Nintendo DSi News

, 03 Sep 2010

Custom Robo Arena (DS) Review

Review: Custom Robo Arena

Custom Robo won't ring a bell to a lot of Nintendo fans on this side of the world. Though the first title hit Japan in 1999 on the Nintendo 64, it wasn't until 2004's GameCube update, the fourth in the action-RPG series, that the franchise saw a western release. The games revolve around players cr..

, 23 Aug 2010

Ivy the Kiwi? (DS) Review

Review: Ivy the Kiwi?

After spending years helping Sega create some of its most popular console releases during the Mega Drive and Saturn eras, Yuji Naka decided it was time to form his own development studio. His main goal was to create gaming experiences that appealed to a much broader audience. No better title could..

, 19 Aug 2010

Art Academy (DS) Review

Review: Art Academy

To DSi owners, Art Academy will be a familiar sight. Last year we saw Art Academy: First Semester and Second Semester, a set of artistic tools by Nintendo. While First Semester received positive reviews, Second Semester was criticized for being “less of the same”, resembling an overpriced expa..

, 15 Aug 2010

Star Fox Command (DS) Review

Review: Star Fox Command

The Star Fox series is one which holds a special place in the hearts of many gamers. Featuring a colourful cast of anthropomorphic animals led by Fox McCloud across the Lylat system, it all began back in 1993 on the Super Nintendo with the original Star Fox. The game was a huge hit and has since s..

, 11 Aug 2010

Nanostray (DS) Review

Review: Nanostray

Shoot 'em ups are a rare thing on the DS. Even with the rise of DSiWare last year, we have still seen little in the way of more traditional shooters for the console. Early release Nanostray was one of the first games to step up to the challenge and fortunately, it doesn't disappoint. Published bac..

, 03 Aug 2010

Giana Sisters DS (DS) Review

Review: Giana Sisters DS

Giana Sisters DS began life as a limited personal computer release called The Great Giana Sisters back in 1987. Due to the game's extremely close resemblances to Nintendo's NES release Super Mario Bros., the game was yanked from store shelves soon after its release, making it quite a rare find tod..

, 01 Aug 2010

Retro Atari Classics (DS) Review

Review: Retro Atari Classics

Since retro compilations started to become a decent way for companies to earn money off their old IP, it's become the norm to see classics from some of the bigger names in the industry repackaged in each succeeding generation of consoles since the late 20th century. Unfortunately Atari has mis-ste..

, 18 Jul 2010

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (DS) Review

Review: LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4

Some of the most successful movie series of all time have already received the LEGO treatment, so it's no real surprise to see the immensely popular Harry Potter series given a blocky makeover. While LEGO Harry Potter doesn't stray too far from the trademark gameplay mechanics the series has featu..

, 14 Jul 2010

Runaway: A Twist of Fate (DS) Review

Review: Runaway: A Twist of Fate

The DS, initially thought of as the ideal format for point-and-click adventures and hidden object games, has seen a veritable deluge of such titles. It seems like for every few flops there's a classic awaiting discovery. Runaway: A Twist of Fate doesn't quite fit into the latter category, but it's..

, 10 Jul 2010

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (DS) Review

Review: Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

You'd be hard-pressed to find a video game series more influential to the Japanese RPG genre than Dragon Quest. Although the constantly-evolving Final Fantasy titles have generally remained more popular over the years, the former has stayed a favourite among long-time fans for its uncanny ability ..

, 24 Jun 2010

The World Ends With You (DS) Review

Review: The World Ends With You

Tearing up many RPG conventions that its publisher Square Enix put into place, The World Ends With You is vibrant, energetic and an absolute blast to play.You play Neku Sakuraba, a young Japanese kid who wakes up with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. So far, so standard, right? It..

, 06 Jun 2010

Dementium II (DS) Review

Review: Dementium II

Dementium II, the sequel to 2007’s Dementium: The Ward, has many characteristics spawning from a mixture of the Resident Evil-style survivor horror sub-genre and a first-person shooter. You control your character in a first-person perspective through many creepy, unsettling locales, but it’s n..

, 25 May 2010

Star Trek: Tactical Assault (DS) Review

Review: Star Trek: Tactical Assault

Developer Quicksilver Software is no stranger to the Star Trek licence, having developed the well-regarded Starfleet Command for the PC, which is itself an attempt to deliver a computerised version of the venerable board game Star Fleet Battles. Tactical Assault is essentially a stab at a port of ..

, 27 Apr 2010

Mahjong Quest Expeditions (DS) Review

Review: Mahjong Quest Expeditions

Let's get something out of the way right now: Mahjong Quest Expeditions has nothing to do with the game of mahjong (a four-player game more akin to gin rummy or poker): it's a solitaire game which is played using the same tiles and there the similarities end. Nevertheless it can be a fun diversion..

, 22 Apr 2010

Kaiju Busters (DS) Review

Review: Kaiju Busters

Kaiju Busters (or "Monster Busters" as its effective English translation goes) is just one in a long line of monster-based video games that we don’t often get to see in the West. This handheld effort from Bandai Namco inevitably draws comparisons with Capcom’s massively popular Monst..

, 07 Apr 2010

Avalon Code (DS) Review

Review: Avalon Code

Role playing games are rapidly becoming a staple genre for the Nintendo DS, with more and more quality titles arriving on the handheld. With Final Fantasy games, Dragon Quest releases and even new titles in the form of Nostalgia and Sands of Destruction, there is a lot of competition among a crowd..

, 07 Apr 2010

Infinite Space (DS) Review

Review: Infinite Space

Infinite Space begins with a familiar enough RPG scenario: youthful protagonist Yuri (are protagonists in JRPGs ever anything but youthful?), trapped on an oppressive planet and dreaming of life as a space traveller, is whisked from his tedious existence by Nia Lochlain, a kind of female Han Solo ..

, 28 Mar 2010

WarioWare: D.I.Y. (DS) Review

Review: WarioWare: D.I.Y.

Back in 2003, the developers at Nintendo introduced a game that was basically nothing more than a huge collection of minigames that lasted only seconds, but were tossed at the player in rapid succession. While the idea initially seemed a bit ridiculous, it turned out to be one of the most addictiv..

, 24 Mar 2010

Pokémon HeartGold & SoulSilver (DS) Review

Review: Pokémon HeartGold & SoulSilver

(Pokémon history lesson appeared!) A few years after the huge success of Red and Blue, along came Silver and Gold, offering a brand new region and dozens more freaky monsters to catch. Predictably the games were just as successful and even now are fondly remembered by many Pokémon fans – this ..

, 23 Mar 2010

Puzzle Bobble Galaxy (DS) Review

Review: Puzzle Bobble Galaxy

Known by the less-than-cool moniker of "Bust-a-Move" in North America, Puzzle Bobble has been a fixture of the puzzle genre for over a decade, appearing on every console and handheld since the NEO GEO and Gameboy Colour. Puzzle Bobble Galaxy isn't the first Puzzle Bobble game on the DS, ..