http://wii.ign.com/articles/885/885311p1.html

Rating	Description
out of 10	click here for ratings guide
9.0	Presentation For the most part Square Enix has polished Chocobo's Dungeon to a shine. There are only a few, forgivable flaws, such as the poor lip synching. But the game runs in widescreen with progressive scan.
8.0	Graphics The visuals are similar to the kiddie, Crystal Chronicles games, but they retain a lot of personality and charm. The animations are straight ghetto, though.
8.5	Sound Great melodies, ranging from epic orchestral arrangements to somber organ pieces to childish piano plucks.
8.5	Gameplay Mystery Dungeon games aren't anything new, but Square Enix has honed the formula to near perfection. It provides a great challenge without becoming frustrating.
7.5	Lasting Appeal It will take you a while to retrieve the memories of all the citizens of Lostime. The card battle mini-game provides a very brief diversion via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.
8.4 Impressive	OVERALL (out of 10 / not an average)

Sounds like a game that'll be good for a select few. Otherwise sales probably will dissappoint given this is a mainly Japanese title. But I might look into it. It is at a budget price.

If only I wasn't short on cash...

One thing i don't understand is how they can rate the graphics so high when it looks like a PS2 game. The graphics should be rated against the best games on the system and not rated against 20+ shovelware games.

Well they won't see it too kiddy after crystal bearers. Unless square enix changes it drastically again.

I didnt like the DS Chocobo game and this looks like its the same type of thing, there good games for new RPG gamers or for people who cant be bothered with the pointless stuff. But as Im pretty fed up with RPGs anyway i didnt find the other version to amazing but it was still fun for what it was.

I heard its based of the ps1 game, and the ds wasn't. I might get it because of the price.

Hmm, I may have to give this a try. It wasn't even on my radar.

i was expecting about 7.0, but now i might try this

How did you get above average out of 8.4? Shouldn't you have described it as "Impressive" since that's the verbiage IGN used? Anyways, this seeems to be something I'd rather play on a DS, so i'll pass for now. I'm happy it turned out well. I had serious doubts about this game based on the PSOne originals.