Jolly Jam Tips, Cheats and Strategies

Jolly Jam is a gem-matching game from Rovio Stars. In this game, you draw boxes around differently-colored gems to collect them and complete levels. Gamezebo’s Jolly Jam Tips, Cheats and Strategies will help you make a breakfast worth remembering.

• Matching five or more jellies makes a special jelly – Like most gem-matching games, Jolly Jam produces a specialized piece if you manage to match up more than three jellies at once. Match up five jellies to make a column or row-destroying piece. Match up six jellies to make a piece that sucks up nearby gems in a vortex. And match seven for a “jellifier,” a piece that eliminates all jellies of the same color.
• Preview what kind of special jelly you’re going to make – If you hold down your finger while drawing a box around five or more jellies, you’ll get a preview of what kind of special piece you’re making. Watch to see if the beam of light goes horizontal, vertical, or spins around a bit.
• In later levels, you won’t survive unless you learn how to perfect the art of making special jellies – In later levels of Jolly Jam, your victories become far more dependent on learning how to make and use special jellies. Use easier, earlier levels for practice.
• Dispose of jelly-munching monsters as soon as possible – Sometimes it’s necessary to destroy jelly-eating monsters in order to clear level, but even when it’s not, getting rid of the beasties isn’t a bad idea since they can really mess up your strategy. They’re cute, but dispose of them.

• Sometimes you need to clear the board – Most levels of Jolly Jam require you to harvest specific kinds of jellies, but that doesn’t mean you should avoid all the other kinds. Clearing away a big quantity of unasked-for jellies makes room for highlighted jellies. Also, even off-color specialized jellies can help dispose of target jellies.
• Save your diamonds and power-ups for levels beyond 40 – Things get real in Jolly Jam by the time you hit level 40. Save your power-ups and diamonds for the crunch.
• Narrow boxes are acceptable – A single fruit column that has the same piece on top and bottom counts as a box. It may save you!
• Sometimes it’s best to wait before using jellifiers – Don’t be in a rush to use your jellifiers. If you’re tasked with collecting large quantities of a certain kind of jelly, you might want to hang onto your power-up until you have enough jellies worth harvesting.

• Don’t forget your Daily Spin – Play every day for Daily Spins that earn you free power-ups and diamonds. Checking in on multiple days in a row earns you extra spins!
• Special jellies won’t get munched by monsters – If you made a special jelly too close to a monster, don’t panic. Monsters don’t eat special jellies. Take your time and strategize around them.
• Special jellies will destroy monsters that aren’t the same color – The destructive force unleashed by a special jelly that clears a row, a column, or creates a vortex doesn’t discriminate. If a monster of any color is caught up in the pandemonium, it’ll be eliminated.

Nadia Oxford

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In the early aughts, Nadia fell into writing with the grace of a brain-dead bison stumbling into a chasm. Over the years, she's written for Nerve, GamePro, 1UP.com, USGamer, Pocket Gamer, Just Labs Magazine, and many other sites and magazines of fine repute. She's currently About.com's Guide to the Nintendo 3DS at ds.about.com.