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:

http://www.digitalsomething.com/news/3170.html

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:

http://www.digitalsomething.com/news/3166.html

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

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:

http://www.digitalsomething.com/news/3084.html

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:

http://www.digitalsomething.com/news/3076.html

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:

http://www.digitalsomething.com/news/3065.html

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.

http://www.digitalsomething.com/news/3048.html

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:

http://www.digitalsomething.com/news/3040.html

HIATUS

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

Thank you.

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:

http://www.digitalsomething.com/news/3012.html

XG Blast

This week's DS on DS is here, and I reviewed XG Blast.

From the review: "Every once in a while, I like to try and review a Nintendo DS game that was released that no one has ever heard of. Sometimes you get lucky and find something that is actually good. Other times, not so much. In some cases, you find a game that is almost an exact clone of a game that is fairly well known. XG Blast is one of those clones. "

The full review can be read here:

http://www.digitalsomething.com/news/2997.html

Transformers: War for Cybertron

DS on DS has returned, and this week's review is for Transformers: War for Cybertron!

From the review: "If you are jonesing for some hot robot-on-robot action to shove in your pants, this would make a decent selection."

The full review can be read here:

http://www.digitalsomething.com/news/2984.html

Short Break

Just a quick announcement here!

I am taking a short break from DS on DS for E3.

You can check out live coverage of E3 at DigitalSomething.com

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08

Last week's DS on DS was a special review of Tiger Woods 08 on the Nintendo DS, in preparation of the launch of Tiger Woods 11.

The review can be read here:

http://www.digitalsomething.com/news/2934.html

Monster Racers

This week's DS on DS review is for Monster Racers.

From the review: "I'll give you a summary of the first bit of the story, and you can tell me if you notice anything that sounds familiar. I started out as a young boy named Bob. Bob wants to be the best Monster Racer there is. I start the game after travelling to Star Ocean in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It is here that I will take the test to earn my racer badge. Before taking the test, I need to first choose my starter from three monsters. Each of the monsters has an attribute that makes them race better in certain elements, and I chose a fire type. After passing the test and getting my badge, I am free to go find more monsters to add to my team. I participate in a bunch of races, and then I see some people complaining about something. It seems there is a gang calling themselves the Astral Force, and they are causing trouble (no word on if said trouble was, in fact, made double). So not only must you compete in the various races for trophies, now you have to deal with these idiots."

The full review can be read here:

http://www.digitalsomething.com/news/2918.html

Dementium II

This week's DS on DS review is on Dementium II.

From the review: "I have a sordid history with horror based video games. On one hand, I love them much like I love horror movies. On the other, when it comes to horror games, I am a big wuss. If I am controlling the character in the game, that character becomes an extension of myself. Therefore, my brain says that this is all much scarier than it should be. Just ask Scott how I was when we used to play Doom 3 together over Xbox Live. The big question here is whether or not the atmosphere of a horror game from a console can be replicated in portable form. The answer is OMGGETTHATTHINGAWAYFROMME!"

The full review can be read here:

http://www.digitalsomething.com/news/2909.html

Nintendogs

This week's DS on DS review is on an oldie but goodie: Nintendogs

From the review: "Shortly after the Nintendo DS was released, Nintendo announced that there was a game coming out called Nintendogs. When I first heard about it, I scoffed at the idea. I mean, who would want a game where you raise fake dogs? Didn't we already go through the virtual pet craze with the Tamagotchi? Then more news started coming out about it. The game was getting featured on X-Play. It was starting to look very appealing to a lot of people. Everyone I knew who had a DS was purchasing this game. Then it was finally released. I think it is fair to say that it lived up to the hype."

The full review can be read here:

http://www.digitalsomething.com/news/2881.html

System Flaw

This week's DS on DS review was on System Flaw.

From the review: "System Flaw is a game that makes use of the outside camera on the DSi to provide the backdrop for the game. You see, there is an alien race know as the Flaw, and they can not be seen by human eyes. Luckily, you are equipped with the latest technology in order to fight them off. Now, the gimmick to this game is that whatever the camera sees is the background for the game. The sprites of the Flaw are then overlaid on top of the real world images. It doesn't matter if you are somewhere with a lot of objects that the Flaw could potentially go behind, because that just doesn't happen. I know that most of you are thinking that it sounds like a completely lame gimmick, but there is also a secondary function to the camera use."

The full review can be read here:
http://www.digitalsomething.com/news/2868.html

DSiWare Special

This week's DS on DS was a special look at games available on DSiWare.

You can see the list here:

http://www.digitalsomething.com/news/2859.html

DSi XL

Last week's DS on DS review was for the DSi XL.

From the review: "Super size, mega size, king size, and jumbo size. As anyone here in America can tell you, we like everything to be bigger. The DSi XL is here, and yes, bigger is better. Is it altogether necessary? Not by any means, but that shouldn't lessen your desire for one. It sure didn't for mine."

The full review can be read here:

http://www.digitalsomething.com/news/2848.html