Category: Nintendo DS

Clubhouse Games Developer: Agenda Publisher: Nintendo Genre: Parlor Games Release Date: 10/9/06 Few things in this world are as enjoyable as sitting around shooting some pool with buddies or playing a game of chess on a rainy day. Nintendo took the whole idea of parlor games and such to a new level with Clubhouse Games.…

Konductra Genre: Puzzle Developer: oeFun Publisher: O3 Entertainment Release Date: 10/31/06 The Nintendo DS seems to have become the de facto home to weird but entertaining puzzle games. If I wanted to count all of the puzzle games that came out for the damn system, I’d probably have to take off my shoes… and, for…

Garfield: Tale of Two Kitties Platform: Nintendo DS Developer: Two Tribes Publisher: The Game Factory Rating: E Genre: Platformer Release Date: 10/17/2006 The second movie starring everyoneâ┚¬â”žÂ¢s favorite overweight lasagna eating cat is out on DVD now, and along with it a new game for the Nintendo DS. Is the game like a good pan…

Contact DS Developer: Grasshoper Manufacture Publisher: Atlus Genre: Action RPG Release Date: 10/19/2006 Every so often a somewhat original game realizes its originality and ends up playing off of that to be even more original then it originally was. Contact might end up being the most original RPG of all time in not just its…

Touch Detective Publisher: Atlus USA Developer: Beeworks Genre: Adventure Release Date: 10/25/2006 I’m quite pleased with the amount of Adventure games that have hit the DS. Phoenix Wright and Trace Memory are two of the better ones. The former offered a wacky story and a novel idea for a plot, while the latter really showcased…

Magical Starsign Publisher: Nintendo Developer: Brownie Brown Genre: turn Based RPG Release Date: 10/25/2006 Magical Starsign is actually the second game in the Magical series put out by Brownie brown. The first, Magical Vacation was only released in Japan back on the game boy Advance back in 2001. Brownie Brown has proven to be an…

Mage Knight: Destiny’s Soldier Developer: Big Blue Bubble Publisher: Bandai-Namco Genre: Tactical RPG Release Date: 09/27/2006 Even after playing through Mage Knight, I’m a little mystified that it came out. After all, it’s been well over a year and a half since the actual collectible miniatures game was cancelled by Wiz Kids. Out of all…

Bubble Bobble Revolution Developer: Taito Corporation Publisher: Codemasters Genre: Platformer Release Date: 10/2/2006 Ah Bubble Bobble. One of our most popular games of all time. One of MY most favorite games of all time. Hell, we named the site after it. Bubble Bobble Old and New was the last game to get a 9.0 from…

Freedom Wings Genre: Dogfight Simulation/RPG Developer: Natsume Publisher: Natsume Release Date: 8/21/06 Budget titles are an odd lot. Usually, budget titles are either foreign games that the developers have no faith in, but want to sell, or they’re ancient or poor titles that the developers/publishers just want to get onto the shelf to make SOME…

Age of Empires: The Age of Kings Developer: Ensemble Studios Publisher: Majesco Genre: Strategy RPG Release Date: 02/15/2006 It wasn’t until recently I bothered to pick up a DS. I told myself I wouldn’t until they came out with a Pokemon variant of the DS, or whenever Pokemon: Mysterious Dungeon finally hit stateside. Amazingly, the…

Review: Electroplankton (NDS) Developer: Nintendo Distributor: Nintendo Genre: Music Creator Release Date: 1/10/06 The Nintendo DS, once the subject of much ridicule for its duel screens and touch pad, has leaped into the forefront of the handheld market over the past year, and brought with it a ton of entertaining and unique games. But perhaps…

Genre: Role-Playing Adventure Platform: Nintendo DS ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+ (Mild Violence) Developer: Publisher: Konami Release Date: 9/27/05 Official Website: http://www.konami.com/gs/officialsites/lostinblue/ Being the RPG aficionado that I like to think of myself as, I try my best to keep up with every RPG release coming up for every game system. I try to play them…

Review: Metroid Prime Pinball Developer: Fuse Games Distributor: Nintendo Genre: Pinball Release Date: 10/25/05 So the first Metroid game on the Nintendo DS is not the long delayed Hunters, which had a freaking demo ship with originally with the DS, but instead we get a pinball game. For the love of all that is good…

Review: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Genre: Text Adventure/Court Room Drama Release Date: 10/12/05 Every so often a game comes along that is just too weird for words. Last year’s outstanding Katamari Damacy is a great example of how this can work. It seems thought that for every awesome game like that…

Game: Animaniacs: Lights, Camera, Action! System: Nintendo DS Genre: Action/Platformer Developer: Ignition Entertainment Publisher: Ignition Entertainment Release Date: 10/20/05 I love the Animaniacs. I’ve long pined for their zany antics since they’ve disappeared off the airwaves and the WB scheduling block in favor of such gems as “Mucha Lucha” and “Megaman NT Warrior” (ugh). But…

Nintendogs: Chihuahua and Friends Genre: Pet Simulator Platform: Nintendo DS Rating: E (Everyone) Publisher: Nintendo Developer: Nintendo Release Date: 8/23/2005 Ah, remember the days of your first dog? I do. Sure, I was wheezing the entire time because of my horrible allergies, but I loved my Dalmatian Moo. I had to get rid of him…

Game: Polarium System: Nintendo DS Genre: Puzzle Developer: Mitchell Publisher: Nintendo Released: 4/18/05 At this point in the newly created “handheld console war”, I see the Nintendo DS and the Sony PSP as…just about even. Putting system performance aside, both handhelds are about the same in terms of games that are worth playing. (I count…