The Nintendo DS Zone

No, I'm not talking about your neighbor's pet pig. I'm referring to that cuddly ball of floating fluff: Kirby.

Yesterday marked the release of Kirby: Super Star Ultra. It's a total remake of the original that some Kirby fanatics may remember from the 16-bit SNES days when Donkey Kong Country was king. Though, thanks to the transitioning from SNES to N64, Kirby: Super Star was largely swept under the rug for most.

Enough history, on to the present. Kirby:SSU (that sounds like it'd be a medical game or something...) does Kirby right. It's your classic platforming fun with all the floating, flying and enemy power stealing that makes Kirby, Kirby. You're not going to make use of the bottom DS screen much aside from some mind-numbingly fun mini-games that up to 4 can play. Continue reading "Kirby Super Ultra: pink, fat and tons of fun!"

You may be wondering why we've decided to bring you a review for a game that was released in 2005. We had a long winded answer worked out but management told us they prefer we just "tell the truth." So in the spirit of honesty... we missed this one. Yep, it went right over our heads. SO ON WITH THE REVIEW.

With any sequel the object is always simple, improve, improve, improve (except in the case of Uwe Boll films...). Obviously, we expected Mario Kart DS to be superior to Mario Kart and MK Double Dash in at least a few ways. Superior it is and in more than just a few ways.

Continue reading "Mario Kart DS - The Greatest Kart Racer Ever?"