Appidemic: Zoombies: Animales de la Muerte! for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch

Welcome to kids’ day at the zoo. Unfortunately, the animals seem to be turning into zombies, so if the kids aren’t squeamish they can help take them out.

What is it?

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this is another zombie killer game. The twist is your hero is a little kid and the zombies are the animals in a zoo. You start with what amounts to a boomerang hatchet. The object of the game to destroy the zombies and keep them from escaping; if three or more zombies get past you, you lose the round. You also have to save the animals which have not yet been zoombified—don’t worry, they are exempt from your weapons and attacks.

When you destroy a zoombie, it will drop a coin. Touch the coins to collect them because you can, of course, spend them on more weapons and power-ups.

How does it work?

The look is cartoonish and as light as it can be with zoombie guts and blood flying around. It isn’t too bad, but be judicious about what your young one(s) can handle. The background music sounds a bit like a Mexican restaurant, but it isn’t overpowering.

The setting is a Mexican zoo, so the theme is appropriate—Zoombies even includes coin filled or zoombie filled piñatas (and who doesn’t like piñatas?). The game play is very easy; just touch the screen and trace a line with your finger. The boomerang hatchet will follow whatever path you trace and return to you as soon as it is done following your line. All the while it will be lopping off zoombie heads, so you really can get them coming and going (just like the tax man).

There are other weapons which overcome the various defenses of the differing types of zoombies so spend you coins wisely.

Is it contagious?

Zoombies: Animales de la Muerte! comes with a price tag of $2.99. The coin collection is a bit slow, but you can buy more coins (of course). The game difficulty builds at a good pace, and the clincher is you get to whack zombie monkeys! Woohooo!

Overall, this game was fun to play and not too pricey. There are plenty of levels and weapons to hold your interest, and you’ll get some good play time for your investment.