Category: DS

Rune Factory

DS / Reviews

31 Mar, 2009

Rune Factory review

Rising Star Games’ Harvest Moon series has lived a healthy life under the radar for a good few years now – never kicking up enough of a fuss to get itself noticed, but always providing enough quality ‘farm sim’ entertainment to build up and satisfy a decent audience. A game based on the life of a farmer – including all of the necessary manual labour and time management skills – was never going to set the world on fire, after all. With Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon, some effort has been made to pep up the formula a little...

Screenshot of GTA Chinatown Wars

DS / Reviews

20 Mar, 2009

GTA Chinatown Wars review

Having enjoyed all the GTA games including the original top-down ones on the PC, I was looking forward to playing it on the DS. I was, however, concerned Rockstar were being a little ambitious squeezing it onto Nintendo’s little machine but the good news is, it’s incredibly enjoyable and uses the hardware perfectly. You play as a rich guy called Huang Lee who’s come to Liberty City to deliver a family heirloom in the shape of a sword to your uncle. Unfortunately you’re robbed and left to die at the beginning of the game and so go about trying to...

XG Blast

DS / Reviews

12 Mar, 2009

XG Blast review

The chances are that you’ve played Geometry Wars after it became the game to buy on XBLA, it was also the title which seemingly everyone used to rank each other by via the online high score tables. XG Blast from Next Wave brings the same hardcore arcade gameplay but tries to add a bit of narrative for the discerning gamer. Let’s see if they managed to not only clone Geometry Wars but get that story line believable enough in our review of XG Blast for DS. XG Blast’s story starts off with a special ship called the Aknathen heading off...

Madden NFL 09

DS / News / PC / PSP / Xbox 360

12 Mar, 2009

Blood Bowl Trailer

After watching the latest trailer for Blood Bowl I was reminded of a game I played on the Commodore CD32. Described as being the world’s first 32Bit games console (although it wasn’t) it was released over a year before the Sony Playstation but did not sell anywhere near as many units. It was on the CD32 I remember playing Brutal Sports Football, an interesting mix of American Football, ultra violence and gore. Blood Bowl looks like a spiritual sequel Brutal Sports Football which can’t be a bad thing, based on the Warhammer games you can create teams made up of...

Nintendo DSi image

DS / Release dates

11 Mar, 2009

Nintendo DSi release date confirmed for US and Europe

After many months of crazy Japanese schoolgirls buying the Nintendo DSi until stocks ran out it’s now our chance to buy a the latest update to the Nintendo DS. Are the two camera’s, SD card slot, bigger screens, built in Web browser and downloadble games enough to make you purchase this? I’m still unsure as both of my Black DS Lite’s are serving me quite well at the moment, however if you want to be the first to own a proper regionalized DSi then you’ll have to pre-order early to avoid disappointment. The Nintendo DSi release date is April 5th...

Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals

DS / Reviews

10 Mar, 2009

Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals review

When the original Spectrobes came out a couple of years ago, I’m sure Disney were hoping the game would rival Pokémon in terms of the ‘collect a cute character, train it up, let it evolve and then make it fight for you’ factor. Unfortunately, whilst the game had some good ideas, it lacked that bit of spit and polish to make it a truly great game. Well, now the sequel is here in the form of Beyond the Portals and I’m pleased to say this one’s at least better than the original. That’s not to say it’s a must-but title...

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