Care Bears: Unlock the Magic

Overall, Care Bears: Unlock the Magic is a neat little game if the purpose is to introduce a very young audience, or non-gamers, to the world of multiplayer minigames, as the ones seen in Mario Party. If you are even just vaguely adept at gaming, you will likely want to fall asleep after a little bit, but let me reiterate: you are not the audience this game was made for. It is a great way to encourage those around you to play games with you, but you might want to push them onto other games pretty quickly after that.

f you’re looking for a cute casual game Care Bears: Unlock The Magic fits that bill. Whilst this isn’t a long game, and the mini games are not always explained in the best way, it is fun. Is it £25 worth of fun? I’m not so sure. I did enjoy my time with it, and as a Care Bears fan it is a game I will pick up again. Just not regularly. Care Bears: Unlock The Magic gets the Thumb Culture Silver Award from me.

At it’s current price, Care Bears: Unlock The Magic is a tough game to recommend as it just feels like a compilation of forgettable – yet competent – mini-games that feel more at home on a mobile device.

Playing 8 mini-game variations by yourself is slim pickings for sure but Care Bears: Unlock the Magic still manages to be pretty enjoyable. 🧸

Overall, Care Bears: Unlock the Magic doesn't even manage to captivate children who are less demanding with technical and audiovisual issues. Composed of mini-games blatantly copied from outmoded hits, its main mode is drowsy and poorly articulated, resulting in something bland and, worse, absolutely boring.

Care Bears: Unlock the Magic is a charming, kid-friendly game perfect for young fans of the franchise.

The minigames are funny in the beginning, especially jumping the stream, shooting the ball to the hole and the ball bouncing, but no minigame really stands out. The adventure mode is simply too limited in terms of features and the free mode is in fact exactly the same, but then a bit more static in terms of choice for the minigame and levels. In addition, the game offers too little choice. This makes Care Bears: Unlock the Magic a slight disappointment, but perhaps a nice choice for kids around eight years old, who do not feel too old for these care bears. Then you will have to wait a while until the game is in the budget bins given the still quite high price.

Care Bears: Unlock the Magic did not rekindle any of the Care Bear magic I remember from childhood. Although the bright colours and bouncy music are enjoyable, the repetition of the same 8 mini-games quickly grows tiresome. Ultimately, I’m not sure who the target audience is. I think, those who are inspired by the Care Bears: Unlock the Magic TV show, would find the levels get too difficult, too quickly. Those who would enjoy the challenge, would not be inspired by the theme. I had high hopes for Care Bears: Unlock the Magic, but as it is…