Articles tagged "nintendo ds"

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Nintendo gets original

by Justin Hoeger [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[8.May.09] :. The Nintendo DS has quietly turned into the best platform for role-playing games, from remakes of “Final Fantasy IV” and “Dragon Quest V” to original fare such as...

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Adult gaming on the DS: the Chinatown conundrum

by Brian Crecente [Kotaku.com (MCT)]

[22.Apr.09] :. With 100 million DS and DSi in the hands of gamers worldwide, Nintendo’s portable is a mighty tempting platform for developers. So why are only seven of the nearly 1,100 games for the DS rated...

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15 Great iPhone Games

by Crispy Gamer [Crispy Gamer (crispygamer.com) (MCT)]

[3.Apr.09] :. It happened when no one was looking. The DS was busily extending Nintendo’s decades-long dominance of the handheld market, and Sony was trying to make third-party partners stop ignoring the PSP...

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Clash of the gaming titans

by Brian Crecente [Kotaku.com (MCT)]

[17.Mar.09] :. Nintendo’s popular DS handheld hit a milestone earlier this month, topping 100 million of the portables shipped worldwide. But a much more important milestone looms. While 100 million is an...

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TWiG 2009-03-16: A Very Portable St. Patty’s Day

by Mike Schiller

[16.Mar.09] :. New releases for the week of 2009-03-16...

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Animal Boxing

by Azmol Meah

[4.Mar.09] :. While one wouldn't expect to find hippo brains splattered across the dual screen, a few bruises, the odd cut, maybe even a tiny drop of claret would have been cool.

Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine (DS Version)

by Azmol Meah

[18.Feb.09] :. British writer Azmol Meah takes on the DS adaptation of an American take on the hit Japanese show.

Little Red Riding Hood’s Zombie BBQ

by Mike Schiller

[4.Feb.09] :. How are we to explain to our sons and daughters that we just blew up Santa Claus?

Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia

by Azmol Meah

[28.Jan.09] :. Surely, after almost four years of the DS being on the market, even the big N must realise that drawing circles on the screen is only fun, like, maybe twice?

Naruto: Path of the Ninja 2

by Azmol Meah

[5.Jan.09] :. For many modern players, games in the vein of 16-bit Final Fantasy titles are like throwbacks to the days without electricity.

Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia

by Arun Subramanian

[1.Dec.08] :. While there is much familiar about Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, it is not content to exactly follow the established mold of its forebears.

Prey the Stars

by Azmol Meah

[17.Nov.08] :. The clear sign that your console is top gun is that it has crazy, off the wall nonsense like Prey the Stars on it.

Unsolved Crimes

by Azmol Meah

[5.Nov.08] :. Unsolved Crimes keeps the tradition of point 'n' click adventuring alive on the Nintendo DS.

Animal Paradise

by L.B. Jeffries

[3.Nov.08] :. The relationship between player and animal is very disingenuous because the player is not really concerned with the animal beyond its basic aesthetic cuteness.

The Console War

by L.B. Jeffries

[21.Oct.08] :. A Dramatization of the Console War of 2008.

Little League World Series Baseball 2008

by Mike Schiller

[3.Oct.08] :. The game's target audience might not have much patience for a game that offers a frustrating challenge, especially when the perception is that the game mechanics are at fault for much of the frustration.

Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift

by L.B. Jeffries

[11.Aug.08] :. In Final Fantasy Tactics A2 there isn't really a point at which you can stop grinding and say, "I'm ready to hear the plot now".

A fresh look at ‘Final Fantasy IV’

by Justin Hoeger [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[8.Aug.08] :. Updates and re-releases of classic games are common these days as game makers target the nostalgia of the first generation to grow up with a console hooked to the TV. But even so, it takes something...

Guitar Hero: On Tour

by Mike Schiller

[28.Jul.08] :. Using the touchscreen as part of the Guitar Hero experience never gets past the point of feeling like it's an imperfect process.

Myst

by L.B. Jeffries

[11.Jul.08] :. Myst, after all these years, still has something to say to us.

Summon Night: Twin Age

by L.B. Jeffries

[7.Jul.08] :. Summon Night: Twin Age has just enough of that engaging "Gotta explore the whole map" appeal that playing never feels like a chore.

Mystified by the Cult of Chrono Trigger

by Mike Schiller

[2.Jul.08] :. Excited as anybody by the upcoming DS re-release of Chrono Trigger, I'm curious as to what makes it such a well-regarded and influential game.

Teenage Zombies: Invasion of the Alien Brain Thingys!

by Azmol Meah

[23.Jun.08] :. It's quite bizarre to see a game which in the concept sounds incredible -- playing as the dead, awakening to feed -- when the ultimate experience is so the opposite.

Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword

by L.B. Jeffries

[28.May.08] :. The entirety of Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword is controlled with your stylus. That's it. Every single button on the DS causes you to block.

Hurry Up Hedgehog!

by Azmol Meah

[8.May.08] :. Azmol Meah takes on the UK-exclusive Hurry Up Hedgehog! for the Nintendo DS. He doesn't hold back.

Do You Miss the Pencil and Paper?

by Mike Schiller

[7.May.08] :. The dependence of the Nintendo DS on stylus-based games has inspired an influx of pen-and-paper game translations. How do they hold up to the real thing?

Naruto: Ninja Destiny

by L.B. Jeffries

[5.May.08] :. The very point of having a huge roster of characters to play is the change of tactics and style that different characters bring with them. With Naruto, none of that exists.

Guitar Hero’s Branches Turn to Twigs

by Mike Schiller

[1.May.08] :. The Guitar Hero franchise is being diluted by the sheer number of uses of the Guitar Hero name.

Slow economy responsible for decline in casual gamers

by Victor Godinez [The Dallas Morning News (MCT)]

[9.Apr.08] :. I got a lot of feedback on my previous column about the weak dollar possibly accounting for the Wii shortage here in the U.S. So much that I thought I’d look at another way the economy might be...

Professor Layton and the Curious Village

by Arun Subramanian

[14.Mar.08] :. Professor Layton and the Curious Village succeeds because of the way it marries puzzles and adventure gaming while packaging the combination in a unique and aesthetically pleasing way.

Mario Party DS

by Mike Schiller

[7.Mar.08] :. Mario Party DS benefits from the fact that a single-player game of Mario Party makes more sense on the Nintendo DS than it does on a home console.

Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground

by Darwin Hang

[7.Feb.08] :. The online play in Tony Hawk's Proving Ground fares well, because you can take people on while you psychoanalyze their avatars.

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations

by Azmol Meah

[24.Jan.08] :. Phoenix is wiser, older, and far more battle-weary than before.

Contra 4

by Arun Subramanian

[17.Jan.08] :. Games like Contra presented a sort of difficulty that, while extremely demanding, was what offered those games longevity to begin with.

Rayman Raving Rabbids 2

by Cole Stryker

[16.Jan.08] :. Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 really shines in the multiplayer mode, as is to be expected with this sort of game.

Mega Man ZX Advent

by Azmol Meah

[10.Jan.08] :. When you've got a loyal fanbase who buys your games regardless of quality, is there really any need to rock the boat?

Flipper Critters

by Mike Schiller

[9.Jan.08] :. If nothing else, Flipper Critters is certainly colorful.

`Revenant Wings’ brings real-time strategy play to `Final Fantasy’

by Justin Hoeger [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[18.Dec.07] :. For the second time this year, Square Enix tries its hand at making a real-time strategy game out of one of its franchises. This time, it works. Where the resource gathering and base building of...

Dementium: The Ward

by L.B. Jeffries

[3.Dec.07] :. Renegade Kid basically took the game concept of Contra and hooked it into a survival horror FPS.

Chibi Robo: Park Patrol

by L.B. Jeffries

[27.Nov.07] :. Even a ten-year-old could grasp that harvesting an entire forest at once is not as good as harvesting it in sections by simply comparing it to Chibi Robo's carefully balanced flower economy.

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

by Arun Subramanian

[9.Nov.07] :. While it's easy to view Phantom Hourglass as the successor to The Wind Waker, in reality, it's just as much a direct descendant of A Link to the Past, due almost solely to perspective.

MySims

by Cole Stryker

[7.Nov.07] :. MySims is a "god game" that leaves you feeling more mortal than ever.

Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu

by Azmol Meah

[23.Jul.07] :. Dragon Ball Z is known and loved for its over the top, action packed, fast paced, soap opera-esque drama. Why relegate all the drama to the random draw of cards?

Spectrobes

by Azmol Meah

[23.Apr.07] :. If Nintendo were given a dollar for every Pokémon clone out there, they'd be a whole lot richer.