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Mar 14, 2007

Previews Roundup

DS Preview | Cake Mania

Sometimes we come upon a massive amount of information for a few of the more well-known games (looking at you Stranglehold ), while more often than not we receive very little info on smaller titles. Today, we present to you a smattering of DS previews so you know what to look forward to in the coming months. Hamtaro Ham Ham Challenge Out: March 15 (Japan) Writing out the full Japanese title would fill this entire column, but since it has the word atsumare in it, which means “gather ...
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Aug 24, 2007

Call of Duty 4

DS Preview | Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare DS

Call of Duty 4 was widely hailed as one of the best games of the show when it was shown at E3 in its Xbox 360 incarnation, but this DS version - developed by the studio behind the GameCube's Geist - certainly doesn't look like a mere afterthought. With World War II being officially last year's news as far as console games go, this latest CoD brings things bang up to date. This time the enemy is a rogue general in Russia who's funding a coup in the Middle East, and you're the British and US ...
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May 15, 2008

Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia announced

DS Preview | Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia

Game Boy Advance had three amazing Castlevania games in its lifespan, so it's no surprise to see the third DS entry announced. Order of Ecclesia lands this fall and stars magic-flinging girly girl Shanoa, who's out on a quest to - you guessed it - vanquish Dracula. Quite frankly, that's all we need to know. We'll be there on day one. ...

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Oct 23, 2006

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin - multiplayer...

DS Preview | Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

At this point, there's not a lot left to say about the next classic-in-the-making Castlevania. You'll run, jump and whip a path through a gory, gothic castle while discovering secret areas and new abilities, just like the past four handheld games. This time, however, you've got two vamp hunters to control and a series of haunted paintings that warp you out of the castle into environments most Castlevania games have never seen. The single-player game may sound familiar, but the Wi-Fi enabled ...
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Aug 25, 2006

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin - updated hands-on

DS Preview | Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

We all know that Dracula's castle returns every 100 years, but what happens when all kinds of crazies try to bring him back sooner? Plenty of chances to see why Castlevania is the king of 2D adventure, that's what. A mad artist (and his undeadly attractive daughters) has created possessed paintings that need to be vanquished, and it's up to Jonathan Morris and his gal-pal Charlotte to dive in and tear 'em up from the inside out. Fans of the series already know how Portrait of Ruin plays - run ...
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May 11, 2006

E3 06: Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin - hands on

DS Preview | Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

Dracula seems to rise up every year now. Hey, we're not about to complain - every time he shows up, the world is treated to another adventurous vampire hunt that trumps practically every other 2D game out there. Portrait of Ruin already feels like it won't be the exception to the Castlevania rule. You can switch between whip-wielding Jonathan Morris and magical sorceress Charlotte Orlean. With a simple button press, you can switch between these two any time, and even summon the other down to ...
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May 9, 2006

Pre-E3 06: Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

DS Preview | Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

Today, we got a much deeper look at the new Castlevania game than we'd ever gotten before. Though it was announced before the show, all we really knew was that it would feature two characters. We now know that these two can work together in various different ways, and that the game features a slight departure from the castle-based design of the last several titles. The "tactical soul system" from Dawn of Sorrow (DS) and Aria of Sorrow (GBA) has been scrapped in favor of more traditional ...
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May 12, 2006

E3 06: Chibi Robo to clean up on DS

DS Preview | Chibi Robo: Park Patrol

Nintendo has confirmed that little Chibi Robo will be spreading happiness on DS when the mini metallic maid appears in Chibi Robo: Park Patrol. After restoring happiness to the Sanderson household and saving the world in his very first appearance, the plucky cleaner has decided to take on the great outdoors. For the three-centimeter-tall cylinder of joy has discovered that little monsters are damaging the swings at the playground, and so the pure-hearted 'bot has set about purging the area of ...
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May 11, 2006

E3 06: Chibi Robo: Park Patrol

DS Preview | Chibi Robo: Park Patrol

Summer's just around the corner and you know what we're all thinking about? How awesome it would be to spend the long, hot days cleaning up a park just to make people happy. Well, not really, but that's what you'll be doing in Chibi Robo: Park Patrol, the sequel to this year's chore-laden, GameCube adventure. You're a tiny little robot guy (hence the term "chibi") that's been tasked with keeping the outdoors spotlessly tidy. As a soulless abomination of aluminum, you can only keep up the work ...
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Apr 21, 2006

Children of Mana

DS Preview | Children of Mana

Thursday 20 April 2006 For a game most often name-checked for its menu system, Secret of Mana always had a wealth of other pleasures to offer, from its lush environments to its absorbing combat and its engaging story. And, at first sight, Children of Mana looks set to top it, with sumptuous locations and rambunctious, punchy action. But there's a caveat: this isn't an adventure. There's no story, no towns to explore, no elemental powers to unlock. A pure dungeon crawl, Children of Mana limits ...
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