Friday, January 28, 2011

Plants Vs. Zombies Review


This weeks DS on DS review is on Plants Vs. Zombies.

From the review: "If one company was the master at casual games, that company would be PopCap. They are the force behind one of the largest time wasters of all: Bejeweled. There are two PopCap games in particular that really sank their teeth into me and still have yet to relinquish their grasp, and both of them are now available in the Nintendo DS. One of them, Peggle, was released in 2009 (you can read my review here). I had just escaped from the clutches of the other, but with its recent release it has shambled back into my life and started attacking my brain. Now I am struggling to free myself from the zombie masses once again, so I figured it would be a good time to review Plants Vs. Zombies."

The full review can be read here:

Friday, January 21, 2011

Sillybandz Review

DS on DS returns! And what better way than with a review about a game based around shaped rubber bands!

From he review: "One of the latest crazes for children is Sillybandz, those little rubber bands that are shaped in hundreds of different designs. They have them for almost any thing you can think of. And now, DS owners everywhere will have the chance to “Play the Craze”. I kid you not, that is what the game says. The thing is, they actually took a different craze, ripped it off, and gave it a Sillybandz makeover. What’s even worse is that the game is actually - God help me - not complete trash."

Read the full review here:

Friday, October 15, 2010

Super Scribblenauts


This week's DS on DS review is on Super Scribblenauts

From the review: "Much like in the first game, the idea behind Super Scribblenauts is the freedom of your imagination. In addition to being able to spawn 24,000 nouns, you can now modify them with adjectives. So now, instead of just spawning Cthulu, you can now spawn a gigantic pink friendly Cthulu. That means you can go for a piggy-back ride on a Great Old One. Things can be even crazier than that, like when you spawn a zombie tent that attacks all living creatures and turns them into zombies. Or filling an area with bouncy balls, and then throwing a bouncy taco into the mix. The balls bounce straight up and down, but that taco will cause pure chaos. The physics in the game are very good this time around."

The full review can be read here:
http://www.digitalsomething.com/news/3106.html

Friday, September 24, 2010

Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions


This week's DS on DS review is on Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions.

From the review: "Ever since I was a little kid, Spider-Man has been my favorite superhero. Now that I have gotten older (since I haven’t actually grown up yet), Spider-Man still ranks up there in the number one position. I have played almost every single Spider-Man game ever made, and I have loved almost all of them. Yes, I even liked Spider-Man/X-Men: Arcade’s Revenge. The first really good Spider-Man game, at least in my opinion, was Spider-Man on the PS1, N64, and Dreamcast. That game is one of my all-time favorite Spidey games. Then when the movies game out, the games took a turn to sand-box territory. This was far from a bad thing, but it was starting to feel a little old. Now last year’s Web of Shadows on the consoles was a fun, but flawed, sand-box game. Thankfully, the DS version took the game in a completely different direction. Instead of a free-roaming environment, we got a Metroidvania style game. That formula had been continued with the DS version of Shattered Dimensions."

The full review can be read here:

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

For last week's DS on DS, I reviewed Batman: The Brave and the Bold

From the review: "I don’t know much about the cartoon for Batman: The Brave and the Bold, but if the game is anywhere near the source material, I really need to start watching it. From what I have gathered through the game and a little bit (read: about five minutes worth) of searching, Batman: The Brave and the Bold (not to be confused with The Bold and the Beautiful) nixes the darker tone of the animated Batmen that we are used to. Instead, the series moves closer to the live action days with Adam West. And Batman’s voice is done by Oswald from The Drew Carey Show. I really need to find out when this thing is on TV."

The full review can be read here:

Superheroes in Your Pants

A few weeks ago, I took a special look at Superhero games on the Nintendo DS.

From the post: "Next week brings us the release of Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions on the Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, and Nintendo DS, as well as Batman: The Brave and the Bold on the Wii and DS. For those reasons (not to mention I couldn’t make up my mind on what to actually review this week), I am proud to bring you a list of some of the Superhero games that have been released on the Nintendo DS. And no, not all of them on this list are good. This isn’t a Top 10 list, it is more like an awareness list. And yes, most of it is made up of Spider-Man."

The full list can be read here:

Friday, August 20, 2010

Flipnote Studio Favorites

Every once in a while, I like to dig around the official website for Flipnote Studio, and see what kind of cool/funny/messed up animations I can find. This is one of those times, and these are what I found.

Friday, August 13, 2010

TNA Impact! Cross the Line

DS on DS marks it's return this week with a review of TNA Impact: Cross the Line.

From the review: "You're laying flat on your back, half-naked and sweaty. As you look up, another half-naked man is reaching down for you. You kick him in the face, stand up, grab him, and drop him on his head. Welcome to TNA Impact: Cross the Line. This is the first TNA Wrestling game to make it to the Nintendo DS, but can the rookie take on the reigning Heavyweight Champ Smackdown Vs. Raw?"

The full review can be read here:

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

HIATUS

DS on DS is going in indefinite hiatus starting this week.

Thank you.

Friday, July 16, 2010

LEGO Harry Potter


This weeks DS on DS review is on LEGO Harry Potter.

From the review: "Before the release of LEGO Star Wars, not very many people would have expected a licenced game based around little plastic bricks would have been any good. Now we know that isn’t the case, and as a result there have been numerous LEGO themed games released, covering the likes of Batman, Indiana Jones, and even Rock Band. The latest of these games is LEGO Harry Potter. The console version is quite possibly the best LEGO game made to date, but how does the Nintendo DS version stack up?"

The full review can be found here: