Mega Jump Gets Mega Update

Mega Jump, the colorful cousin of Doodle Jump, just received a massive update. Tons of new features and updates for the latest iOS are included. While Doodle Jump remains the most popular game of its type, Mega Jump offers an interesting take on the vertical-scrolling jumper. Mega Jump involves only a single jump, but the challenge lies in steering your character into enough coins and power-ups to keep flying higher. Mega Jump also has many more colors, levels and features than its competitors. If you haven't heard of Mega Jump before, check out the AppAdvice.com review from Trevor Sheridan. If you're not wowed already, check out this amazing list of updates included in the latest release:

Stage Selection! - You asked for it: Once you reach a stage, it becomes unlocked and then you can start a game from that stage! - You can also unlock any stage you want using Mega Points - There are now 5 more stages - 10 stages in total! Save Stars! - You can now use Save Stars to give you an instant boost by tapping the icon in the game - you can even save yourself from falling to your death! - Unlock as many Save Stars as you want in the Extras menu using Mega Points! New Power-ups! - Lucky Blast - change everything around you into something useful - even enemies! - Anti Gravity Boots - strapping on these boots will have you running up the walls! Tap to jump or double-tap to switch sides! - Super Magnet - with this power-up, no coin will be able to resist your animal magnetism! - All power-ups now add a special effect to your character - if you have the umbrella, the player will literally have an umbrella! New Characters! - Chippy the Chipmunk - he's tiny and adorable, but don’t count him out - he's a chipmunk on the lookout for a lucky streak! - Koko the Koala - this courageous Koala calls the forest his home, but he's always wanted to see how high he could climb! New Wallpapers! - We’ve added 2 new wallpapers that feature Chippy and Koko! New Enemy! - This new guy holds perfectly still but he’s big, red and he bites, so watch out! New Blocks! - Bounce blocks - these are spring-loaded blocks that you can bounce on over and over - Break blocks - jump on top of these twice to break them. Many of these contain goodies! - Spike blocks - these blocks are nothing but trouble. They’re lined with spikes on all sides. Keep clear! New Coins! - 2x Coins - coins with a blue center are worth twice as much! - 5x Coins - coins with a red center are worth five times as much! Coin loss! - Hitting an enemy or a bad item now causes you to lose any coins you are carrying, so be careful out there - however, this can give you a safety net of coins to help you come back from a fall! New Patterns! - Dozens of new patterns of coins, stars, power-ups and blocks give you tons of new things to do in the game! iOS 4 Compatibility! - Full multitasking support - never lose a game to a phone call again! New OpenFeint Leaderboards! - We’ve replaced the old leaderboards with two sets of new ones: - Casual leaderboards are for people who use Save Stars - Hardcore leaderboards are for people who do not use Save Stars New OpenFeint Achievements! - 13 new achievements worth 285 Feint score! PlayHaven - Check out our other games and other hot games by tapping the More tab on the Main Menu! Improved Performance! - We’ve tightened every screw we could find and optimized almost every aspect of the game so that it runs as fast as possible on your device! Bug Fixes! - The screen no longer dims while playing! - Fixed the occasional crash on start-up and crashes within the game!

The only other things we could want from an update are iPhone 4 "Retina display" graphics or an iPad version. However, the existing bright and colorful graphics are more than sufficient on the iPhone and iPod touch.

If you already have Mega Jump, get the update now. For those that don't, it's one of those games that is worth a lot more than the $0.99 price tag.

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