Flash In The Brain Pan: Coinbox Hero

Friday, September 9, 2011

Why did you play Mario games? The jumping puzzles? The storyline? No, shut up, stop lying, you played it for the coins, we all did. Partly to kill turtles and partly to get coins. And how many times did your heart break when you had to leave a perfectly good and unfinished coinbox behind? Hundreds? Thousands? Well, today’s a lucky day for you, because Coinbox Hero is your chance to make up for all that change your childhood left behind.

The Coinbox Hero is your character, and you’ll keep him hitting the coinbox while that oompah band to the right cheers you on. When you feel like spending your coins, you can visit a little strip mall on the left, and there you can buy weapons, skill points and employees.

Once you get an assistant, life gets a little easier. You’ll assign them to pound away at the box with a pipe wrench or whatever while you walk around picking up the coins. Then you’ll take an early lunch. Just like a real small business owner, the money will just roll right in!

Coinbox Hero is not at all big on difficulty, but it is oddly fun. The more you level up, the more coins you start getting, and at some point you get access to a nuke and God only knows what happens then. Get your jump button finger ready, and maybe you can impress the tuba player. If you win his respect, you can tell people you actually accomplished something today.

Woot! – One Day, One Deal