The hypnotic nature of their rocking revives the targets with "Groovy" energy that boosts their willpower and helps them overcome their obstacles. Every stage is presented in a storyline fashion. Commander Kahn dispatches the agents to the scene. The agents arrive in a special "Beat Transport" that is tailor-made for the situation. The song starts as the agents and player meet the target. The animated story changes depending on how well the player performs.
After each section, the player gets judged. Depending on the Elite-o-meter's judgment, the story will go well or poorly. If the player makes it though the whole song, he or she will be judged on the whole thing and get one of three endings. The game provides players with a new story, more puzzles and even a new mode of transportation. In this game, Link voyages by train, which offers up new possibilities for problem-solving. The game has the same look and feel established in Phantom Hourglass.
Link has a valuable new companion. While navigating dungeons, he's accompanied by a Phantom, a hulking suit of armor that responds to his commands. Players can tap the Phantom to take command of him, then draw a line on the touch screen to direct him where to go.
The stout Phantom can walk through fire or lava, be used as a platform to carry Link above dangers, or even run interference to block Link from harm. When Link conducts the train, players enjoy a satisfying combination of action and real-time puzzle solving as they determine which track to take and how to best manipulate their speed.
When on the train, Link must plot the best route to the end of the line around ever-moving obstacles. While en route, Link might need to fire an onboard cannon at enemies who attack the train or sound the whistle to scare animals off the tracks.
Link uses a variety of new items and weapons, including the Whirlwind, which players activate by blowing into the microphone of the Nintendo DS system. As with The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, players can draw notes on the in-game maps using the stylus on the touch screen.
Also known as "Touch! Using the stylus to control Kirby's movements is surprisingly intuitive, and the new control scheme provides many unique gameplay challenges. The rainbow paths you draw guide Kirby through the game, but they also can protect Kirby from falling icicles, lasers, cannon blasts and other hazards. In addition to drawing paths, the stylus can also be used to stun enemies, destroy barriers, detonate bombs and much more.
Each of the game's seven worlds is divided into three stages, and each stage holds three hidden medals. Some are easy to find, while others are either well-hidden or heavily protected.
You don't need to find these medals to complete the game, but the medals you recover can be traded in to unlock special features like new ink colors for the paths you draw with the stylus. With a manga art direction it has been re-mastered into a glorious 2D environment.
Live an exciting adventure as you play 5 different heroes, alternate between exploration in various maps and battle in turn-based puzzle games, in order to accomplish your quest. Teaming up with their young selves will soon send Mario and Luigi on a quest of lunatic proportions as players must control both the adult AND baby versions of the Mushroom Kingdom heroes. Players use the top screen to study the land, keep track of the pair of brothers not under their control or maximize combo moves in battle.
With twice the Mario brothers and twice the laughs, this massive side-splitting adventure could only find a home on the dual screens of the Nintendo DS. If you match three or more panels of the same color, they will vanish. Form chains and combos to create cascading waterfalls of panels to rack up high scores. Play three two-minute games in unique Daily mode. Track your progress over weeks and months. Dozens of tutorials and demos teach you the ins-and-outs of this incredibly deep game.
Three difficulty levels:. Easy for beginners, normal for veterans, brutal for experts. Two can compete head-to-head over the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. With the Nintendo DS Headset accessory sold separately you can even chat with your friend as you polish your puzzle skills.
Up to four players can compete in three local wireless modes. You can also send a single-player demo to a friend via local wireless. Orient the game the way you like: vertically or horizontally! You can even configure for left- or right-handed play. In this sequel to the wildly popular Nintendo GameCube game, players and up to three friends can hang out in the same village and interact in real time - either through wireless LAN or over Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.
Now players can visit a friend's village from thousands of miles away. The touch screen makes item management and world navigation a breeze. Typing letters and designing patterns are now just stylus strokes away. Days and seasons pass in real time, so whether players want to decorate their homes, catch bugs or fish, collect brand-new items like hats and sunglasses or just chat with the wild and wacky characters in their villages, there's always something to do.
Professor Layton and his apprentice, Luke, receive a confounding letter - from Luke 10 years in the future. But the message inside is even more troubling: London of the future is in disarray, and the only person who can help set things right is Professor Layton.
Advance Wars has been reinvented. Set amidst a world in chaos and featuring new characters and settings, a gritty look, an engaging storyline, and online Wi-Fi battles and map trading. Try you hand with new COs and units, realistic graphics, and a new environment.
Use Nintendo WiFi Connection and battle against a friend halfway across the world, or use the map editor to create, trade and battle on your own custom maps. In the midst of an unending war for dominance between two super-powers, Special Intelligence Agent Stocke is assigned to a routine escort mission that goes horribly awry.
The sequel to the critically acclaimed Shantae is here! Take control of two heroes, Jonathan Morris, a vampire killer and his close friend Charlotte Orlean, a girl with tremendous magical ability. Amidst the chaos of World War II, two mysterious sisters emerge, working to resurrect Dracula and David and Charlotte are all that stand in their way.
Two new playable characters, each with their own unique style of play and abilities. Strategically switch between characters in the heat of the action. Call on your partner and execute Summon Attacks to decimate your enemies. Collect items, weapons and magic as you explore the castle. Explore several environments new to the series, such as the Desert, abandoned cities and more.
Before Metroid Prime Hunters, the answer was easy. Now that six other ferocious bounty hunters have gathered to challenge Samus, the title is up for grabs. Engage in intense four-player deathmatches either locally or against players from around the world with Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Battle with seven elite bounty hunters, each with unique alternate forms and specialty weapons.
Customize your multiplayer matches with over 20 expertly designed arenas and seven intense modes of play.
Unlock multiplayer features by completing an all-new single-player mission in Adventure Mode. When you set off on your travels, you'll be able to play as either a boy or girl Trainer.
Pokemon fans have caught glimpses of Lucario, Munchlax and Weavile in Pokemon movies, and these Pokemon will are debuting in this adventure. Also, you can link up with Pokemon Ranger to access more special content.
Also known as "Layton Kyouju no Fushigi na Machi" and "Professor Layton and the Mysterious Village" Marking Level 5's first foray onto the DS, Professor Layton is an old-fashioned point-and-click adventure which requires your use of skills such as reasoning, knowledge and creativity to solve various puzzles.
Super Mario 64, the genre-defining Nintendo 64 classic, arrives on the Nintendo DS with all-new features that take full advantage of the new portable system's dual screens, touch screen and wireless multiplayer capability.
Play as Mario, Yoshi, Luigi and even Wario. You'll need to use each one's unique abilities to find Power Stars hidden in the castle and grounds.
Play through Adventure mode and try your stylus-wielding hand at tons of new touch-sensitive mini-games. Each of the four main characters has multiple jumping moves that cover great horizontal and vertical distances. Each has unique moves: Yoshi can eat enemies and turn them into eggs that he can throw; Mario can punch, kick and wall-jump to great heights; super-strong Wario can break certain blocks; and Luigi can jump incredibly high. Power Flowers give each character even cooler powers, like invisibility, fire breath or the power to float through the air.
Four elemental Crystals, each possessing awesome power, lie scattered throughout the realm. However, men are quick to covet things which offer strength, and easily corrupted by the might which they possess. Seduced by the promised power of the Crystals, the kingdom of Baron begins employing unprovoked force to seize them from peaceful nations. Stricken with grief at his own actions, yet burdened by his loyalty to his country and his personal sense of honor, Cecil at last decides to turn from the path of darkness and destruction.
Enraged, the king accuses him of disloyalty, strips Cecil of his command, and sends him off to slay a mysterious beast that lurks in the nearby Valley of Mist. Cecil embarks on a fateful journey that will bring trials, betrayals, friendship, loss and self-discovery. Can Cecil open his eyes and become the man of honor that he must be? Train and customize Whytkin by playing a variety of mini-games and challenge another player to head-to-head battle via local wireless connection.
The legendary Castlevania series is back in its 3rd installment on the Nintendo DS. This time you play as a member of the Ecclesia, an organization that has sworn to defeat the evil forces of Dracula. Use the brand new Glyph attack system which has more than different combinations to battle Dracula and his minions throughout 20 explorable areas.
Take part in side quests and collect items to power up your character in the next great Castlevania game produced by Koji Igarashi. Castlevania: The Order of Ecclesia features intense side-scrolling action gameplay as you quest to collect elements that will help you in your quest against Dracula.
Explore all-new outdoor areas from the forests to the ocean. Sell and buy items and equipment you have found while playing with other players utilizing Nintendo DS Wi-Fi Connection.
Utilize multiple abilities and attacks simultaneously with the all-new Glyph attack system. Replay more than once to discover multiple endings. New Music: Get in the groove with up-beat techno tunes that are synched to gameplay. New Mini-Games: Experience varied gameplay with mini-games Rounds that are launched mid-game — they add to the fun, and are a good way to rack up points.
New Twists: Discover exciting twists to the classic game that provide swift, fast-paced game play. New Multiplayer Element: Battle against a friend with the all-new multiplayer element, available on both platforms. Shoot and clear the orange pegs from levels spanning two full Adventure modes including 10 all-new levels in the exclusive Bonus Underground. Wield 11 Magic Powers, score amazing style shots, and collect valuable gems and power-ups in the Bonus Underground.
Each of the six modes of play features a theme based on a classic Nintendo game, such as Super Mario Bros. The traditional Tetriminos falling blocks and line-clearing strategy remain the staples of the game, but the touch screen adds a new element of interactivity.
Some modes give players special Tetris puzzles to solve. Others feature head-to-head action between two players, or massive wireless battles between 10 DS users, even if only one player has a game card. Players also can log onto Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection to compete in two- or four-player battles. Tetris DS even includes a point-based rating system based on players' battle results.
Opponents can see one another's ratings, which indicate their skill levels. Every gamer, whether competitive or casual, will find a way to reconnect with one of the most popular puzzle games in history. Look for more details about the new game play modes on Nintendo. Tokyo is in full lockdown, the government's swift, coldblooded response to a surprise demon invasion. Trapped within the sprawling metropolis is the city's helpless populace, forced to turn on each other in order to survive.
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Darran Jones. See comments. Gaming deals, prizes and latest news. The instructions are given as animations, which are clear enough to follow, and since your hands are gonna be busy the voice control is extremely useful. If you want to learn Japanese, this is a good place to start. Practice your writing on the touchscreen, use the mic to record your voice and compare it with the sample to practice your pronunciation.
The pronunciation in the game is good, the lessons are bite-sized but plenty and most of the minigames to practice vocabulary are fun and useful not every minigame, though, Spelltastic sucks. The best way to use this game imo is right before or along a proper Japanese course like Genki or Minna no Nihongo. Actually pretty fucking good to learn kana, not to so much for the more advanced stuff. Focuses on the four basic operations and its main attraction is a 10x10 blank grid that you have to fill with numbers.
There's something strangely amusing about solving a bunch of simple arithmetic problems in a row that makes playing this game quite a relaxing experience. Unless you have a distinct allergy to numbers, this is definitely better than it sounds. This is like MSPaint, but your tools simulate real pencils and real brushes, and has art lessons in case you want to learn a thing or two about painting.
It's DSi enhanced, so you can use the camera if you have one. Another game that moves the main gameplay to the bottom screen is Meteos , keeping most the action between the main buttons so you can properly hone in and get stuck into some hardcore puzzling. Essentially, this is basically a space-age version of Columns.
Asteroids fall from space i. Match blocks with the same symbols on them together. Get combos, and pull off special moves that take out other blocks that are still falling. Still, the gameplay is fantastic, and the introduction fo the new character customisation panel system went down a storm with fans of the series.
Elite Beat Agents brings rhythmical fun to the DS. Play as one of the Elite Beat agents, a taskforce designed to bring happiness to the world through the power of song and dance. Like The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, gamers use the stylus to do all of the hard work in this game. Get rings in a certain order and hit beats in time. Bowser has finally realised that instead of capturing Peach to get to Mario, he can go straight to Mario. She can also cry to make plants grow taller…. Advance Wars: Days of Ruin is up next, continuing the brilliance of the very first Advance Wars title, once of the best Game Boy Advance games of all time!
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin is a strategy game where players take it in turns to fight against enemy armies. Capture territories, destroy generals, and make use of commanding officers with special abilities that can help to turn the tide of a battle. Gameplay does look a little like a bomb has gone off in a clip art factory at times, but its a fun game to play with lots of exciting and nail-biting features.
Pick up crowns as you explore the vast overworld through both the day and night, working with the flow of time and battling enemies every-which-way you turn.
The characters change their looks depending on what weapons they are using or what armour they are wearing. It might be a small cartridge, but this is one in-depth game. Play through the original cases from the Ace Attorney GBA title and get stuck into a fifth new title too.
Plus, if your mic still works, you can should Objection out loud and have an effect on the gameplay. For fans of detective dramas, Ace Attorney will provide hours of fun.
Search for fingerprints, blow dust off using the mic, and check out items up close and personal using the inventory mode. The graphics look fantastic too, with most of the gameplay appearing like clips from a Manga cartoon series. It might not be as fast and furious as the next title in our list, but this is certainly one for those gamers that like to keep their grey matter on top form.
As with every GTA game, crime pays. As I mentioned above, Chinatown Wars is played from a top down perspective which feels odd compared to the usual third-person camera angle from the console games. Another weird thing that you might have noticed is the cel-shaded graphics. Still, driving a cel-shaded car into everything and anything causing explosions and mass pandemonium is still super fun, if a little kiddy.
Yes, the pastel-coloured Superstar returns with a cracking set of adventures for gamers to sink their teeth into! Well, Ultra bumps it up a notch, adding new games into the mix as well as updated versions of the old ones.
Yes, gamers can co head-to-head or team up to play through the game modes. Heck, you even hold the DS like a book to play the game…. Hotel Dusk feels a lot like Heavy Rain and other detective titles. Players control a retired New York cop called Kyle Hyde. Kyle must talk with guests to learn their pasts, interrogating NPCs while trying to maintain an air of secrecy about his presence.
Solve puzzles that Link would have a hard time sorting out, search every nook and cranny, and marvel at the artistic graphics that look like a cross between Okami and Comix Zone. It also provides fans of the series with a new adventure that steps away from the original storyline. In Order of Ecclesia, the Belmont Clan have gone into hiding, and an order to monks are taking charge.
Players control a woman called Shanoa, one of the monks who boasts the best magical skill to thwart the undead minions sent forth by Dracula. The witch drops a magic paintbrush, which unfortunately becomes a little plastic pencil in our real-life human hands. Make tracks and paths for Kirby to roll along as he bounces through each stage….
Porting the game from the PS2 to a dual-screen handheld was always going to be tough. So much so, in fact, that many fans were worried it would flop terribly. The reality is that this is a spectacular title that plays superbly, bringing all the charm of the original game with you wherever you go!
It concentrates more on NPC interaction rather than the main character completing a specific quest. Still, the individual character stories are all intriguing and immersive, creating an RPG that is truly like no other while being a bonafide D. Q game at the same time…. The touchscreen can be used for certain actions and comes into play for solving puzzles on some levels. Another cool feature is the fact that levels move with Spidey, tilting and turning to show new angles as he runs and swings along.
Camera angles also alter on occasion to give first person views while battling all of the best bad-guys from the film. Rayman DS is another launch title that drew people into buying the DS in the early days. Ever played Rayman 2: The Great Escape? Well, Rayman DS is a direct port of the N64 version of that very game, albeit with updated sprites and touch-screen controls.
Like Mega Man, Rayman is a bit of a hero and a name that appears on many consoles. This game appeared on the PS2, Dreamcast, Windows, and a host of other devices. But, while the Dreamcast version boasts mini games to play through, the DS version poses a simplified adventure with fewer bells and whistles.
This game has few different names depending on your region , though the gameplay is exactly the same. It uses the DS held in the vertical position ala Brain Training and requires players to get into the groove. Gameplay revolves around using the stylus, tapping, flicking, and sliding along the touchscreen panel to control players in WarioWare-style mini games.
Well, in Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, gamers solve a series of puzzles of increasing difficulty in order to uncover a mystery. Collect Puzzle coins to receive hints on different problems or save them up for really tough mind-ticklers.
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