The Great Trophy Chase: Jumbleberry Blast

One of the trophies I’m working hard to win during The Great Trophy Chase is Jumbleberry Blast. I haven’t gotten it yet, but in the process of working towards the trophy I’ve come up with a few tips for playing the game.

First, for an overview of the game, check out the post I did back when Jumbleberry Blast was first added to the Webkinz Arcade: New Webkinz Arcade Game: Jumbleberry Blast

You can also learn about the game from the post on Webkinz Newz announcing the release of Jumbleberry Blast: New Arcade Game

To see the game in action, watch my video of Jumbleberry Blast game play.

Jumbleberry Blast is currently only available to Deluxe members, but keep your eyes open because Jumbleberry Blast is available to everyone when it’s the “Game of the Day.” (Visit the Ganz eStore for more info on how to become a Deluxe member.)

There are 30 levels in Jumbleberry Blast. Each of these level requires you to do some combination of these four things:

1. Earn a certain number of points
2. Clear rot
3. Drop jars
4. Clear bugs

Some levels require you to achieve only one goal, like clearing 12 square of rot. Other levels combine obstacles, such as having you drop jars while clearing bugs. (My blog post and video dive deeper into how the game works.)

There are some things I know about Jumbleberry Blast now that I didn’t know when I did the first post about it. For example, I know now that the bugs are introduced in level 21. They look like flies, and you clear the flies by clearing the berries next to the flies.

The flies also make an appearance in Level 28:

Shiny berries:

The shiny berries are introduced in Level 4. Shiny berries are your best friend in clearing levels in Jumbleberry Blast and in getting a higher score.

Making a chain of seven or more berries will earn you a “shiny” berry. These special berries will clear a whole row, either vertically (up and down) or horizontally (side to side), depending on the direction of their “shine.”

You can get multiple shiny berries at once by making a chain of 14 or 21 (multiples of 7). Getting a chain of 21 is pretty rare, but getting one of 14 isn’t too difficult. Always go for the longest chain possible!

You can also use one shiny berry to trigger another shiny berry. Here’s a picture of what I mean – the yellow shiny berry with the horizontal shine (right side) is going to “trigger” the yellow shiny berry with the vertical shine (left side).

When you create this kind of chain reaction with the shiny berries, you are able to clear two rows with one move!

Bonus points:

Try to clear the level using as few moves as possible in order to earn bonus points. You will get 10 bonus points for each move that you have left. For instance, if you have 3 moves left at the end of the level, you’ll be awarded 30 bonus points.

Take your time:

Remember that the game isn’t timed, so go slowly and think through your options. You can take as much time as you need in order to figure out how to make the longest chain possible.

Those are all the tips I have for Jumbleberry Blast right now. Do you have any advice on winning the Jumbleberry Blast trophy? Let me know in the comments!

Video: Playing Jumbleberry Blast

Yesterday, Ganz introduced Jumbleberry Blast – a new game in the Webkinz Arcade. In my last blog post, I broke down the game and showed you the different levels and challenges. Today I have a video of what it looks like to actually play Jumbleberry Blast. The farthest I’ve made it is to Level 18. In this video, I show you game play through Level 16.

Enjoy! And to all my new visitors and subscribers – thank you! I’m so happy you decided to check out my blog!

New Webkinz Arcade Game: Jumbleberry Blast

Yesterday Ganz released a new game in the Webkinz Arcade – it’s called Jumbleberry Blast.

Jumbleberry Blast is currently only available to Deluxe members, but remember, non-deluxe members will be able to play Jumbleberry Blast if it’s the “Game of the Day.”

Jumble Berry Blast is essentially a color matching game. You build chains of matching berries (the same berries that appear in Jumbleberry Fields.) Chains can be built horizontally, vertically and diagonally, which enables you to build very long chains (more on that later).

Here are the instructions for the game:

Each level presents you with a new goal or challenge. For instance, in the first five levels, the goal is to reach a certain amount of points within a certain amount of moves. For example, on level 1, your goal is to reach 100 points in 7 moves.

If  you meet the goal with any moves left over, you get ten bonus points for each unused move:

Once you reach level 4, you unlock the ability to create “shining” berries by building chains of 7 or more berries.

When shining berries are matched up, they clear either a row or a column. The direction of the shine indicates whether the match will clear vertically or horizontally. Here’s an example:

Levels 1 through 5 are the most straightforward. When you get to level 6, “rot” is introduced. The rot looks like small green squares, as you can see in the picture below. In order to remove the pieces of rot, you must clear the berries on top of the rot:

Levels 11 and 12 go back to the same goal as levels 1 through 5, but this time a bright blue berry is introduced. Adding the extra color makes it more difficult to build long chains.

Once you hit level 13, it’s time to start collecting jam jars. A jam jar is “collected” when all the berries beneath it are cleared, and the jar falls to the bottom of the column.

The jam jar levels are about as far as I’ve made it in Jumbleberry Blast so far. Once you’re past the jam jars, the following level (maybe more?) returns to removing rot.

I don’t know what happens after that – from the pictures of the game, it looks like something involving a bug is going to happen in some of the higher levels.

Have you played Jumbleberry Blast? What do you think of this new Webkinz Arcade game? Let me know in the comments!