{"id":262474,"date":"2023-11-22T08:52:34","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T13:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=316715"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:36:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:36:13","slug":"why-it-is-impossible-to-make-a-good-bluey-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/why-it-is-impossible-to-make-a-good-bluey-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Why it is impossible to make a good Bluey game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m aware that many will take it as a joke, but for me, one of the games of the year was &#8216;Bluey&#8217;, which has been released on every imaginable platform. It&#8217;s not a joke at all: <strong>it&#8217;s the best children&#8217;s series of the last decade that, furthermore, makes both parents (and even me, without offspring or plans for any) <\/strong>laugh and feel emotional. A perfect <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-messiah-series-final\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TV<\/a> cocktail served in ten-minute episodes that blend its elements with a lot of class\u2026 And that is impossible to adapt into a video game.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Bluey: Let's play\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/86fecf3d-033f-464a-8de5-d7ed7d00b325\/2352535602\/bluey-lets-play-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Bluey: Let's play<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/bluey-lets-play.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/bluey-lets-play.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bingo!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>And that&#8217;s what happened: gamers are disappointed with the &#8216;Bluey&#8217; video game because it&#8217;s turned out to be a kind of &#8216;Teletubbies&#8217;: <strong>much more childish than the series itself despite having the original voices and its own stories<\/strong>. In times when young children are more accustomed to playing complex games thanks to their parents&#8217; mobile devices and tablets, reverting to the most basic simplicity is a recipe for failure (at least artistically).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It hurts more precisely because of what it&#8217;s an <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/these-are-the-cinema-and-television-adaptations-that-we-expect-most-from-the-world-of-videogames\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">adaptation<\/a> of\u2014the series itself. Nobody is asking for an incredible game with a gigantic open world and online options, but <strong>neither something so bland, based on searching for objects going back and forth<\/strong>. Perhaps what they should have considered is whether, beyond the profits it would generate, a &#8216;Bluey&#8217; video game was really necessary. What could it bring? Can it capture the original spirit? What&#8217;s the differentiating factor?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bluey: The Video Game - Announcement Trailer - Nintendo Switch\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/05ST8IN0M9o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve long left behind the terrible world of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/forget-about-a-red-dead-redemption-movie-for-the-moment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">franchised<\/a> games for kids that treated them like clueless beings, and it&#8217;s a shame to return to them using the good name of &#8216;Bluey.&#8217; <strong>In itself, the idea of turning it into a video game goes against the spirit of the series<\/strong>, which always highlights analog play, the need to spend more time outdoors, and interacting with your family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bandit would never park his daughters in front of the television to do just anything (or he&#8217;d be scolded by Chilli). If you can&#8217;t create anything original, fun, and unique, <strong>no matter how much you have a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/dc-responds-to-the-creator-of-fables-no-cannot-put-it-in-public-domain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">million-dollar IP<\/a>, maybe you shouldn&#8217;t bring it to consoles<\/strong>. It&#8217;s okay. We have plenty of games to have fun with; there&#8217;s no need to tarnish Bluey&#8217;s image.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Bluey: Let's play\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/86fecf3d-033f-464a-8de5-d7ed7d00b325\/2352535602\/bluey-lets-play-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Bluey: Let's play<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/bluey-lets-play.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/bluey-lets-play.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a time when young children are more accustomed to playing complex games thanks to their parents&#8217; cell phones and tablets, returning to the most basic simplicity is a recipe for failure (artistically, at least).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9263,"featured_media":262477,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[5819,5820,3871],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-262474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionbluey-lets-play","tag-bluey","tag-videojuegos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262474"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":316251,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262474\/revisions\/316251"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262474"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=262474"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=262474"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=262474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}