![]() You traverse the Land of Ooo via a Zelda-esque top-down Overworld and are thrown into a sidescrolling environment once a location of interest is entered, be it a Tree Dungeon or Princess Bubblegum's castle. Innocuous, sure, but as Ice King's plans generally lead to the greater annoyance of several kingdoms, Finn and Jake set out to stop him. %Gallery-168686%Rather than recounting past events from the show, Hey Ice King sends heroes Finn the Human and Jake the Dog on a new adventure, in which Ice King has stolen piles of garbage from various locations around The Land of Ooo. ![]() Hey Ice King isn't going to win any awards for innovative design, but the soul of the show is present in gratuitous quantities. I want there to be a game for my favorite cartoon, of course, but "portable game based on a Cartoon Network property" isn't usually a phrase that inspires confidence. So, when I first heard about WayForward's Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd You Steal Our Garbage?! for the DS and 3DS, my initial reaction was one of both joy and concern. Needless to say, I love Adventure Time dearly. Other programs like Regular Show may be roughly as funny, but Adventure Time's contemporaries often lack its poignant subtext and stellar character development. ![]() ![]() Its adorable characters, hilarious dialogue and surprisingly complex and storied mythology set it apart from the vast majority of "children's" entertainment out there. ![]() Adventure Time is one of the very best things on television. ![]()
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