Category: DS

Save The Turtles

DS / Reviews

17 May, 2010

Save The Turtles review

After around just one year it’s clear to see that the initial promise for the Nintendo DSi hasn’t quite been met. Rather sadly almost no new games have taken advantage of the extra RAM and CPU power that the DSi features but instead we have seen one or two titles that do use the DSi cameras. At least the DSi Shop Channel which undoubtedly was reaction to the Apple App Store has actually seen some success. At the time of writing there are 180 software titles available that range in price from free to $12. Of course one great benefit...

Sonic Classic Collection

DS / Reviews

22 Mar, 2010

Sonic Classic Collection review

Picking on Sonic the Hedgehog for the quality of his recent games is not only a cliché way of starting a review on a new Sonic game, but it’s also very unfair. Give the poor little critter a break. He’s a product of his time, the original mascot “with an attitude” who stood up as one of the defining pop culture icons of the Nineties, and he’s out of his depth now, adrift in a sea of polygons and hi-res graphics. What’s he supposed to do – this isn’t his world anymore. I’m sure he was as pleased as the...

Sonic and Sega All Star Racing

DS / PC / PS3 / Reviews / Wii / Xbox 360

15 Mar, 2010

Sonic and Sega All Star Racing review

Is it me or does even the full title of Sega’s latest title sound like they’re trying too hard? ‘Sonic and Sega All Star Racing with Banjo and Kazooie’ is certainly more than a mouthful. Note the Banjo and Kazooie sub heading is exclusive for Xbox 360 owners. Before we head into this review of Sonic & Sega All Star Racing I think we should be upfront with each other. There’s no point in me hiding the fact that I am a Mario Kart lover, it would be wrong of me not to let you know I already have a...

Nintendo DSi XL

DS / Release dates

5 Mar, 2010

Nintendo DSi XL release date

We reviewed the Nintendo DSi last year and awarded it a terrific 8 out of 10. Now around one year later Nintendo has decided that they need to have another DS on the market. If you want to know what’s so different about this one and find out if the DSi XL is right for you, then read on. Before we go head long into discussing the ‘new’ system let’s recap a little on the original Nintendo DSi. The Nintendo DSi was a bold move by Nintendo to bring the DS closer in line with the Sony PSP and Apple...

Planet 51 The Game picture

DS / PC / PS3 / Reviews / Wii / Xbox 360

22 Jan, 2010

Planet 51 The Game review

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Games released to come out at the same time as movies are usually very bad. Sometimes they work if they’re inspired by the movie or don’t have to come out to hit a movie deadline but that’s not the case with Planet 51 The Game. In the game you get to play as the ‘alien’ Lem and as the crashed astronaut Chuck as you both work together to find his spaceship and get him home. What the game basically boils down to is a series of boring tasks and races in...

Planet 51 The Game

DS / PS3 / Reviews / Wii / Xbox 360

11 Jan, 2010

Planet 51 The Game review

I’ve been a big fan of computer generated animation since it started to appear in movies in the 1980’s. When films such as Toy Story, Shrek and Monsters Inc hit the big screen I was instantly grabbed and whisked away into my idea of heaven. After such successes from Pixar and DreamWorks at the box office it’s quite understandable that other movie studios jumped on the bandwagon and started producing CGI movies of their own. As expected, these new movies were quite poor and rather formulaic. After trying their best to copy what made Pixar’s movies great, these other studios...

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