GBA version colored blocks, or yellow stars, or other shapes and colors - and your job is to rotate the cube so that they fall onto and connect with matching pieces. It seems easy, but man, when those pieces are flying at you from every direction, and you have about 1/2 a second to rotate the cube in every-which-way to connect all of them together in just the right locations, you'll feel like you're rotating a rubix cube at lightening speeds, in fury and panic cause you're about to lose.
So that's the gameplay. The multiplayer feature is cool because it not only lets you *compete* with a friend via GBA link cable, but you can also *cooperate* with your friend. In the latter case, each of you has your own cube, and the screen is split. You work together in this mode to collect points. That's a great way to promote TEAMWORK to your kids!
The controls are difficult to master. That's because with only 4 arrow keys, up, down, left, and right, how do you rotate your cube in 3D space on all axes? Sometimes I'll be playing and while I'll try to flip the cube up-and-right, I'll flip it some other direction - because so far I haven't learned all the indicators that tell you which axis you'll rotate on if you press-which-directional button. I think the difficulty is changeable, however I could be wrong.
Although the publisher named this ZooCube (1 word), some retailers including online retailers spell it in two.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Zoo Cube.......it rocks, June 27, 2002

By	Tamara (Worcester, MA) - See all my reviews

I took a chance on this game because I love puzzle/stragey type games....I was NOT disappointed. Had a cute story to it and I found it addictive like tetris. It was hard to move the ark around to the sides I need at times but once you get the hang of it you pretty much can't stop playing. I gave this game a rating of 5 because it give me the challenge I wanted and the fact I really enjoyed playing it plus it being addictive made me feel that I did not waste my money on it.

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