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s created by

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. Four games have been released in the series: '' Big Kahuna Reef'', a tile-matching game, in 2004 for the PC; '' Big Kahuna Words'', a

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-style puzzle game released in 2005 for PC and 2008 for iOS; '' Big Kahuna Reef 2'', a three in a row matchmaking game released in 2006 for PC; and '' Big Kahuna Party'', a

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tile-based party game released in 2008. All of the games in the series feature a Hawaiian theme, with oceans, exotic fish, and tiki heads. Around 7 December 2017, the official website that hosted all user-made levels and the forums for both the Ricochet (

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and Ricochet Lost Worlds: Recharged) and the ''Big Kahuna'' series were permanently shut down because they were no longer sustainable to run.

Games

''Big Kahuna Reef''

'' Big Kahuna Reef'' is a match-making casual game that involves breaking boxes in order to progress past each level. The game was released by Reflexive Entertainment in December 2004 for PC and November 2005 for Mac.

''Big Kahuna Words''

''Big Kahuna Words'' is a

-style puzzle game played on a

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PC, and written and distributed by

. In the game, one must break all the boxes by making words (akin to

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) in order to progress through the game. Released in November 2005, it was then later published by

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Games on

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and

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in May 2008 and December 2009 respectively.

''Big Kahuna Reef 2''

''Big Kahuna Reef 2'' is the sequel to the original ''Big Kahuna Reef''. This casual game is a three in a row matchmaking game. The player must make strings of objects in order to break the boxes beneath; when all of the boxes are broken the level is complete. Like the title before it, ''Big Kahuna Reef 2'' has thousands of user-made levels that can be downloaded in game, in addition to the standard levels made by the developer. ''Big Kahuna Reef 2'' also introduced power-ups (bombs), hence the extended title ''Chain Reaction''. The game was released by Reflexive Entertainment in June 2006 for PC and May 2008 for Mac.

''Big Kahuna Party''

''Big Kahuna Party'' includes a single-player mode and an up to 4 player multiplayer mode. Each level resembles oceanic holiday for players as they match up sea-themed objects. Players have to discover new and exotic fish and explore all 99 levels. Players can swap tiles using either just the

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, or with both the Wii Remote and the Nunchuk. ''Big Kahuna Party'' also features

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, which are created as players make matches of 5 or more. They will vary in sizes from little sticks of

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to huge

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used to clear out large sections of hard to reach level tiles. The game was released by Reflexive Entertainment in December 15, 2008.

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cited that it's an "uninspired rehash" with little lasting appeal. Wiiloveit.com, however, stated that it has a nice party element, serving as "the main draw" of the release.Wiiloveit.com Review
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