[Mag kid] Fun Casual Game with a Cool Add-on

This is a fun casual action game from Nintendo. It has a add-on that you need to plug into the slot 1 of your DS. The add-on works the same way as a mouse does, tracking the movement of your DS on a surface as you push it around. The interface of the game is all controlled through this add-on. Its objective is to control the main character - "Mag Kid", to move around the house to help a small boy to handle daily chores or funky tasks. "Mag Kid" is essentially a a small piece of magnet. It can attach to metallic objects and pull stuff around to help the boy out, like reassembling broken toys. Another amazing talent of the "Mag Kid" is the ability to copy the enemy's special skills. Inside the house, the kid will meet with a lot of bugs that also reside in the house. They each have their own skills, like shooting bubbles, shooting bullets or can do a dash to charge at the kid and hurt it. And when the kid knocks them out unconscious, it can attach them at its tail and pull them around. And the kid will then also be able to use the same skills as the bugs it is currently pulling.

Here are some more photos of the game box and the DS with the add-on.






The official game site is here. Clicking on the yellow box in the middle of the page will pop up another page to explain the gameplay with the add-on. You can check out this promotional video as well.



BTW, can someone hack this add-on and make it act like the mouse of my PC, with buttons on the DS screen for me to tap on and act as mouse button?

DS Game Sales Data in Japan

According to Famitsu, the number 1 best selling game in Japan from 2/18/2008 to 2/24/2008 is "Sekaiju no Meikyuu II Shoou no Seihai" with over 85,000 copies sold during that period. It is a highly anticipated RPG game.

In 6th place is "Bokujou Monogatari Kira Kira Taiyou to Nakama Tachi" with over 36,000 copies sold during that period. This is a simulation game

In this reported week, 4 game from DS is in the top 10 spots. 11 of the top 30 game sales spots belong to DS games while 6 belong to Wii games.

[KORG DS-10] Synthesizer and Drum Machine for DS

The game is called "KORG DS-10". It makes your DS become a synthezier and drum machine. The The official website is here.

[Tokimeki Memorial: Girl's Side 2nd Season] Video Trailer

This is the video trailer for this game. Enjoy if you are a fan of this series.

DS Game Sales Data in Japan

According to Famitsu, the 4th best selling game in Japan from 2/11/2008 to 2/17/2008 is "Tokimeki Memorial Girls Side 2nd Season" with over 35,000 copies sold during that period. It is a dating simulation game.

In 7th place is "Mario and Sonics at the Olympic Games" with over 19,000 copies sold during that period. The accumulated sales number over 220,000.

In 9th place is "Naruto Shippuden Dairansen! Kakebunshin Emaki". It is a action RPG game based on the popular Naruto comic.

In 10th place is "Digimon Championship". It is a simulation game based on the popular Digimon anime.

In this reported week, 4 game from DS is in the top 10 spots. 14 of the top 30 game sales spots belong to DS games while 7 belong to Wii games.

[Sangokushi Taisen DS] Fun with the Elephants

So for the first few weeks, I really couldn't figure out a good way of using the elephants. That changed when I discovered this card.

This card has a skill that costs only 3 morale units. The speed and attack will increase dramatically when this skill is used. But it will only move in a straight line and is uncontrollable for a moment.

So what's the use? Now you put this card close to your castle wall horizontally in battle. When there is enemy units crawling near your wall, deploy the skill of this card and sit back and relax. The elephant will push the enemies away from the wall. It will sweep across your wall area and when it reaches one end, it will go back and charge towards the other end. If you place the card near the one end when you use this skill, you can at least swap the wall area three times for the duration of it. And since the attack of the card is also significantly increased, it can really hold its own ground while clearing the enemies off the gate. And since the card can be positioned close to your own wall, you can thus recover its hit point fairly easily. It is a great and fun way for defense.

[Populous DS] Back of the Game Box

This is the back of the Game Box.



The official release date is this Friday. Enjoy!!