Posts Tagged ‘Nintendo DS’
Dec 21, 2008
Sally’s Salon
Dec 21, 2008
Take on the role of an entrepreneur in Sally’s Salon for the Nintendo DS, a game where you grow your business by taking care of your customers and making them look good in a timely manner. A port of the popular PC online game of the same name, the simplistic controls and visuals transfer well [...]
Dec 15, 2008
Cradle of Rome
Dec 15, 2008
Stylus-based puzzle games on Nintendo DS range from awesome to atrocious, so it’s refreshing to play one that nails the gameplay and makes the DS feel like the perfect puzzle playing machine. And while Cradle of Rome isn’t a perfect game, it is easily one of the better puzzle games on Nintendo DS and a [...]
Dec 5, 2008
Rubik’s World
Dec 5, 2008
More a collection of puzzle mini-games than a typical puzzle game, Rubik’s World for Nintendo DS allows players to enter the universe of the Cubie’s, the blocks used to build the iconic Rubik’s Cube. Rubik’s World consists of 8 very different modes, of which most are puzzle-types, while others are a bit more relaxed and [...]
Nov 30, 2008
Naruto: Path of the Ninja 2
Nov 30, 2008
When the always busy denizens of the Hidden Leaf village are threatened by an evil force released from a nearby village, it’s up to Naruto and the gang to set things right. Featuring up to 30 playable characters from the Naruto television series, players tackle an all new mission in this role playing follow up [...]
Nov 9, 2008
Pipe Mania
Nov 9, 2008
Pipe Mania, published by Empire Interactive, is a deceptively clever puzzle game centered around a very simple premise: You have to use different pipe pieces to connect two faucets without spilling any liquid (referred to as Flooze). As with any good puzzle game, the initial simplicity of the premise is expounded upon as the tiled [...]
Nov 9, 2008
Unsolved Crimes
Nov 9, 2008
With the amount of CSI shows and clones on television, it’s a wonder that games focusing on crime scene investigation haven’t been flooding the marketplace. The Nintendo DS, with its touch screen, seems like the perfect platform to mimic the actions seen on TV, and Unsolved Crimes for the Nintendo DS is a step in [...]
Oct 12, 2008
Animal Paradise
Oct 12, 2008
Based on Japanese animal photographer Yoneo Morita’s HanaDeka brand, Animal Paradise by Empire Interactive attempts to consolidate the glut of pet-based games on Nintendo DS by combining eighteen different animals in one package. The premise of the game is predictably simple: after a short story sequence, which explains that the goal of the game is [...]
Jul 25, 2008
Commando: Steel Disaster Announced
Jul 25, 2008
NEW YORK, NY - July 24, 2008 - Videogame publisher XS Games announced today its new action game, Commando: Steel Disaster, for the Nintendo DS™. Scheduled for release in September, the game puts the player in the role of elite commando Storm as he battles archrival Rattlesnake and his henchmen in a battle royal, [...]
Jun 25, 2008
Rune Factory 2 coming to Nintendo DS this fall
Jun 25, 2008
Burlingame, Calif., June 24, 2008 - Natsume Inc., a worldwide developer and publisher of family-oriented video games, announced today that Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon will be released for the Nintendo DST system later this fall. The company has also released the first screen shots of the game. The Rune Factory series is [...]
Apr 25, 2008
Teenage Zombies: Invasion of the Alien Brain Thingys
Apr 25, 2008
Zombies are usually relegated to being the enemy, not the hero, but when alien brain thingys invade the Earth, it makes sense to recruit the only beings (however dead they may be) who like the taste of brains. And that’s really Teenage Zombie’s biggest selling point: it’s silly. Cutscenes involve a lot of amusing banter [...]

