As per usual, I was checking out toucharcade.com to see what new games were looking good, and came across an interesting one entitled “Poppi”. Here is their take on it:

http://toucharcade.com/2009/07/16/poppi-a-melodic-matching-game/

All too often, I am seeing new games come out for the iPhone that solely use the accelerometer, which is cool and all, but there is only so much you can do with that before it gets repetitive or silly, and besides, playing an accelerometer game on the bus SUCKS. Other games lately have been coming out with a control pad on the screen that obscures the playing area, and I also find it hard to hold the iPhone and also use the controls as well. I’m not a big fan of racing games, or sports games, or one of the BILLIONS of number brain games available, so I was glad to see this little gem.

Basically, it’s a physics game (my favourite genre), and the point is to match up the falling pieces together to clear them out. You get three lives, and should one of the falling pieces hit the bottom of the screen, or you hit one of the various obstacles (such as a bomb or a spiky thing) you lose a life. It’s a very simple game, and personally I found it quite fun.

Here’s a link to the YouTube video in the review if you want to check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd6PSeVITTw