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Mario Party DS
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17/05/2008 21:33:35
For those 360 gamers out there you might have had the pleasure of playing N+
Well the next step for the much loved ninja is the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP.
When I heard this news, I wet myself with joy. However all was not great.
Living in the UK I have come to terms with the month later releases in comparison to the US, I understand the amount of translation which is needed for other europian countries.
But when I heard this news, I wet myself with sadness. N+ is only coming to the US.
I don't have a clue why, no-one does.
Just looks like us "foreigners" will have to import this potentially epic title.
-Darkstar
05/02/2008 20:10:43
We all know Brain Age, the mind frazzling DS series by smarty-pants Ryuta Kawashima. Well know he reveals he would much rather be working than accepting 11 million US dollars for his best-selling series.
"Not a single yen has gone in my pocket" remarked Kawashima to the AFP in a recent interview.
Because of agreement terms with his employer, Tohoku University, Kawashima was entitles to half of the Brain Age royalties personally. Rather than go out and get loaded with the latest clothes and cars, he decided to use the funds in a $6.5million project on Tohoku Uni's campus.
"My hobby is work" he says. "Everyone in my family is mad at me but I tell them that if they want money, go
out and earn it."
Kawashima is currently working on afour-year project to study brain development in children. He's also working closely
with Toyota to develop a car designed to keep elderly drivers alert.
22/12/2007 20:05:00
Mario Party DS is the 10th installment in the series of Mario Party games, and the fun doesn't seem to end here. With 67 minigames, Mario Party DS is sure to please.
The game starts with a short little movie. It's a starry night, and five dazzling objects shoot across the sky and plummet towards the earth. One of them happens to fall near Mario. The next day, Mario tells the crew about what happened last night. It turns out that this dazzling object was a Sky Crystal! All of a sudden, there is another surprise; the crew receives a letter from Bowser. They open it up, and it's an invitation. Bowser is having a party (with lots of food) to apologize for being such a jerk. Mario and his crew decide to attend this party, unaware of the danger they've made themselves vulnerable to. Shortly after arriving, Mario and his gang find themselves trapped in a cage, and soon shrank to size by Bowser's Minimizer. This was all part of Bowser's plot to get Mario's Sky Crystal. Now Bowser needs to get the remaining four. Mario and his crew wake up and find themselves far away from Bowser's Castle. They decide that they must find the other Sky Crystals, beat Bowser, and return to normal. And so, the party begins.
Characters Mario Party DS features 8 playable characters: Mario, Luigi, Peach, Daisy, Wario, Waluigi, Yoshi, and Toad. All of these characters are available from the start, so you won't have to unlock them.
Boards Mario Party DS has a total of 5 game boards to choose from. However, only 4 of them are available from the start. Each board has its own unique way of making players obtain stars. In one, you must climb to the top of the board, and then you may buy as many stars as you can afford. In another, there are three star boxes. You must pay 10 coins to open each one, but only one holds the star. This keeps the game a bit more interesting.
Minigames: There is a total of 67 minigames in Mario Party DS. There are thirty-two 4-Player minigames, twelve 1-Vs.-3 minigames, thirteen 2-Vs.-2 minigames, five Battle minigames, and five Boss minigames. The minigames feature a variety of control methods. Some of them must be played with the stylus, while others are played with the D-Pad, A,B,X, and Y buttons, and the microphone. These various control methods also help to keep things interesting.
Graphics: The graphics in this game aren't mind-blowing, but they look nice. I'd say that they resemble the graphics of Mario Party 3 for Nintendo 64. Nothing special, but they aren't bad.
Gameplay:If you're familiar with the Mario Party games, you'll be able to predict the way you play this game. The object of the game is to obtain the most stars at the end of the match. The game starts off with all four players standing in a line at the beginning of the board. Each player hits a dice block to determine the order in which the players will go in each round. Once the order is decided, each player will hit the dice block and move the amount of spaces rolled. The highest is 10, and the lowest is 1. After all four players have gone, a random minigames is played. If all four players have landed on a blue space, it will be a 4-player minigames. If one player landed on a red space, while the other three have landed on a blue space (or vice versa), you will play a 1-Vs.-3 minigame. If two players land on blue spaces, and two players land on red spaces, you will play a 2-Vs.-2 minigame. Whoever wins the minigame receives 10 coins. Items: The items in Mario Party DS are essentially no different from the items in any other Mario Party game. The names have been changed from previous games, though. So to make things more clear, I'll use their old names. Some of the items are mushrooms, gold mushrooms, and genie lamps. You can buy these items in the various item shops scattered throughout the boards. There are also hexes that you place down on the board as a space. One type of hex is a 10 Coin Hex. If an opponent lands on your 10 Coin Hex, they give you ten coins. There are star hexes, and 20 Coin hexes.
Single Player: The single player mode, Story Mode, isn't very fun in my opinion. I only play it when I'm REALLY bored. In my opinion, Mario Party is the kind of game that you have to play with your friends, or else you won't really get the full effect of the game. What you have to do in Story Mode is complete 5 game boards and obtain the five Sky Crystals by being the superstar of each stage.
Multiplayer: In my opinion, multiplayer is what makes the Mario Party games fun. There is no WiFi in Mario Party DS, but you can play via DS Download play with either single-card or multi-card. The multiplayer is the main reason I got this game.
Closing Comments:
Mario Party DS is a GREAT game to play with your friends. However, if you don't have anyone else to play it with, I wouldn't fully recommend getting it.
22/12/2007 11:08:00
Good old Wario Ware, will always cause a laugh when you play it. Stupid mini-games, stupid cut scenes and stupid characters. But stupidness aside has Nintendo delivered a plate of mini-game goodness? Bluntly, yes. Hundreds of mini-games spread across about 15 characters with their own theme of mini-game (Wario-Basic, The robot guy- microphone minigames). Like all Wario ware mini-games this will have you laughing, cheering, shouting, whooping and crying at he DS screens. This being a DS launch game means you'd expect the 2 screens to be used heavily but surprisingly not the game could survive with only one screen, but the microphone is used a lot even more-so with the touch screen. Nearly every single mini-game does use the touch screen or the microphone. But is this repetitive ness or just a great use of inviolability? Wario ware games shine with their humorous multiplayer, but no to everyone's disappointment Touched! is only 1 player. So was this because of the mass amount of mini-games? Or just a mistake made by Nintendo? (I do ask a lot of questions don't I?) (Look there was another!).
The sound and music on Touched! isn't the best thing ever, the odd catchy tune and stupid noises throughout, but If you do want to tear this game apart, turning you volume down is pleasing, as it may eventually give you a headache. The lifespan is a fair bit getting a rose on each mini-game (reaching a certain high-score) will prove tough. For hardcore gamers this becomes a walk in the park, there is a fair bit to unlock but not as much as I'd like. I have been a bit negative in this review but this game does nothing amazing and outstanding but to clarify it doesn't do anything rubbish either. But that's not to say its an average game its more fun that it is boring and its got more lifespan than a lot of games on DS. - Darkstar
(Apologies for the massive size, expoted stright from mag and can't be changed)
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