Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Taiko no Tatsujin DS Touch de Dokodon Review

Hey guys!

It's Yeah568 here again and I'm here with a review for the Nintendo DS game Taiko no Tatsujin DS Touch de Dokodon (Literally meaning Taiko Drum Master DS Touch and Play!. It was developed by Namco and published by Nintendo.

Story: Well...... Not much of a story here. Much like a puzzle game, where you complete songs and unlock other songs.

STORY: N/A

Gameplay
: Nice gameplay, a lot like the arcade version. There's a Taiko drum, and there is an inside part and an outside. Tap them on them according to the directions on the top screen, and score points. Pretty fun! Enough to keep my 22 year old sister entertained for hours on end. But she likes music-rhythm games in general....

GAMEPLAY
: 9.5/10

Graphics: Cartoony looks. Nothing special here.

GRAPHICS:
8/10

Music: Depends on what song you are playing. Nice long list of songs available.

MUSIC
: 9.5/10

OVERALL RATING: 9/10 - Outstanding

What do you think? Good? Bad? Discuss it in the comments.

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones review.

The Following is a review for the 2005 Game-boy Advance game called Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones.

Story: The story is completely unrelated to any of the other Fire Emblem games. The Story goes like this: The continent of Magvel, ruled by the nations of Renais, Grado, Rausten, Jehanna, Frelia, and Carcino, has lived in peace for 800 years. However, in a sudden and unexpected attack, Grado invades Renais for reasons that I will not give away in order to not spoil the plot twist.You must lead Eirika, princess of Renais, to defeat Grado. Of course, at the end you'll have to slay a demon, but that's not until the final boss.

STORY: 8.5/10

Gameplay: The gameplay is the same old, typical Fire Emblem style TWBRPG, similar to Radiant Dawn. However, the game's difficulty, even on Easy mode, makes the game... Different.

GAMEPLAY: 7.5/10

Graphics: The graphics... Well, let's just say that they're good enough for a 2005 Gameboy Advance game.

GRAPHICS: 7.5/10

Music: Their is a large variety of music, but most of it is quite repetitive.

MUSIC:7.5/10

OVERALL RATING: 8/10

Monday, July 7, 2008

Mario Party DS Review

Hey guys!

It's Yeah568 here and it's been a LONG time since I made a post (sorry!). Anyways, here's my review of the Nintendo DS game Mario Party DS, developed by Hudson Soft and published by Nintendo.

Story: Pretty simple story. Mario finds a crystal, Bowser wants it, Bowser invites Mario and Friends to his castle for a feast as an apology, and then shrinks them all and takes the crystal. Mario goes on his trek to get back to normal size, and defeat Bowser (again).

STORY:8/10

Gameplay: Same old, same old. Roll dice. Move squares. Mini-game. Repeat. There is a new Puzzle Mode, with classic puzzle games from previous games. The mini-games are hard, but not so hard that you start pulling everybody's hair out from frustration.

GAMEPLAY: 8/10

Graphics: What did you expect from a Mario Party game on the DS? Usual 3D - ish graphics, nothing special. This game doesn't depend on graphics that much. so that's good for boosting that score.

GRAPHICS:
8/10

Music: The music sticks with the Mario Party music theme. Kind of repetitive, not really. I liked the music part of the game, as there are many different soundtracks, and they are pretty catchy.

MUSIC
: 9/10

OVERALL RATING: 8.25/10 - Great

What do you think? Good? Bad? Discuss it in the comments.