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The best Android games this week - Monsters Ate My Birthday Cake, Wave Wave, The World Ends With You

Eat your cake and then vomit it up all over you fashionable clothes

The best Android games this week - Monsters Ate My Birthday Cake, Wave Wave, The World Ends With You

Every Friday, Pocket Gamer offers hands-on impressions of the week's three best new Android games.

Monsters Ate My Birthday Cake
By SleepNinja - buy on Android (£2.94 / $4.99)

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A cute little puzzler that takes the Zelda template and cuts it into thin slices of well balanced video game fun.

The game is all about tracking down the beasts that have nabbed your birthday cake. You collect a slice or two on every level, solving simple puzzles to grab the sweet treats.

As you play you'll recruit good monsters to your cause. These endearing creatures have special moves that let you reach previously inaccessible places.

There's a real charm to the game that makes it difficult to dislike, and the puzzling gameplay offers enough challenge to keep you engaged for hours.

Wave Wave
By Thomas Janson - buy on Android (£1.09 / $1.99)

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A classic of the twitch genre finally makes its way to Google powered devices. Wave Wave is a cruel and unflinching reaction tester that will have the finest gamers weeping onto their touchscreens.

The premise is simple. You need to guide a line through a jagged maze of triangles. Touch the sides and you die. And you will touch the sides. A lot.

There's a compulsive, high-score chasing beat to the gameplay that makes putting the game down almost as difficult as topping the leaderboards.

If you're a fan of the genre then this is a must have. And if you've never dipped your toe into the hateful waters of the twitchy dodger, Wave Wave is a great place to start.

The World Ends With You
By Square Enix - buy on Android (£12.99 / $17.99)

Better late than never. The single screen port of Squeenix's DS classic has finally made its way to the Google Play Store. It's probably been worth the wait though.

The RPG mashes together real world concerns like fashion and teenage alienation, with epic 2D battles against gloopy night monsters.

The story is the best sort of JRPG gibberish, and there's a great and varied cast of characters to interact with as well.

It might be a little on the pricy side, but there's a huge RPG experience here for you to sink your teeth into. If you've yet to experience the bold bluster of The World Ends With You, this is as good a place as any to start.

Harry Slater
Harry Slater
Harry used to be really good at Snake on the Nokia 5110. Apparently though, digital snake wrangling isn't a proper job, so now he writes words about games instead.