De Blob 3

de Blob 3: Into the Colorverse (Known as de Blob: Colourverse in PAL Regions) is a 2022 Puzzle Platformer developed by Purple Lamp Studios & the newly acquired Ronimo Games for the consoles versions while the Mobile version is developed by Halfbrick Studios which is published by THQNordic. Colourverse acts as a sequel to de Blob 2 retaining elements from the first 2 games while adding and refining the formula such as having English Voice Acting, Allowing Players to save after each mission, Mega Blob Powers and the addition of multiple playable characters. De Blob 3 was a timed exclusive for the Nintendo Switch & PC, Via Steam & later the Epic Games Store, until February 2023 where it was ported to Playstaion 4, Playstation 5, Xbox One and the Xbox Series X & S. The Game follows Blob & the Color Underground going into the Colorverse, which is where all the Colors in the world come from to stop the returning Comrade Black and new Villain, General White to decolour the entire galaxy from Colour. The Game also focuses on Blob’s Origin as the last of his kind.

The Console Versions received critical acclaim for it’s level design, graphics, music, gameplay and story though received criticism for some of the alternative gameplay styles used in the game and frame drops in the Switch Version, The Mobile version also received positive reviews though was criticized for its microtransactions and other gameplay styles. The Game also exceeded sales expectations set by THQNodric, selling over 2.5 Million Copies on all consoles however a majority of those sales came from the Switch and PC.

Mobile Version
In the Mobile Version, The Game takes place a year after the events of De Blob 2. In this Version, a group of rouge Inkies run by the Inky Marshalls have created a Propaganda Group called the “Stygian Underground” and try to take over Chroma City for vengeance to the Colour underground for “killing” Comrade Black, however with the efforts of Blob & Pinky managed to stop the invasion. The Stygian Underground escape to the Sewers and find the Professor, they kidnap him and uses his inventions to successfully take over the world while the Inky Marshalls accidentally transform themselves into Monsters. Blob & Pinky find out about this and inform the other members of the Colour Underground, of which they explore the different continents of Raydia and save the world from the Inky Marshalls

Eventually, they go to all 7 Continents of Raydia, meeting new allies and old foes while defeating all 7 of the Inky Marshalls and bringing the colours of the world back, however, there was no sign of the Professor anywhere until after the final Continent where they find out that the Professor is trapped inside a Black Colour Dimension. Blob races inside and finds that the Professor has been transformed into a monster. After the fight, Blob & the Professor manage to escape, with the Professor thanking Blob ending the game

If the player achieves 100%, an extra cutscene plays showing us that the Professor is creating a new invention to travel to different dimensions after basing it on the Inky Marshall invention that they developed.

Console Version
Taking place a decade after De Blob 2, Blob, Pinky and the entire Colour Underground have retried shortly after the events of the Mobile Game. Blob & Pinky have retried to Paradise Island, The Professor is creating inventions that the entire world can use, Arty has gotten a Pet Dog named Spot and is an Art Teacher in Chroma Collage, Bif is a fitness trainer in the military and Zip is a World Renewed Sports Athlete.

Blob & Pinky are interviewed by the Chroma City news, explaining what they’ve been doing after destroying INKT, the news segment acts as a recap of all 4 Games, showing us how Blob saved the City & even the world countless times. The news reporter asks what both of them are doing now, Pinky answering that both have been keeping in shape while relaxing on the Island, meanwhile, Blob looks somewhat sober, missing the days of being a Hero. The news reporter then announces that they are having a festival for Blob due to him saving the world countless times later in the week.

It’s revealed that the villains from the previous games, Comrade Black and De Blot (who managed to survive his fate from the DS Game) are watching this from a Black & White TV from an Asteroid from Space. Comrade Black gets angry at the fact of being stuck there in space for 10 Years all alone with a blubbering idiot, when suddenly a portal opens and the mysterious greets himself as Black’s brother.

Blob & Pinky go to the festival and perform a few challenges from each of the members of the Colour Underground, after that Blob & Pinky get rewarded a medal and a special present before the Returning Comrade Black & Inkies attack the city once again. After a high Octane Action sequence, Blob & Pinky fall below the City and are saved by a giant Warphole.

Meanwhile, The Colour Underground try to save the Raydians but get captured by the new Villain, General White, a tall, slender inky with tall white armour with a jetpack. He imprisons them before finding out that the Professor was going to give Blob a Warpinator, which would allow for interdimensional travel.

Blob & Pinky were saved by a new character, Tincurette, a tall woman who is the watcher of the Colourverse, the Multiverse of Colours which is the source of Colour for Raydia and the whole galaxy all of the different Colours. She explains that the Colourverse is under attack from General White and the Inkies, who eradicated all of Blob’s Race, The Blobians, for revenge against the entire Inky race for banishing them to a planet where they couldn't cause anymore chaos in any of the Colourverse. Before doing that the Blobians sent the 2 most powerful Blobs on their planet Blob and his Brother to worlds where they couldn’t harm them. Blob ended up in Raydia while his Brother landed in Earth, Utrecht where he hasn’t been heard since.

Blob takes all this in and vows to defeat the Inkies once and for all to avenge his entire race, Tincurette tells Blob & Pinky to save the Colourverse and go through the different dimensions to save each and every Colour there. Meanwhile, they imprison the Colour Underground in different dimensions, keeping them in the landmarks in each dimension which have been turned into Prisons.

Throughout the game Blob & Pinky with the help of Tincurette with Mega Blob Powers that Blob can harness, go through the Colourverse and save the civilians and members of the Colour Underground. Frequently, we see General White and Comrade Black bonding together at first but soon Comrade Black would question his methods and plans to betray him with De Blot. But unfortunately for him, General White had found out of the betrayal and made him fight Blon to the death in the final takeover area of the Colourverse.

Eventually, the Colourverse is saved and decide to go to the Inky Homeworld to stop the 2 Brothers once and for all. They make their way through the base and see that General White has escaped and has left De Blot to deal with them. After the Boss they find General White is on Blob’s Planet and decide to go there to save the entire world.

Gameplay
de Blob 3’s Gameplay is similar to the first 2 games. The Player Control Blob who use a wide array of Colours which are kept in Paint Bots, in order to paint objects around him which in turn opens up previously locked areas and allows Blob to advance the stage. Blob is given missions by his friends in the Color Underground, such as completing timed races, defeating enemies, liberating captured Graydians and seizing important landmarks.

There also are various hazards to avoid, however. Pools of ink turn de Blob black and cause him to lose paint points constantly; when he loses all of his paint points, he loses a life. Ink must be washed out with water. The INKT forces, Inkies, will send out foot soldiers to stop Blob, as well as other forces—handheld ink guns, turrets, tanks, jetbikes and even Inkies that are immune to all but a specific color. There are also other hazards, such as hotplates, electric plates and spikes.

A lot of gameplay additions from the 2nd Game return such as the Dash Attack, Inspiration Points and the Power-ups which have now been dubbed Mega Blob-Powers which have all of the Powers return and some new additions