noname2200 on 21 July 2009
VTnev27's mini-reviews:
DSiWare
-Art Style: Aquia- A fresh puzzle game that is definitely not for the weak at heart. Difficulty on the “easy” mode alone sometimes is frustratingly difficult, but also makes clearing stages oh so satisfying. If you have a DSi, this is something to consider. 7.5/10
-Art Style:PictoBits- Another puzzle game that I would recommend for anyone who is looking for a puzzler that is a little different. It also has a nice amount of content for the five dollars it costs, including seeing many of your favorite Nintendo 8-bit sprites, and some NES tunes that can be unlocked for your listening pleasure. Not an easy game by any means, but you do get the hang of it after a while. 9.0/10
-Mighty Flip Champs- A very good puzzler which can only be done on the DS. Innovative game design, where you guide Alta to Fishman by flipping through the tile sets of each stage like pages in a book whenever you run into a spot where you can’t move on. In the initial stages, there are only two “pages,” the top showing the main action, the bottom showing what the stage looks like after you “flip it.” Later stages (Stage 5 and beyond), have six or more “pages” and the only one you see on the bottom screen is the one that comes next. A great game that should be owned by anyone who owns a Dsi, enjoys a good puzzle game, and has the patience to plow through a game that has a difficulty up there with the early Contras and Megamans. 8.7/10.0
-Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again- A great puzzle-esque game (noticing the pattern?) which shows exaclty what kind of games this service should be sharing. You guide the minis by touching them to get them started, and then removing blocks with the stylus and reassigning them to designated areas.There are ten floors in the main game, four initial stages and a plus mode for those, and a basement and roof floor. There are a decent amount of stages for an eight dollar downloadable game in that alone, but the real meat of this game comes from the downloadable content and the stage maker. There are tons of user generated stages for download, plus Nintendo has put out five stages a week since the game’s release. All in all, this game is a great showcase for what this service should be about. 9.0/10
-Art Style: Base 10- I’m a numbers guy, I like things to be concrete and definitive. That’s why I took a shot on this title even though the impressions I had read all over the internet were down on this game in one way or another. You hold the DSi like a book in this title, and unfortunately there is no left-handed support (sorry lefties.) In the game’s main mode numbers “fall” from left to right and your goal is to match numbers that add up to ten. Numbers are added in sequence as you progress through the stages (level one only has 1 and 2, level two has 1, 2, and 3; all the way to the final level which has numbers 0 through 9.) you can also move the numbers around, but they move as though they are in a digital clock, an example being if you move a 3 left or right it turns into an “E” and thus, can’t be used in matching. Although this game doesn’t exactly match up with the likes of Pictobits, it definitely is a good game. If you like numbers you should give this game a shot. If not, then you probably want to shy away. 8.0/10.0
