Nintendo DS

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By Paul Govan Those that have followed the series will know it has seen similar success on both the Nintendo DS and Wii, as well as a recent diversification outside with Gardening Mama. The DS however is the game’s spiritual home and where it simply works the best. The tactile taps, swipes and circles crea...

By James Hyde Scribblenauts for the Nintendo DS is a kind of adventure game that you don’t see often — actually, there hasn’t ever been a game like Scribblenauts; an adventure game where your character progresses through the levels by you typing the name of an object, pretty much any object you can thin...

By Chris Kohler See Also: Final Fantasy Gaiden: Four Warriors of Light is billed as a role-playing game from the old school. And it is — but not in the way you’d expect. Released on October 29 in Japan, this Nintendo DS game is created by Matrix, the development house that did the 3-D remakes of Final Fantasy II...

By Stephen Totilo 1) Take five mini-games from what must have been an underwhelming 2002 Game Boy Advance game. This is the dark side of DSiWare, from the company you might forget brought you Super Mario 64, WarioWare and Wii Sports but that you might remember used to churn out the Mario Partys and sold NES gam...

What the Game's About Witch's Tale for the Nintendo DS is the latest handheld title from NIS America. Taking place in a Halloween type world, Witch's Tale has unique characters and a very unique storyline. A young witch named Liddell has accidentally released an evil witch from the past kno...

A couple of months ago, Ubisoft's next game to feature the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was revealed to be Arcade Attack for the Nintendo DS. Unlike the Wii's Smash-Up (I still owe you guys a review, look for it next week), this one promised to be a love letter to the fondly-remembered Konami...

By Rick Marshall As is often the case with translations between two very different platforms, the PSP version of "Chinatown Wars" definitely suffers from the game's DS-focused design. This is especially apparent with the minigames, as many of them were developed to use the DS stylus and split-screen fo...

By Chris Kohler How streamlined can a role-playing game get before it’s no longer an RPG at all? See Also: Games That Travel WellMiyamoto: Why I Spiked Mario Galaxy 2’s StoryQ&A: Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto on Mario, Zelda, Project NatalSuper Mario Galaxy Makes Wii Sing, Donkey Kong: Barrel Blas...

By disco70s Q: Which game is better? Spore Creatures for Nintendo DS or Spore Heros for Wii? Q: Is it a Multiplayer game? A:It might be. At the end, you can see ppl’s creatures but I’m not sure of P vs P.I think there’s only trading with Multiplayer but I will see once I play more.

By Mike Fahey Our time with the Nobody Roxas in Kingdom Hearts II was far too short. Square Enix rectifies this oversight with Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days for the Nintendo DS. It's the first Kingdom Hearts title for the Nintendo DS, and the first Kingdom Hearts title with multiplayer, but is it a game worthy...

By Brian Ashcraft Apple Takes Swipe At Nintendo DS, PSP In Portable Game War Comment by: Innis Nominated by: Curse lily Apple is competing with the NDS and the PSP? Obama Namechecks Xbox Once Again In Speech To Kids Comment by: Nulls Nominated by: bwwardiii

By Tracey John See Also: There are countless puzzle games for the Nintendo DS, but few possess the stylish presentation of the Professor Layton series. Last year’s Professor Layton and the Curious Village showed that age-old brain teasers can be packaged with slick animation and driven by a compellin...

By Tracey John Wired.com: What are Nintendo’s sales expectations for Wii Sports Resort in North America? Nintendo turned a section of Times Square into a real-life version of Wii Sports' Wuhu Island on Thursday. Photo: JesseAngelo.com See Also:

By tokyo_nights Aspyr’s Treasure World for the Nintendo DS is a pretty interesting game especially if you’re into wardriving (WiFi hot spot hunting) on foot. The game’s story is pretty simple, you are to help an old-professor-type to fill up his space ship with stardust.

By Shaun Hatton While I do enjoy the console editions of the Guitar Hero games (perhaps too much, even), the On Tour offshoot comes across as a blatant cash-in attempt. The whole point of Guitar Hero, and what made it so popular, is that it made regular schmucks like me feel as if we were actually playing the g...

By Chris Kohler Wired.com: Japanese pop music has not really breached the American consciousness in a way that Japanese games, comics and now movies have. Do you hope to make Japanese idol pop big in the United States? Does Rhythm Heaven play into that?

By Chris Kohler Screenshots from Peggle Dual Shot, a version of the popular pachinko-inspired casual game for Nintendo DS. Images courtesy PopCap Peggle on Nintendo DS. What took so long? The combo makes so much sense: Peggle is one of the most popular... Screenshots from Peggle Dual Shot, a version of the po...

By Brian Crecente Nintendo has been on a winning streak since the original Nintendo DS hit stores in 2004. That was followed by the redesigned DS Lite and then the insanely popular Wii. The Nintendo DSi was designed and manufactured by Nintendo, released on April 5th in North America and retails for $169.99. Pl...

By Michael McWhertor Nintendo's Rhythm Heaven is the beat-matching Nintendo DS sequel to a Game Boy Advance title that never made it out of Japan—but did somehow manage to get an arcade port. Rhythm Heaven was developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS, released on April 5th in North America. Retai...

By Michael McWhertor Online Multiplayer: Shadow Dragon adds online multiplayer via the Nintendo DS wi-fi adapter. While the appeal of multiplayer battles isn't nearly as strong as the single-player story mode, it's feature rich enough (but just enough) to make online battles compelling and Shadow Dragon...

By Nate Ralph You can create your own tracks with the game's built-in editor. It is surprisingly robust, allowing you to save and trade up to 60 custom levels. Using the Nintendo DS' touch screen, you need only draw the path you'd like to create, and the game will figure out the general layout of twists and t...

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By tips@infendo.com The top screen of of the DS is where the action is.  Here you play the games, which are surprisingly solid - each one a prime representation of both it’s genre and the year of it’s fictional release date.  As the “years” progress the complexity of the gameplay and the graphical design noticeab...

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With Metal Slug 7 being exclusive to the DS, you would have expected some unique use of the dual screens and/or touch screen. The touch screen is made use of, but you'll barely use it. You basically move the stylus around a mini map of the level to locate items. With the frantic action happening n...

By Asterick Up till now, I've not really described how the game play has differed from the previous revisions. The one thing I must stress, more than anything else, is that the interface is touchscreen. That's the real primary difference. Placing units consists of clicking the home tile, the unit, clic...

By tokyo_nights The touchscreen also plays host to a number of vehicle specific buttons. If you are driving the ambulance, there are buttons to turn on the siren and to open the vehicle’s back door so that the stretcher (and patient) can be taken out or placed in.

By Sally B. Link: E3 2008: new third-party DS games revealed by Nintendo; GTA DS, Pokemon Ranger, more Link: E3 2008: Zelda and Mario Games for Wii confirmed, Zelda project for DS Of hardware sales and other matters Link: E3 2008: Nintendo churning out 700k Wiis a month, 200k DSs a week

By Earnest Cavalli Everything, from the gameplay to the characters to the game's intense surgical puzzles, seems largely recycled from the first game, which was hailed as one of the first truly innovative and interesting uses of the Nintendo DS' touchscreen. Now, after two installments on Wii, it's all be...

By Michael McWhertor Gamers frustrated with the lack of storage on the Wii may have a glimmer of hope, if we're reading Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata right. He endured the usual end of quarter question barrage from the financial community recently, revealing many a hint about the company's plans for the Wii and Ni...

By James Share This Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer first come out in Japan in 1995 on the Super Nintendo or Super Famicom, and a year later it was ported to Game Boy. That release was also in Japan only. But now, SEGA has taken over the ChunSoft franchise and released the title on the Nintendo DS. Re...

By Matt Paprocki The touch screen plays only a small role. The actual battle interface is too cramped to make the stylus useful, so it’s negated to scratching off special bonus cards or opening packs. You can also use it to move the main character, though it’s no more effective than using the D-pad.

By Andrew Ogier I've been disappointed with Sim games on the DS lately. First we had Theme Park, which is a port of the 14 year-old SNES game with absolutely nothing new added in. Second, we had Sim City DS, which valiantly attempts to win the DS Sim category with it's classic game play, but stumbles at the fini...

By Andrew Ogier Your first port of call (ahem, sorry about the pun) is to learn how to use the Stylus. They really needn't have bothered with the tutorial on this part, as Anno's control system has obviously been designed with the DS in mind. Everything in the game is controlled entirely by the stylus. The top s...

By Matt Paprocki With no relation to the popular Sega franchise House of the Dead, the development studio that handled Winnie the Pooh's Rumbly Tumbly Adventure on the Game Boy Advance shifts gears (drastically) to Touch the Dead. Dream On Studio brings this shooter to the DS with some unique ideas that un...

By Tall Writer The story mode uses one of three protagonist characters familiar to most seasoned fans (a fourth is unlockable). In the collection mode, players view cards and interact in other features. Multiplayer modes include wireless play for up to four players (tag, racing and Dragon Ball collect...

By Matt Paprocki Other uses of the DS include selecting items from the menu (weapons, health, PDA) or uncovering artifacts. The latter is done by rubbing "dirt" off the item by sliding the stylus around. Other items are too fragile to be brushed, and the microphone comes into play as you blow away excess dust.

By Matt Paprocki Almost everything is handled with the touch screen. Buttons or the d-pad move a camera around to different areas of the park. In a nice move, simply tapping your selection isn’t enough. You’ll need to circle or draw a check mark on the item, helping the player avoid costly mistakes.

Players simply tap the screen to shoot enemies before they come charging in to cause life-decreasing damage. Aiming really isn't an issue here, as I was able to rack up 195 head shots during one particular session of the game without really trying. The real hassle here lies in reloading. Inst...

By Aaron Auzins Much akin to Bejeweled, usage of the mouse when played on the computer, Puzzle Quest finds a perfect substitute in the Nintendo DS's touch screen. Switching puzzle pieces, navigating the maps and activating spells or purchasing goods couldn't have been made any easier. Occasionally pla...

By Matt Paprocki The trick system is relatively generic on the DS. Face buttons handle the basics such as grinding, grabs, and ollies. Special maneuvers require a tap of the touch screen once a meter has been filled. There’s no reason these couldn’t have been assigned to a button, and it’s a sad case of using th...

By Matt Paprocki After leaving an era of classic after classic, the Ninja Turtles video game career collapsed into a mess of sloppy ideas that failed to capture any of the magic from the arcade and 16-bit titles. That trend has continued with TMNT on the home consoles, yet this little unnoticed Game Boy Adva...

By Ken Edwards As in Metroid Prime Hunters, aiming is done entirely with the touch screen. This will feel natural for veterans of Hunters, but take some getting used to for others. You will get the hang of it, and find that the controls are very responsive.

By Matt Paprocki The game definitely needs something new to move away from its somewhat sloppy game play that doesn't fall into the "classic" category, and new features using the touch screen are the right step. Madden NFL 07 is rated E (Everyone) by the ESRB. This game can also be found on: GBA, GameCube, PC,...

By Jason "Njiska" Westhaver Touch control in Break 'Em All is tight and players can easily activate power-ups simply by tapping the on screen button. Using buttons to play is equally smooth, however it's not as easy because where touch screen which allows your paddle to immediately jump into position you need, butto...

By Ken Edwards Although the Dual Screens are not utilized for anything but space, the layout works great. It means the information is on the bottom screen, keeping the top screen free from clutter. Information such as progress, score, Star Coins, and reserve item box are all displayed on the bottom scree...

By Brian Crecente The initial screen for Tetris DS brings up three main gameplay options: Single Player, Multiplayer and WiFi. Single card multiplayer is also offered, and looks quite intriguing. I couldn't check it out, but hope to in the coming weeks.

By Tim Weaver Another game out of the famous Tony Hawk series, American Sk8land for Nintendo DS really isn't all that it's cracked up to be. Activision failed at trying to make a good-looking handheld Tony Hawk game.The characters on this game are really weird looking. During game play, the skaters have n...

By Tim Weaver THQ has brought many Nintendo DS-owning chat lovers a game that consists of annoying bots and funny words that end up making you rich! Ping Pals game was bearable... if you have a great sense of humor and six other friends who won't kill you for making them play this game.This game had some pretty...