## Description
_Egg Mania_ is a puzzle game in which the player controls an egg shaped
character against either a computer opponent or another player via the link
cable. The object of the main modes is to build a tower tall enough to reach a
balloon at the top of the play field before the opponent does. If the player
tries to take a short cut and not build complete floors, the structure will
start crumbling and the water will come up faster. There are plenty of
obstacles, both from the game and from competing opponents. Falling meteors
can knock the player down into the water, while bombs thrown by the opponent
will destroy parts of the player’s structure. The main modes include Over Easy
and Hard Boiled, the difference being that in the latter a different
difficulty can be chosen.
There are four extra modes: Survival, Solo, Time Trial and Bomb. In Survival
the player must survive as many rounds as possible, while the goal in Solo is
to increase the overall score by completing rows and performing combos; Time
Trial challenges the player to continually beat his or her own best time;
finally, in Bomb, whoever destroys the opponent’s tower first wins.
Compared to the GBA version, the console versions have improved graphics and
sound, cutscenes at the beginning of each level, a play area that is wider by
one block, two additional modes (8-player Tournament and Custom, where the
rules can be customized by activating different options), but lacks the Time
Trial mode. Otherwise they are completely identical, both in gameplay and
level design.