PAJAMA SAM 2
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The caped toddler returns

By JAMES ANTHONY

The extremely likeable Pajama Sam has a big problem. He's scared of thunder and lightning and the huge storm that hovers over his house is making him nervous. So, the adventurous chappie decides to visit the weather makers and get them to stop the bad weather.

So off the young fellow heads, in his superpowers-giving red cape, and tries to get in touch with the boffins at World Wide Weather, a storm-stirring factory in the sky.

Unfortunately, Pajama Sam presses a wrong button and sets the world's weather upside down - there are storms where it used to be calm, snow in tropical Saigon and even sunshine in a wintry Seattle - so it becomes even more important for our young hero to put things right.

During his adventure he has to solve a host of puzzles - like trying to get past the officious gatekeepers, find missing pieces of machinery and track down jigsaw parts.

The graphics for Pajama Sam 2 are really nice and will keep very young to young children amused as they try to find their way around the weather factory.

They will come across snowmen making - snow, of course - a sunshine canning area and get to hone their recognition skills by matching formulae to create rain, storms and other weathery phenomena.

One particulalry nice moment is where Sam disappears up a track into some clouds and all you get to see is his blinking eyes.

This may be tougher than the original but it is another fun Humongous product for those between three and eight years.

ORIGINALITY 80%
SOUND/GRAPHICS 80%
PLAYABILITY 85%
ADDICTION 80%
ENJOYMENT 85%