The popular GetJar Gold freebie apps channel will include a version of Android ChuChu Rocket! from tomorrow, with SEGA doing a deal to give away one of its finest games through the alternate mobile app store.
If you like silly little puzzle games and can’t bear the thought of parting with 69p to get one, it will indeed be a very happy Christmas.
Here’s the announcement, in case you need all the facts. Some people are a bit funny about SEGA news.
ChuChu Rocket! Touching Down on GetJar for Free
SEGA Frees the ChuChus – and the Cats – Onto Android Devices via GetJar’s Gold Program
SAN FRANCISCO—December 22, 2011—SEGA® of America, Inc. today announced that ChuChu Rocket!™, the frenetic action-puzzler classic, will be appearing on the GetJar platform starting tomorrow, December 23. Android users will be able to download the app completely free at www.getjar.com.
“With the continuing popularity of ChuChu Rocket!, we knew it was a perfect fit for the world’s largest free app store,” said Haruki Satomi, Senior Vice President of Digital Business at SEGA of America. “The game is such an ideal app for mobile devices, and we are very pleased by the opportunity to prove that to an ever-growing audience.”
“Having SEGA’s iconic library on our platform is an obvious choice, and ChuChu Rocket! definitely meets the gold standard for the GetJar Gold Program,” said Ilja Laurs, CEO and Founder of GetJar. “With such simple, accessible, and wonderfully clever gameplay, there’s no reason every mobile user should not have access to games like this one. So, now they do!”
ChuChu Rocket! for Android challenges players to save a scampering crowd of ChuChus by guiding them to waiting rockets, while bottomless pits and ravenous cats stand in their way. Players can match wits with over 500 unique single-player puzzles or try to keep up with a real-time battle against up to three computer opponents.
For more information, please visit the official SEGA website at http://www.sega.com/.
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hecatae
/ December 22, 2011I’d have thought this Chu Chu Rocket advert was on there: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga62uiXbEjI
Harold
/ December 23, 2011That Getjar site is such a faff. Search couldn’t find the app. When I found it manually, it gave me an address and code to type on my phone. When I did that, it made me install their app. When I did that, it let me download the game. Jeez.
Gary_C
/ December 23, 201169p in the bank, though.