Category: Nintendo DS
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Review: WarioWare Touched! (DS)
Game: WarioWare Touched! System: Nintendo DS Genre: Action/Minigames Developer: Intelligent Systems Publisher: Nintendo Released: 2/15/05 The original WarioWare Inc.: Mega Microgame$ on the Game Boy Advance literally came out of left field and became a cult sensation. The game would throw over 200 “microgames” at you, consisting of incredibly simple tasks that had to be…
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Review: Feel The Magic: XY/XX (Nintendo DS)
Game: Feel The Magic: XY/XX Systen: Nintendo DS Genre: Mini-Game Compilation Developer: Sonic Team Publisher: Sega Released: 11/21/04 At one time, Nintendo and Sega were bitter rivals. All of us 16-bit generation gamers can recount the titanic battles fought between these two giants. System VS system. Mascot VS mascot. Brother against brother. (Well, maybe two…
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Review: Super Mario 64 DS (DS)
Super Mario 64 DS Publisher: Nintendo Developer: Nintendo Genre: Action System: Nintendo DS Finally, the Nintendo DS is upon us. We’ve been waiting for months and months to get our hands on this system, and it’s finally here. With its two screens and unique features, it shows the most promise out of any new system…
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The Nintendo DS Launch Guide
The Nintendo DS Launch Guide Oh Nintendo, implicitly you take us back. I’m not too sure if it’s intentional, but for a person whose age lies way outside the target marketing boundaries laid down for Pokemon, it seems like only yesterday I was playing with what was the DS of it’s day: the immortal and…
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The Nintendo DS Launch Guide – Page2
Feel the Magic: XX/XY Publisher: Sega Developer: Sonic Team Genre: Adventure Release: Launch Title Ever seen that girl you know you never had a shot with? Looked at her and said, “Damn, what I wouldn’t give to just have a small chance with her.” Then Feel the Magic: XX/XY may be for you. This very…
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The Nintendo DS Launch Guide – Page4
Asphalt: Urban GT Publisher: Ubisoft Developer: Gameloft Genre: Driving Release: Launch Title Asphalt: Urban GT, along with Ridge Racer DS, will be the two games that anchor the racing genre for the DS’s launch. Unfortunately Urban GT just isn’t getting the amount of press and coverage as the much better known Ridge Racer DS, which…
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The Nintendo DS Launch Guide – Page3
System Pack-Ins That’s right. Gamers can bring their DS system straight home without buying anything additional at all and still be able to make use of it. Check out what comes packed in with your Nintendo DS purchase to provide immediate enjoyment right out of the box. Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt Metroid Prime is…
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The Nintendo DS Launch Guide – Page5
Ping Pals Publisher: THQ Developer: Way Forward Genre: Strategy Release: 12/07/2004 Ping Pals is one of the “launch window” games coming out with the Nintendo DS, the first in a line of communication titles for the wireless messaging and gaming aspect of the system. The user starts out by creating their own Ping Pal, a…
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The Nintendo DS Launch Guide – Page6
The Future Of Handheld Gaming So there you have it, folks. 5, count em’- five player multiplayer bouts of Mr. DRILLER AND Ridge Racer. The unbridled avatar madness that awaits you with Ping Pals, as well as a Pulp-Fiction/Jackie Brown-esque take on an N64 Mario classic, seeing the Mushroom Kingdom through the eyes of not…