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* BrokenAesop: The original game seems to be saying sweets are bad (marshmallows and chocolate kisses can kill you, and vitamins are used to destroy them) yet jellybeans are the Blob's source of power and peppermints are traded in for extra lives. Cherries (or more accurately, cherry bombs) are among the things that kill you.
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* NintendoHard: Only a handful of lives, no continues, and a finite number of jellybeans that mean squandering them can render the game unwinnable.
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It was resurrected on the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} in 2009 by Creator/WayForwardTechnologies as a level-based puzzle platformer. A high-definition port of this game was later released for [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows Windows]] (via Platform/{{Steam}} and Website/GOGDotCom), Platform/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita, and UsefulNotes/XboxOne on January 19, 2016 and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in fall 2021.

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It was resurrected on the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} Platform/{{Wii}} in 2009 by Creator/WayForwardTechnologies as a level-based puzzle platformer. A high-definition port of this game was later released for [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows [[Platform/MicrosoftWindows Windows]] (via Platform/{{Steam}} and Website/GOGDotCom), Platform/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita, Platform/PlayStationVita, and UsefulNotes/XboxOne Platform/XboxOne on January 19, 2016 and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch Platform/NintendoSwitch in fall 2021.



!!The 1989 game and UsefulNotes/GameBoy sequel provide examples of:

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Released by Creator/AbsoluteEntertainment in 1989 for the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem, ''A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia'' is a puzzle platformer developed by David Crane of ''VideoGame/{{Pitfall}}'' fame. It features the adventures of the eponymous hero (the Boy) and his friend Blob (full name Blobert).

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Released by Creator/AbsoluteEntertainment in 1989 for the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem, Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem, ''A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia'' is a puzzle platformer developed by David Crane of ''VideoGame/{{Pitfall}}'' fame. It features the adventures of the eponymous hero (the Boy) and his friend Blob (full name Blobert).



Numerous remakes were rumored since its release, but for twenty years the series consisted of only the original and a 1990 sequel for the UsefulNotes/GameBoy, ''The Rescue of Princess Blobette''.

It was resurrected on the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} in 2009 by Creator/WayForwardTechnologies as a level-based puzzle platformer. A high-definition port of this game was later released for [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows Windows]] (via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and Website/GOGDotCom), UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita, and UsefulNotes/XboxOne on January 19, 2016 and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in fall 2021.

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Numerous remakes were rumored since its release, but for twenty years the series consisted of only the original and a 1990 sequel for the UsefulNotes/GameBoy, Platform/GameBoy, ''The Rescue of Princess Blobette''.

It was resurrected on the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} in 2009 by Creator/WayForwardTechnologies as a level-based puzzle platformer. A high-definition port of this game was later released for [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows Windows]] (via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} Platform/{{Steam}} and Website/GOGDotCom), UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, Platform/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita, and UsefulNotes/XboxOne on January 19, 2016 and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in fall 2021.
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* PressurePlate: Quite a lot of them, especially in the last world, as well as several of the challenge stages.

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* PressurePlate: Quite a lot of them, pressure plates exist as a puzzle element, especially in the last world, as well as several of the challenge stages.stages. They're weighed down by the player, rocks, several blob abilities, and enemies.
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** The original contains the Root Beer Rocket.
** The Wii game replaces Root Beer with Cinnamon for the rocket, but gives us in return: The Berry Balloon, Bubble Gum Bouncer, Pear Parachute, Cream Cannon, Strawberry Shield (replacing Strawberry = Bridge in the original), and Cotton Candy Copy.

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** The original contains and Wii versions give us the Root Beer Rocket.
** The Wii game replaces Root Beer with Cinnamon for the rocket, but version also gives us in return: us: The Berry Balloon, Bubble Gum Bouncer, Pear Parachute, Cream Cannon, and Strawberry Shield (replacing Strawberry = Bridge in the original), and Cotton Candy Copy.original).

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