What do you get when you cross disaster movies with rabbits? Why you get Crush Bunny, of course. Your job is to protect innocent, unaware bunnies from the perils of falling asteroids and rogue bombardier rabbits. It’s a tough job, but someone’s got to do it. And as it turns out, it’s actually pretty fun.

This is a game about protecting bunnies. Like most good “protecting” or “guidance” type games, you don’t have direct control over the creatures themselves. Instead, you must manipulate the environment to keep the bunnies safe. Safe bunnies are happy bunnies, and when they aren’t getting hurt or killed they’ll periodically release happiness bubbles that fill a meter at the bottom of the screen. When that meter is completely full the round is over and you move on to the next. If too many bunnies get killed you lose a life. You have three, and once those are gone the game is over. Thankfully, from time to time a life will fall from the sky attached to balloons, and if you pop the balloons and one of the bunnies picks up the sack you’ll get a life back.

Watch For The Air Raid

At the top of the screen is an arrow with a timer. This is your asteroid warning device. When that timer gets to zero an asteroid is going to fall. You can move the arrow either by tilting the device or dragging your finger back and forth at the top of the screen. Wherever the arrow is when the timer reaches zero, that’s where the asteroid will fall. Ideally that will happen in an unpopulated area, but most times that’s impossible. Fortunately there are some bonus items to help you in your endeavor. For every asteroid that you successfully divert away from the bunnies you earn some money. Along the sides of the screen you’ll see icons with dollar amounts bellow them. From time to time a new one will pop up on the screen. To buy one of these items, simply drag it from the icon to where you want to use it. These items include such things as a temporary stone block that will absorb a couple of asteroid hits and prevent bunnies from getting crushed and a pack that will restore some health to an injured bunny.

There are also two mini games that you can play if you get the appropriate power up. The bazooka mini game lets you shoot down 4 asteroids and / or planes. To control the bazooka you simply drag the cursor around the screen and let go when you want to fire. The other mini game is a disco one. For this one the bunnies will stop to dance, and you must protect them from falling asteroids by clicking each of four buttons as they light up, indicated by a white circle around the button. As long as you keep the “disco meter” in the green, asteroids will be destroyed as they fall from the sky. Otherwise, you can expect some bunnies to get crushed.

The visuals in Crush Bunny are really good. For some reason the backgrounds remind me of what you’d see in some of the better Flash games. Regardless, they’re not overly detailed but there’s enough there that it doesn’t look bland. The bunnies themselves are cute in an odd sort of way. They’re boxy looking, with big black eyes about a third of the size of their head. They also bob up and down when they are eating. If they accidentally get crushed that turn into translucent angels or devils as they float up to the sky.

Bazooka For One, Please

The sound effects are sufficient enough. Asteroids whoosh when they come down, with a thud on whatever they hit. The bunnies make a munching sound when they stop to eat grass or carrots, though they’re unusually silent otherwise. Planes and bombs and stuff all sound like they should as well. The best part of the audio is definitely the music, however. There are two main themes that are interchanged between levels, and a theme to accompany each of the two mini games. They are all fun to listen to, and I especially like how the music for the bazooka mini game adds some tension to the atmosphere.

Crush Bunny is a quirky little game, and therein lies its charm. I’m not sure who would want to rain a shower of disastrous asteroids on cute, fluffy little creatures, but it sure is fun trying to protect them. Stylized graphics, fun music and a couple of amusing mini games make this one a keeper. And, even though a game has multiple levels to it, it’s certainly of the variety that you can play for a few minutes, put away for a few days, and then come back to it without forgetting where you’re at or what you’re trying to accomplish.

Final Verdict: Recommended
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