Archive for the 'Nintendo DS' Category

Behold the up and coming superstars: Renegade Kid

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

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I'm filing this under Nintendo DS because Renegade Kid's first two titles, the already released Dementium: The Ward and upcoming Sci-Fi FPS(!) Moon, were and are D…

 

DS Review Roundup

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Let's take a look at some of the more interesting recent offerings on the Nintendo DS, shall we (I admit, I never do enough DS updates here at the House!):

Final Fantasy IV

Image from Metacriti…

 

Hurray! A Sports Game Worth Playing on your DS!

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

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MLB Power Pros, which is in fact a long running baseball video game series in Japan, was finally localized for the United States last fall with the excellent MLB Power Pros 2007 f…

 

Shiren the Wanderer: Nintendo DS Review

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

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Note: from here on out, I'm changing my format for reviews. Instead of grades or scores, I simply intend to write about the game for a bit. Hopefully these impressions help wi…

 

2K Takes a Radical Approach in their MLB DS Game

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

I haven't reported on the DS in a little while, so here's something that caught my eye:

It's a video of MLB2k8 Fantasy All Stars, which is 2K Sports' latest attempt to leverage thei…

 

Advance Wars Days of Ruin Is Pure Turn Based Bliss

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

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I've been playing a whole lot of Advance Wars Days of Ruin for the Nintendo DS, and it rocks. Of course, nobody does turn based combat games like internal Nintendo studio Inte…

 

Advance Wars 2: Days of Ruin is out Tomorrow!

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

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Tomorrow is a big day for Nintendo DS owners. The Advance Wars series has been a bellwether of terrific strategy gaming on Nintendo's hand held systems in America since the or…

 

Contra IV Review (Nintendo DS)

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

Contra IV is a game made by fanboys for fanboys.

And that's a great thing.

Perhaps that is because the game was created by an American developer, Wayforward Technologies. Sometimes the Japanes…

 

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker Reviewed

Saturday, November 17th, 2007

If you prefer your monster battlers a little less cutesy-pie than Pokemon, you might want to check out Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker from Square Enix.

Okay, this is basically Pokemon in fantasy cost…

 

Mega Man Star Force 2 Trailer

Saturday, November 17th, 2007

The second spin off game from the Mega Man star Force anime franchise is due to hit Japanese DS's any time soon.

In this video, originally from Game Trailer, we get a whole lot of anime and a s…