Which DS games do YOU have?

[Shaun]

Well, if I had to give a wee summary...

Advance Wars: DS - Yeah, totally a must-buy. It's like one of those "one more go" games multiplied to twenty! XD! It's simply the best turn-based strategy there is. It's best if you've played the first Advance Wars at least as you'll have learnt a lot more (and you'll only be getting A and S ranks in Campaign like me) but nonetheless - you'll love it. It lasts ages with tons of extras, it's got great audio, the visuals are great in their own style. You MUST buy this if you have a DS!



Mario Kart DS - Well, in many ways, the Nintendo fanboy will love this. If you've played the previous Mario Kart games, you'll find many tracks from them in this new version, and there's some greatly-detailed new tracks, of course. It's got a very nice control method, and it's great fun, but I haven't played Wi-Fi yet, and I don't even know if my nearby McDonald's does it. However, it does have its disadvantages. I mean, these are small things, but they annoy me. The voice acting. Why!? You only hear it briefly, but you listen to some of the voice samples and think: "What the hell!?" Then there's also all these new characters Nintendo are trying to introduce, or keeping the fairly new ones in (like the uber-annoying Waluigi). Overall, a great game though, that you should buy.



Nintendogs - I actually got this because it came with the DS, and buying the Nintendogs package worked out cheaper than buying the original package. I considered the whole "non-game" concept before buying it. It's okay, it depends what you're looking for. It will probably piss you off though. You can't even go to college for so many hours without seeing to your dogs as they'll go to "famished" and "dehydrated" status or whatever. But meh, this game can appeal to anyone. It's hard to explain how it might appeal to you (God, that was a crap summary).



Project Rub - I didn't really know what to expect upon buying this. I only got it because I had a spare tenner, and guess what? The game was £9.99, brand new. So, I found it to be an offer I simply couldn't refuse. One of the great things that really makes Project Rub stand out is its graphical style. It uses flat-shading, and it's really...interesting, and different. However, gameplay-wise, whilst I expected to be using the stylus to do something, hence the name.

I didn't expect the game to offer me to touch some random girl's breasts with the stylus. I don't really approve of that stuff. I mean, if you thought that Dead or Alive showed girls as objects, think again. But putting that aside, some of the mini-games that Project Rub has to offer are quite fun. You'll find yourself escaping from the inside of some giant snake, performing some kind of dance to 'impress' the girl, and tons of crazy stuff. Well, it's okay. You might like it, you might not. Like marmite, or something.



Super Mario 64 DS - Now, this truly is a gaming gen. Controlling Mario in 3D, in these totally amazing, creative levels on the Nintendo 64, in my opinion, at the time, was revolutionary. I cannot stress how fun Mario 64 was back then. One of the greatest games of all time, surely. Mario 64 DS expands on the game, and does it well. Now, you'll not only be controlling Mario, but Luigi, Wario and Yoshi help out too. They all have unique abilities and come in handy for certain parts of the game. Then there's multiplayer! And tons of mini-games that put the stylus/touch-screen to use. Buy it!



Wario Ware Touched! - This is the first DS game I played, and it still remains one of my favourites. The game, as you may know, is made up of hundreds of 'micro-games' and how the hell the developers thought of some of these micro-games is beyond me. If you've played any of the previous Wario Wares, you'll know what to expect. The real difference in this is that you'll be using the touch-screen. It's just so much fun. Then there's the microphone. It won't last forever, but in the time that it does, it's a real blast.



Phew.