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Category: Nintendo DS

  • Review: T.A.C. Heroes: Big Red One (Nintendo DS)

    T.A.C. Heroes: Big Red One Publisher: Storm City Games Developer: Hoplite Research Genre: Turn Based Strategy Release Date: 03/31/2010

  • Nintendo Download Wrap-Up for April 26th, 2010

    The DSi has certainly been getting some love lately, with a whopping six new titles released on the DSiWare service this week. But first, this week’s VC release, which has been ported to various systems and released in the The King of Fighters Collection: The Orochi Saga compilation… The King of Fighters ’95 Developer: SNK…

  • Review: Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey (Nintendo DS)

    Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Publisher: Atlus USA Developer: Atlus Genre: Turn Based RPG Release Date: 03/23/2010 Along with Sakura Taisen, the Megaten series has been my favourite franchise in gaming. Persona 2: Eternal Punishment is my second favourite RPG of all time (after Valkyrie Profile) and there are very few Megaten related games that…

  • Review: Infinite Space (Nintendo DS)

    Infinite Space Genre: Japanese Role Playing Game Developer: Platinum Games/Nude Maker Publisher: Sega Release Date: 3/16/2010 I’ll admit that the only reason I was first interested in Infinite Space was because it had a catchy name that caught my eye while searching through IGN’s release date calendar months ago (though the game was called Infinite…

  • Review: Spectral Force Genesis (Nintendo DS)

    Spectral Force Genesis Developer: Idea Factory Publisher: Ignition Entertainment Genre: Turn Based Strategy Release Date: 3/16/2010 I have a good friend who wrote for us back when we were Not A True Ending named Ryan Smith. Ryan is so into Japanese culture that one could confuse him with Peter Payne. He watches all sorts of…

  • Review: America’s Test Kitchen: Let’s Get Cooking (Nintendo DS)

    America’s Test Kitchen: Let’s Get Cooking Developer: Indies Zero Publisher: Nintendo of America Genre: Cookbook Release Date: 03/28/2010 Nintendo’s systems have certainly become a great place for cooking related titles. Although the Wii has seen games like Hell’s Kitchen or Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked, The DS has been the chef’s system of choice…

  • Review: Rooms: The Main Building (Nintendo DS)

    Rooms: The Main Building Publisher: Hudson Entertainment Developer: Handmade Games Genre: Puzzle Release Date: 03/23/2010

  • Review: Faceez (Nintendo DS)

    Faceez Publisher: Neko Entertainment Developer: Neko Entertainment Genre: Photo Application Release Date: 02/22/2010 With the Nintendo DSi implementing its cameras and social features to compete with the likes of the iPod Touch, it was a matter of time before we began seeing more apps surface among the games. At the end of February, French developer/publisher…

  • Review: Bakugan Battle Trainer (Nintendo DS)

    Bakugan Battle Trainer Publisher: Activision Developer: Magic Pockets Genre: Turn Based Strategy Release Date: 03/23/2010

  • Review: Deca Sports DS (Nintendo DS)

    Deca Sports DS Genre: Sports Developer: Hudson Soft Publisher: Konami Release Date: 03/02/10 Deca Sports DS, developed by Hudson, features ten separate sports simulation mini-games (Arm Wrestling, Wall Climbing, Clay Shooting, Cheerleading, Skydiving, Ping Pong, Bobsled, Rugby, Golf, and Sepak Takraw). The prefix deca- means ten, which gives the game its name, obviously. Being a…

  • Review: Pokemon Ranger: Hikari no Kiseki (Nintendo DS)

    Pokemon Ranger: Hikari no Kiseki Publisher: Nintendo of Japan Developer: HAL Laboratory Genre: Action RPG Release Date: 03/10/2010 While here in North America we have been celebrating the release of Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver, Japan has been enjoying their own Pokemon release this week – that of Hikari no Kiseki, AKA Pokemon Ranger:…

  • Review: Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver (Nintendo DS)

    Pokemon Heart Gold & Soul Silver Developer: Game Freak Publisher: Nintendo Genre: Turn Based RPG Release Date: 03/14/2010 Well, it’s finally here – the day I know most of our readers have been waiting for: the release of Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver. As most of the audience here at Diehard GameFAN know, I’ve…

  • Review: Alice in Wonderland (Nintendo DS)

    Alice in Wonderland Publisher: Disney Interactive Developer: Disney Interactive Genre: Action/Adventure Release Date: 03/02/2010

  • Review: Bermuda Triangle: Saving The Coral (Nintendo DS)

    Bermuda Triangle: Saving The Coral Developer: North Pole Studio Publisher: Storm City Games Genre: Puzzle Release Date: 02/23/2010 One of the most popular style of the puzzle genre is the match three style. By that I mean areas are cleared by matching similar colored objects off of a game board. Just on the Nintendo DS…

  • Review: MYST (Nintendo DS)

    MYST Publisher: Storm City Games Developer: Hoplite Research Genre: Adventure Release Date: 02/09/2010 MYST doesn’t really need an introduction. It’s a series that has been around for almost as long as I have been on this Earth. During its long tenure, it has spawned multiple sequels and a few remakes. In particular, one of these…

  • Review: Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth (Nintendo DS)

    Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Genre: Adventure Release Date: 02/16/10 The Ace Attorney series has garnered quite the following ever since the release of the first game on the DS outside of Japan. Of course, the games used to be more commonly referred to as Phoenix Wright, but that had to…

  • Review: Crime Scene (Nintendo DS)

    Crime Scene Publisher: SouthPeak Games Developer: White Birds Productions Genre: Adventure Release Date: 02/16/2010 At this point, I’m clearly no stranger to detective games on the DS. It all started when I played Hotel Dusk. After the awesomeness that was that game, I was ready and willing to play any any other detective game just…

  • Review: Korg DS-10+ (Nintendo DS)

    Korg DS-10 Plus Publisher: XSEED Games Developer: AQ Interactive Genre: Music Release Date: 2/16/2010 Hey hey hey! Remember that Korg DS-10 review I did a long while back? No? Anyone? Ok. Well. See, there was this awesome little synth that came out in November 2008 for the Nintendo DS. It was cheap, fun, and easy…

  • Review: Imagine Reporter (Nintendo DS)

    Imagine Reporter Developer: Ubisoft Publisher: Ubisoft Genre: Simulation Release Date: 02/02/10 When I reviewed Imagine Detective back in September, it drew more responses than I expected. So when Imagine Reporter came in, I was deemed the natural choice to cover it. I’m beginning to sense a pattern developing here… But I digress. Let’s find out…

  • Review: Ragnarok DS (Nintendo DS)

    Ragnarok DS Publisher: XSEED Games Developer: GungHo Works Genre: Action RPG Release Date: 02/16/2010 I’m not really an MMORPG person. This is mainly because people tend to be dicks for the sake of being dicks on them. There have only been two MMOPRG’s I can say I have enjoyed and they are Dungeons and Dragons…