cheapassgamer.com— This article is designed to illuminate five of the best, yet forgotten DS titles of 2006 that were lost in the shuffle of the biggest year for the biggest handheld in the world.
Jan 2, 2007View in Crawl 4
phoenix wright isn't an underrated game. a lot of people have heard of it, lots bought it, and almost everyone says it's good.edit: never mind, hansamurai beat me to it :)
I purchased Contact, because 1) I hoped it would be compelling, and 2) I figured Atlus might benefit (in order to encourage more offbeat games). It was interesting... but I'm not sure if I like it.
Bomberman Land Touch is awful. The singleplayer has nothing to do with the gameplay of bomberman, and is basically a minigame based animal crossing with a horrible story and dialogue. The multiplayer is cool since it's 8 players, but the powerups are extremely limited, with only bomb up, firepower up, and kick. Even Bomberman 93 for Turbographix 16 (and for Wii) has more powerups than that. Hudson has forgotten why people like bomberman games.Megaman ZX is cool, but it's pretty much another Megaman Zero game.
I have played lost magic and the one thing I can say is that it is almost as bad at wrecking your DS touch screen as Elite Beat Agents is. I am not saying that it isn't a good game but once you get into the more complicated spells you will be cutting that screen in half trying to hit them all fast enough. And damn is that game hard. I never bothered finishing it but I am sure that I will get around to it some day.
I agree with scurge, but not sure about the rest of those.i own lost magic and it WAS really fun... in the first few levels before it becomes somehwat unplayable due to the difficulty. the main problems lies in the fact that the difficulty came from so many factors: times limits, short life, failed spells, spell meter, and no monster AI--it was very easy to have all of your monsters run in to be slaughtered while trying to tell them to stay where they were.what's worse is the difficulty for the first few missions is set on extremely easy then jumps to ridiculously difficult.lost magic had a lot of potential, but it really wouldn't say it's underappreciated.
aschocoboJan 2, 2007
phoenix wright isn't an underrated game. a lot of people have heard of it, lots bought it, and almost everyone says it's good.edit: never mind, hansamurai beat me to it :)
caddyalanJan 2, 2007
I purchased Contact, because 1) I hoped it would be compelling, and 2) I figured Atlus might benefit (in order to encourage more offbeat games). It was interesting... but I'm not sure if I like it.
melkoreJan 2, 2007
I loved Mega Man ZX but Contact became very boring due to the fact that I had to grind to beat any level which was very boring
aahpandasrunJan 2, 2007
Bomberman Land Touch is awful. The singleplayer has nothing to do with the gameplay of bomberman, and is basically a minigame based animal crossing with a horrible story and dialogue. The multiplayer is cool since it's 8 players, but the powerups are extremely limited, with only bomb up, firepower up, and kick. Even Bomberman 93 for Turbographix 16 (and for Wii) has more powerups than that. Hudson has forgotten why people like bomberman games.Megaman ZX is cool, but it's pretty much another Megaman Zero game.
cyborg771Jan 3, 2007
I have played lost magic and the one thing I can say is that it is almost as bad at wrecking your DS touch screen as Elite Beat Agents is. I am not saying that it isn't a good game but once you get into the more complicated spells you will be cutting that screen in half trying to hit them all fast enough. And damn is that game hard. I never bothered finishing it but I am sure that I will get around to it some day.
cyborg771Jan 3, 2007
Phoenix Wright is underrated, just rare.
mjenkinsJan 3, 2007
For anyone that had issues finding Phoenix Wright: It just got re-released and is being stocked at some EB Games and Gamestops. No need to resort to eBay anymore! <a class="user" href="http://www.ebgames.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=180090">http://www.ebgames.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=180090</a>Looking forward to the new version in a couple of weeks - already have it reserved :)
dr00Jan 5, 2007
I agree with scurge, but not sure about the rest of those.i own lost magic and it WAS really fun... in the first few levels before it becomes somehwat unplayable due to the difficulty. the main problems lies in the fact that the difficulty came from so many factors: times limits, short life, failed spells, spell meter, and no monster AI--it was very easy to have all of your monsters run in to be slaughtered while trying to tell them to stay where they were.what's worse is the difficulty for the first few missions is set on extremely easy then jumps to ridiculously difficult.lost magic had a lot of potential, but it really wouldn't say it's underappreciated.