Bermuda Triangle: Saving the Coral

Bermuda Triangle:Saving the Coral
Developer(s)	Storm City Games
Publisher(s)	Storm City Games (NA) Funbox Media (EU)
Release Date(s)
Wii	NA: November 17, 2009 EU: November 25, 2011
Wii	NA: November 17, 2009 EU: November 25, 2011
Nintendo DS	NA: February 2, 2010 EU: May 20, 2011
Nintendo DS	NA: February 2, 2010 EU: May 20, 2011
Platform(s)
Genre(s)	Puzzle
Rating(s)
ESRB	03
PEGI	01

Bermuda Triangle: Saving the Coral is a puzzle environment-themed game, released for the Wii in 2009 and the Nintendo DS in 2010, by Storm City Games. At one point, a European release was planned by Phoenix Games (which also released other games developed by NorthPole Studio at the time) under its original title, Coral Savior; it was ultimately handled by Funbox Media.

Gameplay

The player's goal is to make the young coral grow by distributing nourishing substances in the sea from their boat; once 3 or more of the same are connected, a reaction occurs that makes the coral grow. In a reverse version of regular puzzle games, distributing too much substance, leads to it floating down to the sea bottom, and causing pollution. There are three modes in the game; Time Mode, Endless Mode and Story Mode.

In the DS version, obstacles include squids that black out coral pieces so they get unerasable for a number of turns, sharks that disturb the player's, and snails that eat some of the coral created. Τhe Anchor is an item that kills the latter. There are other items; the Bomb wipes out a group of coral blocks bunched together, a Rainbow Coral erases all coral blocks with the same colour as the one you hit with it, and the Wave washes away the top row of blocks. Items can be obtained either from busting coral blocks that contain them, or buying them from the main shop with money the player acquires throughout each play.

In the Wii version, the obstacles include a Coral Destroyer and a Jellyfish that destroy the reefs under the surface, and a Squid that releases black ink or sponge bubbles, making dissoliving pods more difficult. The latter two can be defeated via the player's Nunchuck.

Reception

Shane Jury of Cubed3 wrote for the DS version: "Bermuda Triangle’s ecological message distances it from other puzzle games, and the gameplay itself stands strong initially, but ultimately with a glaring lack of content and features that would have been justifiable had it been a downloadable DSiWare or eShop title, the game is hard to recommend to anyone except beginners at a discount price."

External links

• Bermuda Triangle: Saving the Coral at GameFAQs