Latest DS Games

10 09 2008

Mystery Case Files MillionHeir

Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir uses the unique Nintendo DS interface to expand upon the seek-and-solve game play of the popular series from Big Fish Games. Players seek out cleverly hidden items in a multitude of painted scenes. Players progress through an interactive detective story investigating a cast of characters and uncovering new evidence to find the rightful heir to a million-dollar fortune. This new portable installment is available only for Nintendo DS. With interactive logic puzzles that use both the touch-screen interface and built-in microphone and include the first ever multiplayer mode for a Mystery Case Files game, Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir presents a new generation of seek-and-solve games for casual gamers and franchise fans.

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Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood

Sonic and his friends have banded together with leading RPG developer BioWare (Mass Effect, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic) to create a stylish blend of strategy and speed for Sonic’s first RPG, Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood™. Exclusively for the Nintendo DS™, Sonic Chronicles mixes a rich story, hand-painted visuals, fast-paced team combat, and wireless collectible trading into a uniquely compelling adventure.

Players will customize their party and characters, choosing from Sonic, Tails, Amy Rose, Knuckles, Shadow, Rouge, and more, and prepare to defeat a menacing new enemy. Rhythmically tapping and dragging with the stylus in Sonic-style battles, players can level up and use Rings to buy new special attacks as they progress through 20 different and beautifully hand-drawn areas including new and classic Sonic locales. With an engaging storyline, lightning fast attacks, high production values, and impeccable visuals, Sonic Chronicles allows gamers to experience Sonic in a whole new way.

• Lightning-fast Combo Moves: It wouldn’t be a Sonic game without speed and combo moves and precisely-timed cursor control accelerate the 4-character team gameplay. Unique character Combo moves bring exciting variety and strategy to battles.

• New Party System Gameplay: Sonic Chronicles introduces the “party system” for diverse team tactics using each of the 11 playable character’s unique and customizable skills and powers.

• Over 20 Areas to Explore: Players will venture to new and classic Sonic environments while solving puzzles and dodging obstacles. Just as in combat, some challenges will require teamwork to solve.

• Online Trading & Collecting: Collect several types of artificial Chao lifeforms, each with varying power-ups and abilities that help in combat and elsewhere. Players can exchange their Chao with friends via DS Wi-Fi.

• Epic Storyline: Sonic and friends must use teamwork and strategy to uncover and defeat the mysterious menace that is destroying their world. Along with a storyline filled with twists and turns, new characters add to the excitement!

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Tornado

Prince, a greedy and devious collector of planets, found Earth and was filled with an uncontrollable desire to possess items from this exquisite planet. Using his Black Hole device, Prince sucked up everything beautiful on Earth and trans-ported it back to his home planet. Only Toki and the Cosmic Cleaners can help by transforming into spinning tornadoes to take back the stolen items to Earth!

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Dinosaur King

Join Max and Rex, from the TV series, on thrilling adventures across the globe as you collect, battle and trade your favorite prehistoric beasts!

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PictoImage

Whether you draw stick figures or virtual masterpieces, jump into 8-player battles where the first team to guess the image being drawn wins! Pick from a huge word list, even add in some of your own words, and show off your favorite drawings in the gallery.

* Battle it Out in a Match of Wits: Fun multiplayer modes pit you against your friends in an intense battle. Eight different modes ensure the party never stops.

* Challenge Your Friends with the Ad Hoc Download Feature: Party it up with PictoImage™ – you only need one copy of the game for eight friends to join in the fun.

* Enhance Your Skills with Practice Mode: Featuring tips and tricks to help improve your game. Over ninety different practice examples to choose from guarantees you’ll be the quickest on the draw.

* Show Off Your Masterpieces with the Picture Gallery: Become a regular Picasso using the gallery feature. Save your drawings to show off to your friends. It’s like having a digital sketch book in your pocket.

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Spore Creatures

Guide and evolve your custom creature on a quest to save your species and the entire Galaxy. Meet, befriend, or fight other creatures in a number of unique Touch Screen based activities. Evolve your creature’s look and abilities by collecting and adding parts in the Creature Creator. Eventually uncover the mystery of the Galaxy’s troubles and work to set things right!

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Lock’s Quest

A diabolical mechanical army devastates a kingdom as village after village fall under their wrath. Only a young, brave hero, Lock, is the Kingdom’s last hope to survive the oncoming invasion. As a newly trained Archineer, Lock must utilize his skills to build customized towers, traps, walls, weapons, and other defenses in order to preserve the precious source artifacts.

•Two modes of play:

Building Mode:

-Utilize strategy to build structures, walls, weapons, and traps in order to protect the source artifacts.

Battle Mode:

-Utilize strategy to build structures, walls, weapons, and traps in order to protect the source artifacts.

-Launch special attack moves to quickly eliminate enemies.

-Collect scrap metal after each defeat to build additional structures and weaponry.

• Build and Battle in 100 different areas with varying terrains on the map.

• Multiplayer: Challenge friends and battle against other kingdoms via multi-card.

• Innovative Game Play that is completely stylus driven.

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Rhapsody A Musical Adventure

Rhapsody ~A Musical Adventure~ is a musical RPG that has musical numbers, complete with vocals. The game has a wide appeal thanks to its simple game style and clean anime art. Players will take on the role of Cornet, who can talk to puppets and has a magical horn that grants wishes. She must save Prince Ferdinand, who has been turned into stone by an evil witch.

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Kirby Super Star Ultra

Run, float and fight your way through the adventure games as Kirby, gulping down enemies as you go. Kirby can inhale enemies and spit them out as stars, but the main game play comes from swallowing foes and copying their abilities, then using the abilities to defeat other foes and advance past obstacles.

Features:

• With so many adventures waiting to be unlocked, there’ll never be a dull moment!

• Includes three new touch-screen-controlled mini-games that you can play with up to three friends via DS Download Play

• The original modes found in the beloved Super NES game, Kirby Super Star are all here with updated graphics

• You can even have a friend adventure with you as a Helper via local wireless!

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The Sims 2 Apartment Pets

Your Sim is moving into an apartment building full of interesting neighbors and a wide variety of pets. From love able cats and dogs to all-new exotic animals including slithery snakes, colorful birds, and cuddly rabbits, your Sim will experience all the fun of playing with pets while enjoying their new apartment lifestyle!

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