The WarioWare games have never stuck to one idea for any long period of time. While the microgame nature of it remains the same, the input for each game has been different. We’ve had buttons, a touchscreen, motion controls (on both the Wii an...
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May 22, 2010
Infinite Space (DS) Review
SEGA sure is deserving of some praise from the “hardcore” gamer crowd. If not for their efforts in releasing mature games on the Wii or their penchant for keeping retro gaming alive, this new real-time space combat DS game is another of...
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May 18, 2010
Galactic Taz Ball (DS) Review
Looney Tunes games of old have had a scattered record. Some of them have been brilliant, but most of them have been terrible. This time, WB has enlisted the experts at WayForward to bring Taz the Tasmanian Devil to the Nintendo DS. Taz here in Aust...
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March 26, 2010
Pokmon HeartGold and SoulSilver (DS) Review
I used to be a huge Pokémon nut. I had all the Pokémon games, knew the insides and out of the games, collected the cards, watched the TV show religiously, and then some. At the height of my fandom were Pokémon Gold and Silver f...
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March 21, 2010
Alice In Wonderland (DS) Review
I’m fairly certain that I’ve said this before, but it’s very rare to find a game based on a movie that’s quite enjoyable to play and rather well put together, both in terms of presentation and gameplay mechanics. Usually, it...
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March 21, 2010
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth (DS) Review
When the next title in the famed Ace Attorney series was announced for the Nintendo DS, I was understandably excited. Coming off the brilliant Apollo Justice, I knew that another adventure created specifically for the Nintendo DS would be just as a...
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March 15, 2010
Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing (DS)
SEGA have been loose with their licenses lately, lending popular characters out to Nintendo while finding their own way to revitalize their history of gaming icons in mash-ups such as SEGA Superstars Tennis. In the same theme comes Sonic & SEGA Al...
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January 26, 2010
Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes (DS) Review
Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes is a fantastic strategic role-playing game (SRPG) that deftly uses puzzle-based gameplay to spice up what has become a predictable and repetitive genre. By revamping the complex yet overly passive turn-based combat ...
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January 5, 2010
Touchmaster 3 (DS) Review
Released alongside the similarly themed Game Party 3 by Warner Bros. Interactive is Touchmaster 3 for the DS, another collection of mini-games populating bargain bins these holidays. But unlike its Wii counterpart, Touchmaster 3 actually manages to pr...
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November 5, 2009
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (DS)
Ultimately, when you strip Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Mario and Sonic from hereon in) down to its bare bones, it is just another mini-game compilation that we’ve seen boundless times on both the Wii and the DS. And like most mi...