De Blob

De Blob is a platform video game originally developed by Blue Tongue Entertainment for the Wii in 2008 and published by THQ. In 2017, it was re-released by THQ Nordic (who acquired the rights to some of THQ's assets after they went bankrupt in 2012) for the PC, and later the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) You play as De Blob, who can absorb paint to make himself change color and grow larger. He can paint objects such as buildings, vehicles, and ad boards using paint points obtained by going in a pool of paint or by smashing a Paintbot.
 * 2) Each world starts out grayscale, and you're tasked to turn the buildings to color. Painting buildings serves as a way to tell where you've already been. Also, De Blob leaves a trail of paint behind him.
 * 3) Painted buildings acquire a stylized pattern after getting a pattern.
 * 4) You can combine colors to make new combo colors, such as combining red and blue to make purple, or red and yellow to make orange.
 * 5) Impressive stylized graphics especially for the Wii which the console was originally released on.
 * 6) Catchy music, and the music slightly changes when De Blob changes color. If you color a building, the music suddenly makes a sound from an instrument, depending on your current color. It blends in well if you quickly color buildings.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Camera can be poorly placed in tight spaces. It can also be tough to move sometimes.
 * 2) On the Wii version of the game, the Jump action is activated by flicking the Wii Remote up.
 * 3) Around the time where you have to fight INKT soldiers that are only affected by one color, the game has a rapid spike in difficulty, as you have to rapidly change colors or run away.
 * 4) The only thing you get for 100% completion is that you unlock some movies and concept art.
 * 5) The game play gets really repetitive since you do the same thing over and over again. Paint all the buildings, paint the Graydians, beat the races, and defeat the INKs, that's all you do throughout the whole game.

Reception
de Blob received positive reviews overall. IGN called it "one of the best third-party efforts to come over to Wii in a long time". Nintendo Power said: "Admittedly, there's not a ton of variety...but it remains fun throughout". Nintendo World Report claimed "de Blob is defined by its pure unadulterated fun", rating it a 9/10. Game Informer, rating de Blob a 7.75/10, said "the game is missing the most important element to a game: the gameplay". Eurogamer described de Blob as "excellent and thoroughly original", while noting that "the best and worst thing about de Blob is that it's got 'Destined For Cult Status' written all over it". Edge rated de Blob an 8/10, calling it "a game for meandering in, for absorbing and messing around with". GameSpot rated the Wii version an 8/10. Official Nintendo Magazine awarded the game both a rating of 92% and its Gold Award, stating that "de Blob is an absolutely flippin' awesome videogame". N-Europe said that De Blob was "the most colorful and ambitiously fresh" title on the Wii. It won or was nominated for several Wii-specific awards from IGN in its 2008 video game awards, including Best Platform Game, Best Graphics Technology, and Best Use of Sound. It was nominated for several other Wii-specific awards by IGN, including Best New IP, Best Original Score, Most Innovative Design, and Game of the Year.

de Blob sold more than 230,000 copies by December 2008 in the United States. THQ stated they have shipped more than 700,000 copies of the game, and have sold more than 700,000 copies worldwide.

The Nintendo Switch version was nominated for "Game, Classic Revival" at the 2019 National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards.