Fruit Connect 2

The sequel’s one real distinguishing feature is the artwork: Agame swapped in hand-drawn graphics, and on a fruit board that matters, because the difference between two similar berries becomes a drawn line rather than a rendered gradient. For the rest of the group, see the Connect shelf.

The rule is stated in the title itself — connect two of the same fruits — and the published description trails off before it reaches level counts or timing, so neither is worth claiming here. What is on record is the board size, 800 by 500, the same shallow landscape frame the first game used, and a mobile-ready build alongside it. Collision keeps company with this board in the catalogue.

Played back to back with the original, the second game reads more slowly, which is the cost of the illustration style. Give the tile set a board or two before deciding whether the softer drawings help or hinder. Another entry from the same shelf is the Connect 2 board.

1. Look across the hand-drawn board for a fruit that appears twice.
2. Connect the two matching fruits to clear them.
3. Keep pairing fruits until the layout is empty.
4. Take the next board and read the new artwork before rushing a match.

• Slow the first scan — Fruit Connect 2 trades rendered tiles for drawings, and they take a moment longer to read.
• Berries are the trap — small round fruits in similar colours are the pairs most often misread.
• Same frame as before — the 800 by 500 layout matches the first game, so old habits carry over.
• Touch works — the build is marked mobile-ready as well as desktop.