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An HD remake of an old console game from the SNES era, Earthworm Jim is an annelid themed platformer for up to four players. Putting you in control of everyone's favourite earthworm in a spacesuit, it's up to you to make your way through the incredibly bonkers levels, taking out any enemies that may get in your way, as you try to figure out how to reach the goal.
With enemies including an angry granny, a keyboard playing cat, and, of course, some angry crows, it's safe to say Earthworm Jim is one of the weirder games around. While you have a blaster in your possession, which can be used to shoot at your enemies, it's actually possible (and surprisingly somewhat easier) to take your foes out by simply grabbing yourself by the head and whipping them with your own body. Some enemies make farting noises when they're defeated, too, which may raise a smile with younger (and some older) players.
That being said, as this is a remake of an older game, it's worth bearing in mind that the difficulty level can be more than a little bit unforgiving. With no tutorial, and very little in the way of signposting in the levels, figuring out what you have to do next can be something of a challenge to say the least. Leaving you to simply wander around an area, mashing buttons until you happen across something you can use, it's fair to say that there are plenty of chances for younger players to get stuck here - and even when you know what you're meant to be doing, it may not be that easy to actually do it. Whether you're trying to protect a very stupid pink dog from leaping to his death, or bouncing some puppies from one side of the screen to the other without letting them touch the floor, there are plenty of teeth grinding moments in Earthworm Jim - which may be too much for younger players.
Although it has a pretty juvenile sense of humour, there's nothing especially untoward in Earthworm Jim. Enemies simply explode in a cartoony pile of bones when destroyed, with no blood to speak of, while there's also no bad language.
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Format Reviewed: Xbox 360
