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Know what game company is underrated? Nick games. Yeah, as
in the guys in charge of making games based off Nickelodeon characters. However
not many people praise their games. The reason is that people wouldn’t expect
nowadays for a movie based game or such to be as good as VG born characters
like Mario, Sonic, Link, or Megaman. Now sometimes the worst games are the
copyrighted games, which turns many people off. Nick games, however, put actual
thought and care into their games. Spongebob platformers like the movie-based
game and Battle for Bikini Bottom are actually pretty stellar. The Barnyard
videogame was very reminiscent of both Harvest Moon and Animal Crossing, cause
you know… farms and animals. ._.

But the sheer fact remained, Nickelodeon cartoons are kiddy
stuff. A game based off them must be dumb right? Well WRONG. That bit of
judgment is what makes their games so under-praised. However, Nick Games where
given an opportunity to make a new mark in Nickelodeon history, by making their
own franchise. Have you seen the Tak and the Power of Juju cartoons? Didn’t it
seem like a part of it was missing? A backstory leading up to it? Well I knew
Tak before any of that, because the cartoon was, in fact, based off a VIDEO
GAME. Tak and the Power of Juju was a great game made at the hands of Nick
games, spawning a series, crossovers with the mainstream cartoon characters in
video games, and finally onto the channel. So let’s go back to the source of
Tak, his first appearance under the name of Nickelodeon.

Our story begins with a budget cut… they couldn’t afford the
4th wall. Now look, breaking the fourth wall is one thing, but not
having one to begin with and then adding it later is another. Basically a
shaman, known as Jibolba, tried summoning a spirit deity, known as a Juju. Now
let me just stop to explain a main concept of the game, Juju’s are the source
of all magic in the world. The magic itself is named after the Juju’s
themselves, and any magical power or place is called a juju [insert name here].
Juju spells, juju vision, juju temples, juju shrines, etc. So with that out of
the way, onto the summoning’s. Jibolba tried to contact a Juju from another
world, and brought you into his world. He acknowledges your clothes, your
controller, and the fact you watch him from a TV. He explains he needs your
help, as his people, the pupanunu tribe, are endangered by an evil sorcerer
Tlaloc. The pupanunu are watched over by their deity, the moon Juju. Jibolba
and Tlaloc were competing over who would be the next shaman of the tribe to
contact the moon Juju for assistance, and Jibolba was chosen. This was mainly
due to the fact Tlaloc had been practicing dark juju, and was a harsh, sinister
man. So then one day, Tlaloc used his powers to enter the moon temple with his
assistants, two voodoo dolls named Pins and Needles. He stole the 3 moon
stones, removing the moon Juju’s powers, and increased his own juju, cursing
the land around the pupanunu village turning everyone into a sheep. Jibolba
could only save a few people with his resources but he had prepared. He knew
for a long time this would happen due to being gifted with the knowledge of a
prophecy. When Tlaloc would turn everyone into sheep, he would be defeated by a
mighty warrior. Jibolba had spent his life raising a powerful warrior, Lok, to
save his people.

Unfortunately, Lok is a sheep. Jibolba’s errand boy, Tak,
found the sheep wearing Lok’s amulet, and they had to realize Lok became a
sheep. So now Tak volunteers to go find the ingredients to return him to normal
and fetch the hero’s staff in the burial grounds. Also, the moon Juju’s
daughter, a sprite named Flora, helps to teach you stuff. She likes explaining
stuff, and flies around in a green glowing orb, so she’s screaming “I’ll be
your Navi for the evening”. Of course she has a full vocabulary and doesn’t
break the game flow. Now the game is broken into 3 segments, we’ll get to the
other two later, but the first one is after getting the staff, hunting down at
least 9 of the 12 magical nubu plants in the world. Regular nubu plants pop out
of the ground to bite at you, but magical ones are far more deadly. They like
throwing exploding coconuts, summoning nubu plants, spinning vines, and
breathing toxic gasses. Some are worse than others, and once you defeat one you
take its flower.

Now as for gameplay, this game is pretty amazing in some
aspects. Tak controls very smoothly, yet you really feel like you put effort
into every motion you do. The health bar is represented by the feather on your
head, showing by the yellow parts how much health percentage you have left. To
replenish health, collect feathers for health as well as gaining mana you’ll
use later. Tak starts off with a club, a weak, short-ranged weapon that you
never use once you get the staff. Weapons are used for breaking small objects
and fighting the nubu plants and the main pest of this world, nerbils. I’m
really not sure what these gremlins are, reptilian rat demons? Well the game
has a good sense of progression, at first the weakest purple nerbil can never
be defeated without taking a hit yourself. Once you get the staff however, they
become incredibly easy to deal with. Soon you find yourself meeting powerful
yellow striped nerbils and nerbil nests. A big part of the game involves
animals, and using them to get through obstacles and solve puzzles. Examples
are orangutans that use palm trees to launch you to other locations, monkeys
that throw coconuts at whatever’s closest to them when hit, and rams that knock
you away from passages. There are 4 areas in the first segment, the burial
grounds, tree village, dryrock canyon, and Chicken Island.

Then you reach the end of the first part of the game. You
turn the sheep back into human form, but it turned out not to be Lok. So
Jibolba tells you to go back to the tree village and see if the shaman can
help, unless he’s a sheep in which case to borrow his spirit rattle. When you
get there you find Tlaloc, who sends Pins and Needles to stop you from getting
the rattle. The battles against these two are unique minigames, this one being
where you grab magic balls and throw them at the two, trying to inflate their
heads to the point of bursting.

The second part begins with getting your spirit rattle,
which is the strongest weapon in the game and it replaces your club. With it
you can see all the juju objects a mortal couldn’t see. There are orbs called
yorbels, tikis to place in shrines to call Juju’s, and spell amulets. While you
were gone, hear this… Jibolba found out Lok was crushed in a stampede of sheep!
XD Well in order to resurrect him you need to collect 100 yorbels and go to the
spirit realm and find Lok’s spirit. Now here’s where the game picks up, you can
now access every area and choose what to do at any point. You can find the
first tiki in Tak’s village to get to Numa Dunes and go sandboarding, or to
Chicken Island to gain the chicken suit. You can go straight to the spirit
realm from the burial grounds and get Lok’s spirit balloon or try and find as
many spells as you can.

Spells you collect can be new attacks, unique ways to help
you, or passive effects. Some let you take the spirits of nerbils for mana and
health, others upgrade your blowgun. Some spells that use mana are thunder
strike, spirit strike, compass, and crazy feet. They help you navigate or
attack strong enemy groups. Oh, and you can summon fruit, that’s a plus.

To get to the spirit realm you need to go activate the
shrine in the burial grounds and find the 4 mummies in tombs, bringing them
back to the museum of history or whatever. Then it opens a portal to the spirit
realm, a unique area where you can find spirits haunting jars and can create
temporary spirit objects. Upon getting the balloon with Lok’s spirit you must
bring it back and avoid popping it on thorny hedges. After that, places I
recommend getting yorbels in are the upper tree village and mountain top,
chicken island, and Lok’s training grounds in Dryrock Canyon.

Now the final section consists of collecting 3 objects, the
moon stones. Yeah, after resurrecting Lok he had severe diarrhea and it’s up to
you to find the stones. Gee, I thought Lok would do that since he’s the chosen
hero, whatever is going on? #monotone. So you are granted the amulet of
champions, allowing you to enter 3 temples and giving you stronger abilities at
full health. So you have more power at full health… started out as a young boy
who never believed he’d achieve greatness, go around collecting stones with a
GLOWY BALL COMPANION mind you, and you must save the goddess from a dark lord
who wants world domination… #Legend of Tak: Rattle of the Moon. The temples are
in Chicken Island, the Mountain Top, and Dryrock Canyon, and each has unique
puzzles ending in a unique battle against Pins and Needles at the end. In the
animal temple you must arrange sigils on 2 giant wheels to open the way to the
canyon, where you have a dancing competition/race against the two. In the sun
temple you fight against many enemies in a maze-like structure and fight Pins
and Needles on a phoenix. In the chicken temple you get golden eggs from
chickens and take them to an elevator and pop a giant balloon.

So you’ve freed the Moon Juju, who reveals a big surprise…
TAK was the hero all along!? NOOOOO. Well this leads you into a final battle
against Tlaloc in the dark temple. Each phase challenges what you’ve learned
from the game, as you fight waves of enemies avoiding Tlaloc’s attacks and get
turned into various animals to get through obstacles. At the end Flora becomes
an orangutan, and once you defeat Tlaloc he becomes a sheep, and Flora chucks
him away into a giant flower monster thing he was using. Sorry if the explanation
is a little vague. :l

So there’s a brief ending cut scene that ends on a surprisingly
subtle note, and the game has ended. But of course feel free to continue to
collect everything the game has to offer! And with that, so ends Tak and the
Power of Juju. Recap time!

This game has very smooth animations and graphics. It has a style all it's own and a very atmospheric setting. A lot of animations are put into each model of the game, and a lot of work was obviously put into programming it. 8
The atmosphere is heightened by the soundtrack. It has just the right feel no matter where you are. Pupanunu village sounds like what a hub map should, Mountain Top feels like a peaceful open space, and Dryrock Canyon feels hostile and dangerous. I also like sections like Numa Dunes and Powder Canyon for having fun music. Again, tons of effort and skill. 8
The game does, however, feel empty in the beginning. If you've had a taste of the spirit rattle, you never want to go back to clubs again. That said, a lot of things like boss fights and magical nubu plants await you if you start again. And of course, it's fun laughing at Lok's expense. 7
The story is pretty deep as well, with a definable plot as well as memorable and lovable characters. Who can forget the two-headed Juju? He showed up 3 freaking times! 7
There is an immense amount of time you can put into this game. You can get every spell, all the yorbels, and the world is huge, with many cracks and crevices to check beyond the surface. It has the full right to have a 10.
The game has infinite continues and checkpoints. Died to a magic nubu plant? Whatevs, just pop over there and jump back in! But don't be fooled by this lenience, actually accomplishing your goals can be a pain in the butt. The mummy tombs and spirit realm, as well as east chicken island, Lok's training ground, and of course the 3 temples all have a good curve. They get harder and harder to accomplish up until the final battle, a true test of your skill. 7

That was Tak and the Power of Juju. Wow, 2 reviews in one day... hopefully THIS one gains more attention from at least 10 people. I swear, the things I actually put effort into...
Know what game company is underrated? Nick games. Yeah, as
in the guys in charge of making games based off Nickelodeon characters. However
not many people praise their games. The reason is that people wouldn’t expect
nowadays for a movie based game or such to be as good as VG born characters
like Mario, Sonic, Link, or Megaman. Now sometimes the worst games are the
copyrighted games, which turns many people off. Nick games, however, put actual
thought and care into their games. Spongebob platformers like the movie-based
game and Battle for Bikini Bottom are actually pretty stellar. The Barnyard
videogame was very reminiscent of both Harvest Moon and Animal Crossing, cause
you know… farms and animals. ._.

But the sheer fact remained, Nickelodeon cartoons are kiddy
stuff. A game based off them must be dumb right? Well WRONG. That bit of
judgment is what makes their games so under-praised. However, Nick Games where
given an opportunity to make a new mark in Nickelodeon history, by making their
own franchise. Have you seen the Tak and the Power of Juju cartoons? Didn’t it
seem like a part of it was missing? A backstory leading up to it? Well I knew
Tak before any of that, because the cartoon was, in fact, based off a VIDEO
GAME. Tak and the Power of Juju was a great game made at the hands of Nick
games, spawning a series, crossovers with the mainstream cartoon characters in
video games, and finally onto the channel. So let’s go back to the source of
Tak, his first appearance under the name of Nickelodeon.

Our story begins with a budget cut… they couldn’t afford the
4th wall. Now look, breaking the fourth wall is one thing, but not
having one to begin with and then adding it later is another. Basically a
shaman, known as Jibolba, tried summoning a spirit deity, known as a Juju. Now
let me just stop to explain a main concept of the game, Juju’s are the source
of all magic in the world. The magic itself is named after the Juju’s
themselves, and any magical power or place is called a juju [insert name here].
Juju spells, juju vision, juju temples, juju shrines, etc. So with that out of
the way, onto the summoning’s. Jibolba tried to contact a Juju from another
world, and brought you into his world. He acknowledges your clothes, your
controller, and the fact you watch him from a TV. He explains he needs your
help, as his people, the pupanunu tribe, are endangered by an evil sorcerer
Tlaloc. The pupanunu are watched over by their deity, the moon Juju. Jibolba
and Tlaloc were competing over who would be the next shaman of the tribe to
contact the moon Juju for assistance, and Jibolba was chosen. This was mainly
due to the fact Tlaloc had been practicing dark juju, and was a harsh, sinister
man. So then one day, Tlaloc used his powers to enter the moon temple with his
assistants, two voodoo dolls named Pins and Needles. He stole the 3 moon
stones, removing the moon Juju’s powers, and increased his own juju, cursing
the land around the pupanunu village turning everyone into a sheep. Jibolba
could only save a few people with his resources but he had prepared. He knew
for a long time this would happen due to being gifted with the knowledge of a
prophecy. When Tlaloc would turn everyone into sheep, he would be defeated by a
mighty warrior. Jibolba had spent his life raising a powerful warrior, Lok, to
save his people.

Unfortunately, Lok is a sheep. Jibolba’s errand boy, Tak,
found the sheep wearing Lok’s amulet, and they had to realize Lok became a
sheep. So now Tak volunteers to go find the ingredients to return him to normal
and fetch the hero’s staff in the burial grounds. Also, the moon Juju’s
daughter, a sprite named Flora, helps to teach you stuff. She likes explaining
stuff, and flies around in a green glowing orb, so she’s screaming “I’ll be
your Navi for the evening”. Of course she has a full vocabulary and doesn’t
break the game flow. Now the game is broken into 3 segments, we’ll get to the
other two later, but the first one is after getting the staff, hunting down at
least 9 of the 12 magical nubu plants in the world. Regular nubu plants pop out
of the ground to bite at you, but magical ones are far more deadly. They like
throwing exploding coconuts, summoning nubu plants, spinning vines, and
breathing toxic gasses. Some are worse than others, and once you defeat one you
take its flower.

Now as for gameplay, this game is pretty amazing in some
aspects. Tak controls very smoothly, yet you really feel like you put effort
into every motion you do. The health bar is represented by the feather on your
head, showing by the yellow parts how much health percentage you have left. To
replenish health, collect feathers for health as well as gaining mana you’ll
use later. Tak starts off with a club, a weak, short-ranged weapon that you
never use once you get the staff. Weapons are used for breaking small objects
and fighting the nubu plants and the main pest of this world, nerbils. I’m
really not sure what these gremlins are, reptilian rat demons? Well the game
has a good sense of progression, at first the weakest purple nerbil can never
be defeated without taking a hit yourself. Once you get the staff however, they
become incredibly easy to deal with. Soon you find yourself meeting powerful
yellow striped nerbils and nerbil nests. A big part of the game involves
animals, and using them to get through obstacles and solve puzzles. Examples
are orangutans that use palm trees to launch you to other locations, monkeys
that throw coconuts at whatever’s closest to them when hit, and rams that knock
you away from passages. There are 4 areas in the first segment, the burial
grounds, tree village, dryrock canyon, and Chicken Island.

Then you reach the end of the first part of the game. You
turn the sheep back into human form, but it turned out not to be Lok. So
Jibolba tells you to go back to the tree village and see if the shaman can
help, unless he’s a sheep in which case to borrow his spirit rattle. When you
get there you find Tlaloc, who sends Pins and Needles to stop you from getting
the rattle. The battles against these two are unique minigames, this one being
where you grab magic balls and throw them at the two, trying to inflate their
heads to the point of bursting.

The second part begins with getting your spirit rattle,
which is the strongest weapon in the game and it replaces your club. With it
you can see all the juju objects a mortal couldn’t see. There are orbs called
yorbels, tikis to place in shrines to call Juju’s, and spell amulets. While you
were gone, hear this… Jibolba found out Lok was crushed in a stampede of sheep!
XD Well in order to resurrect him you need to collect 100 yorbels and go to the
spirit realm and find Lok’s spirit. Now here’s where the game picks up, you can
now access every area and choose what to do at any point. You can find the
first tiki in Tak’s village to get to Numa Dunes and go sandboarding, or to
Chicken Island to gain the chicken suit. You can go straight to the spirit
realm from the burial grounds and get Lok’s spirit balloon or try and find as
many spells as you can.

Spells you collect can be new attacks, unique ways to help
you, or passive effects. Some let you take the spirits of nerbils for mana and
health, others upgrade your blowgun. Some spells that use mana are thunder
strike, spirit strike, compass, and crazy feet. They help you navigate or
attack strong enemy groups. Oh, and you can summon fruit, that’s a plus.

To get to the spirit realm you need to go activate the
shrine in the burial grounds and find the 4 mummies in tombs, bringing them
back to the museum of history or whatever. Then it opens a portal to the spirit
realm, a unique area where you can find spirits haunting jars and can create
temporary spirit objects. Upon getting the balloon with Lok’s spirit you must
bring it back and avoid popping it on thorny hedges. After that, places I
recommend getting yorbels in are the upper tree village and mountain top,
chicken island, and Lok’s training grounds in Dryrock Canyon.

Now the final section consists of collecting 3 objects, the
moon stones. Yeah, after resurrecting Lok he had severe diarrhea and it’s up to
you to find the stones. Gee, I thought Lok would do that since he’s the chosen
hero, whatever is going on? #monotone. So you are granted the amulet of
champions, allowing you to enter 3 temples and giving you stronger abilities at
full health. So you have more power at full health… started out as a young boy
who never believed he’d achieve greatness, go around collecting stones with a
GLOWY BALL COMPANION mind you, and you must save the goddess from a dark lord
who wants world domination… #Legend of Tak: Rattle of the Moon. The temples are
in Chicken Island, the Mountain Top, and Dryrock Canyon, and each has unique
puzzles ending in a unique battle against Pins and Needles at the end. In the
animal temple you must arrange sigils on 2 giant wheels to open the way to the
canyon, where you have a dancing competition/race against the two. In the sun
temple you fight against many enemies in a maze-like structure and fight Pins
and Needles on a phoenix. In the chicken temple you get golden eggs from
chickens and take them to an elevator and pop a giant balloon.

So you’ve freed the Moon Juju, who reveals a big surprise…
TAK was the hero all along!? NOOOOO. Well this leads you into a final battle
against Tlaloc in the dark temple. Each phase challenges what you’ve learned
from the game, as you fight waves of enemies avoiding Tlaloc’s attacks and get
turned into various animals to get through obstacles. At the end Flora becomes
an orangutan, and once you defeat Tlaloc he becomes a sheep, and Flora chucks
him away into a giant flower monster thing he was using. Sorry if the explanation
is a little vague. :l

So there’s a brief ending cut scene that ends on a surprisingly
subtle note, and the game has ended. But of course feel free to continue to
collect everything the game has to offer! And with that, so ends Tak and the
Power of Juju. Recap time!

This game has very smooth animations and graphics. It has a style all it's own and a very atmospheric setting. A lot of animations are put into each model of the game, and a lot of work was obviously put into programming it. 8
The atmosphere is heightened by the soundtrack. It has just the right feel no matter where you are. Pupanunu village sounds like what a hub map should, Mountain Top feels like a peaceful open space, and Dryrock Canyon feels hostile and dangerous. I also like sections like Numa Dunes and Powder Canyon for having fun music. Again, tons of effort and skill. 8
The game does, however, feel empty in the beginning. If you've had a taste of the spirit rattle, you never want to go back to clubs again. That said, a lot of things like boss fights and magical nubu plants await you if you start again. And of course, it's fun laughing at Lok's expense. 7
The story is pretty deep as well, with a definable plot as well as memorable and lovable characters. Who can forget the two-headed Juju? He showed up 3 freaking times! 7
There is an immense amount of time you can put into this game. You can get every spell, all the yorbels, and the world is huge, with many cracks and crevices to check beyond the surface. It has the full right to have a 10.
The game has infinite continues and checkpoints. Died to a magic nubu plant? Whatevs, just pop over there and jump back in! But don't be fooled by this lenience, actually accomplishing your goals can be a pain in the butt. The mummy tombs and spirit realm, as well as east chicken island, Lok's training ground, and of course the 3 temples all have a good curve. They get harder and harder to accomplish up until the final battle, a true test of your skill. 7

That was Tak and the Power of Juju. Wow, 2 reviews in one day... hopefully THIS one gains more attention from at least 10 people. I swear, the things I actually put effort into...
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Wow. This is a very detailed breakdown of the game, and actually flows more like a professional review than the way featured reviews on Vizzed are written.

However, this tells the game's story in it's entirety, which is definitely against the "No Spoilers" rule of reviews. Other than that, this is a great review.
Wow. This is a very detailed breakdown of the game, and actually flows more like a professional review than the way featured reviews on Vizzed are written.

However, this tells the game's story in it's entirety, which is definitely against the "No Spoilers" rule of reviews. Other than that, this is a great review.
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Nice job on this review, it is incredibly detailed and very well worded, I also like the style of organization as well as the way you broke the whole thing down, although I think you could've spaced the final scores at the bottom out a little more, or you could've put them at the top of each category. Not a big deal though. 

My only gripe is that you shouldn't give away the story of the game and spoil it for those who haven't played it. Other than that though, I wouldn't change anything else about the review. Great job overall! 
Nice job on this review, it is incredibly detailed and very well worded, I also like the style of organization as well as the way you broke the whole thing down, although I think you could've spaced the final scores at the bottom out a little more, or you could've put them at the top of each category. Not a big deal though. 

My only gripe is that you shouldn't give away the story of the game and spoil it for those who haven't played it. Other than that though, I wouldn't change anything else about the review. Great job overall! 
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