NintendoDS In-depth Reviews Archive

Electronic Theatre In-depth Review: Pokemon Dash

Posted on 27 July, 2005 | No Comments
Pokemon is clearly a franchise that has developed a cult status. From their Trading Card Game (TCG) which is very popular, to the animated series/movies to the theme park, with millions of fans young and old the Pokemon video games continue to strive. To be...
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Electronic Theatre In-depth Review: Mr. Driller: Drill Spirits

Posted on 23 July, 2005 | No Comments
Mr. Driller has a fair history in the gaming industry. Starting life as a new incarnation of an ‘80’s classic – Dig Dug – Mr. Driller has seen releases across a multitude of platforms, including the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, DreamCast, PC and...
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Electronic Theatre In-depth Review: Yoshi’s: Touch and Go

Posted on 17 July, 2005 | No Comments
When the NintendoDS was released a lot of people were sceptical about that Touch Screen – and still are. I tell you it’s the most innovative control system to be released since the D-Pad. On games such as Metroid Prime: Hunters, you use the Touch...
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Electronic Theatre In-depth Review: Rainbow Island Revolution

Posted on 19 June, 2005 | No Comments
Rainbow Island has been around for a while, with its first appearance occurring in the eighties on the NES, amongst other systems, and was seen as one of the most addictive games of its time. Rising Star games have been bringing back other games...
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Electronic Theatre In-depth Review: Pac-Pix

Posted on 18 June, 2005 | No Comments
To all you Pac-Man fans out there; a Pac-man game has finally reached the UK shores suitable for the 21st century – made exclusively for the NintendoDS (mainly because it wouldn’t work on any other system). We have had Pac-Man World 2 as an under-appreciated...
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Electronic Theatre In-depth Review: Zoo Keeper

Posted on 4 June, 2005 | No Comments
Zoo Keeper is another pleasing puzzle game for the NintendoDS. With every puzzle title launched on the NintendoDS being drawn into an inevitable comparison with the unbelievably addictive Tetris, does a title that started life as a shockwave game have the power to pull you...
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Electronic Theatre In-depth Review: Sprung

Posted on 17 May, 2005 | No Comments
Welcome to snow bunny heaven! Where the ladies are hotter than the tubs and the guys… well, you get the idea. Sprung is a quirky Japanese dating game which comes as a launch title for the NintendoDS, a little unusual in itself since not many...
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Electronic Theatre In-depth Review: Robots

Posted on 5 May, 2005 | No Comments
Robots comes to the UK as a launch title for the NintendoDS. Following the plot of the CGI movie, Rodney Copperbottom and his mechanical sidekick Wonderbot move to the big city to fulfil Rodney’s childhood dream of working for Bigweld. When Rodney and Wonderbot...
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Electronic Theatre In-depth Review: Ridge RacerDS

Posted on 3 May, 2005 | No Comments
Ridge Racer is an arcade franchise that needs little introduction. Ridge RacerDS is the latest title in the series and, being one of NAMCO’s first projects for the system, it comes with much promise coupled with expectation. Related Posts:No Related Posts
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Electronic Theatre In-depth Review: The ‘Urbz: Sims in the City

Posted on 22 February, 2005 | 2 Comments
Many of you may be cringing before I start. The Sims started as an innocent enough idea from the creators of SimCity, SimWorld and SimAnt, and went on to become one of the best selling videogames in the world, ever. Not to please everyone’s...
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Electronic Theatre In-depth Review: Spider-Man 2

Posted on 1 January, 2005 | No Comments
For some reason, Spider-Man’s videogame escapades have always situated themselves firmly on the pile marked “average”. A major break came earlier this year with the launch of the rather pleasing Spider-Man 2 on all three home console formats. In an attempt to push out...
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Electronic Theatre In-depth Review: Super Mario64 DS

Posted on 28 November, 2004 | No Comments
Nintendo have a way of doing the most annoying things possible. I don’t know what it is about their marketing strategy, but they seem to think that their back catalogue can make them just as much money as their current projects. Often, the case...
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