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Zuma Blitz Weekly Board: Gap Shots and Fruit

Shark Lady Games — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 22:02:03 +0000

It’s a new week of Zuma Blitz, boys and girls, and we have a new board. This week’s board is rather fun, and has a great potential for high scoring (I already scored 1 million points on it). Here’s how it looks:

As you can see, the balls roll in in two long paths. You need to prepare for long shots as well as close ones, but the keys for scoring big on this week’s Zuma board are fruits and gap shots.

Fruits are usually located in hard-to-reach areas of the board, but this week they are much easier to grab. If you blast the balls quickly out the way, and prevent them from getting too close to you, you can snatch 4-5 fruit each game – which can get you some serious points.

For really mastering the fruit grabbing, you need to learn how to quickly launch two balls, one after the other – one to create the gap in the balls that allows you access to the fruit, and the next one to actually get the fruit – BEFORE the rest of the balls rush in and block the juicy treat. I call it “Tap-Tap” – because you need to do a quick double-click on the mouse in order to get it right. You WILL miss sometimes, but if you master this technique, you can get much more fruit while playing Zuma.

Because of the long, parallel lines in which the balls roll this week, you can get many gap shots if you are smart and quick enough. A great way to make gaps is the inferno frog. Match the balls quickly to gather heat, and when you get the inferno frog (that spits 3 fire balls), make holes in the lines of balls. This way you can get plenty of gap shots until the balls close the gaps.

Recommended powers for this week’s board

For this week, my top choice of powers would be:

Time (as always)
Sun Frog
Epic Fruit (optional)

You can also go with bombs or chain blast, instead of the Epic Fruit, but personally I think that too many blasts make you lose opportunities for combos, which can get you tons of points.

The Sun Frog is wonderful for making gaps in the lines. If you make a big enough gap, you can get great scoring gap shots for quite a few seconds.

If you need more general tips, check out the Zuma Blitz Guide.

Good luck and have fun!

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The Next Facebook Hit Game? PopCap Preps Zuma Blitz

Shark Lady Games — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:46:00 +0000

PopCap Games, the evil people responsible for some of the worst time-wasters ever (also known as casual video games), announced that Zuma, its second best-selling game, with nearly 20 million units sold worldwide, will soon be debuting on Facebook in a free, social form. The new games will be called Zuma Blitz, and will include a host of social-centric features new to the game.

Zuma Blitz is expected to roll out gradually via Beta launch in approximately three weeks.

PopCap plans to continue evolving Zuma Blitz over time, in a fashion similar to the ongoing addition of major new features and functionality in Bejeweled Blitz. New features available at the introduction of Zuma Blitz next month are expected to include:

Weekly tournaments and leader-boards
New levels introduced regularly
An “experience points” system to unlock additional features and capabilities
A “Treasure Chest” virtual currency-based system for obtaining in-game power-ups
New features such as time extenders, score multipliers and the “Hot Frog” speed mode
Additional information on friends’ in-game performance and status such as medals won, achievements earned at various point thresholds and experience level

Zuma Blitz joins Bejeweled Blitz as PopCap’s second full-fledged social game on Facebook. Bejeweled Blitz has attracted nearly 30 million users since its introduction 18 months ago, and more than 100 million sessions of the game are played each day by consumers worldwide.

More Addictive Casual Games by PopCap

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Zuma’s Revenge is Out There

Shark Lady Games — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:04:42 +0000

If you are planning on having a life for the next few days, do not continue reading! Zuma’s Revenge, the sequel to the huge hit from PopCap – Zuma.

Zuma’s Revenge is a great and addictive casual game. It has tons of levels and it gets very challenging.

Survive a newly evolved world of Zuma, where evil tiki bosses rule the land! Conquer over 60 levels by firing stone spheres to make matches and destroy the deadly stream of balls, then take on six tiki boss battles and guide your agile amphibian to victory!

Fire spheres to make matches, destroy the deadly stream of balls, and battle six imposing bosses. Slide and hop for sharper shots, and score explosive power-ups. Will you succumb to the perilous pitfalls, or can you conquer this ball-blasting challenge?

Get Zuma’s Revenge NOW!

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Zuma’s Revenge Game Trailer

Shark Lady Games — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:28:38 +0000

Zuma is one of the most successful casual games ever.

PopCap is going to try to recreate the amazing success of the original Zuma, with Zuma’s Revenge. Let’s see if they can make it. In the mean time – here’s the trailer for the new Zuma game.