If there were an award for fastest growing new game genre in the last couple of years, I’m sure that the tower defence genre would be one of the contenders. Just in case you have been living under a rock for the last five years, a tower defence ...
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March 12, 2009
A look back on Ninjatown with Developers Venan
Late last year, a tower defence game called Ninjatown hit the Nintendo DS. The game was based on characters created by Shawn Smith, who used to be editor of the (now) defunct Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine. His toy line, 'Shawnimal', and one parti...
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April 1, 2007
Elite Beat Agents (DS) Review
Almost 2 years ago western Nintendo DS players were still waiting for something worth playing on their new portable console. At the same time Japanese gamers got one of the surprises of that year: Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! (or just Ouendan for short). Th...
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March 25, 2007
Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (DS) Review
Japanese development team Cing, who brought us Another Code in 2005, impresses with another take in the point and click adventure genre. This time they take the risk by attempting to retell a dark detective story. If you enjoyed Another Code but wante...
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June 17, 2006
Tantalus E3 Interview and Trickstar Preview
During E3 we had a chance to catch up with the Tom Crago CEO of Australian developer Tantalus. If you are wondering who they are, theyve been making games since 1994 and they are the brains behind titles like Top Gear Rally for GBA and SpongeBob Squar...
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January 10, 2006
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan (DS) Review
A sports teacher at a Japanese high school struggles to get the respect of his female students. His last resort is to scream OUENDAN! to request the male cheerleader squad come to his aid. Weird? Yes. Weird is a word that can describe Ossu! Tatakae! O...
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January 4, 2006
Nintendo annouces Value Selection
Nintendo Japan has revealed a much needed ""Value Selection"" of games for the Gameboy Advance. These games have been re-released (many were out of print to begin with) with a smaller price tag of 2800 Yen ($32AUD). The ""Value Selection"" is the same...
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December 11, 2005
Electroplankton (DS) Review
The best way to describe this cart is interactive electronic music box. Electroplankton was designed and developed by Toshio Iwai, a renowned Japanese artist. It is pricey to import and the chances of a release outside that country are slim. So why ev...
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December 11, 2005
Yoshi Touch & Go (DS) Review
This game was introduced in 2004 as Balloon Trip, one of the technological demos showcased at E3 when the DS was presented in public for the first time. Back then was hard to see how that a simple concept like this could be expanded into a full game, ...
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December 11, 2005
Jam with the Band (DS) Review
(This is a review of the Japanese version, not the 2010 release for Europe). This was the surprise title of the Japanese launch. It was announced for the first time in 2001 as GB Music. Nintendo probably decided that the game would suit its dual scree...
