You wash up on the shore of a deserted island after the cruise ship that you were on with your parents sank in a storm. Unfortunately, your parents are nowhere in sight. Starting with only a knife and a broken radio, you must learn how to survive on the island until someone can rescue you. Food, water, and rest are your main concerns. Luckily, there are plenty of berries, mushrooms, and meat around the island and fresh water flows in all of the streams. As another stroke of luck, there are hollow trees that provide a comfortable place to take a nap. Rather than spend your whole time looking for food and water, collect as many items that a scattered throughout the island. Rocks, sticks, leaves, and other items can be turned into tools that will make your life easier. Try to survive until you are rescued in SURVIVAL KIDS.
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Cons: So yeah, it's stressful, haha! As much as I enjoyed the crafting mechanics (which were a pretty novel idea for the time), the hunger system weighs you down and such, and well, as it turned out, I don't find a game about surviving on a desert island all that fun. The monkey is cute though, I'll give ya that.
What it means to me: So I was somewhat mesmerized by Nintendo Power's coverage of this game, and really really wanted it. But never managed to get my hands on it til many years later, when I did a little deep dive and liked it well enough, to the point where I even got the sequel 'Lost in Blue' on Nintendo DS. But, it's not a game I can easily go back to...