Am I missing the first play for this or am I first in? I know others have it.
Anyway, arrived today and so these are like the rawest bloody steak of first impressions: It's Arkanoid. With a paddle. And a big space in the middle.
The graphics are functional but look absolutely fine. Sound seems great with some nice music. Already the space in the middle is causing me a slight bit of trouble. It never did in things like Metroid Pinball so I was a little surprised that it does in this. It's just that if the ball hits the wall in that blank space, it can be quite disorientating and while you can guess where the ball will come from, it still feels like a surprise.
But that's just one thing. The game seems solid.
The paddle, well, I'm surprised. Opening it up, the plastic sounded cheap and light. It's designed to fit in the old DS so there's a load of extra plastic there for those of us with Lites (which as far as I can tell includes everyone on the planet). But when I actually turn the paddle, wow, it feels great. It's got its own momentum - I'm sure there's a word for that mechanism but I don't know what it is. It feels really good.
I've just tried a mode called 'clear' so far. The menus seem to vary between Japanese and English but so far it doesn't seem hard to figure out. There's a Wifi option - don't know if that means you can play online or anything.
Anyway, arrived today and so these are like the rawest bloody steak of first impressions: It's Arkanoid. With a paddle. And a big space in the middle.
The graphics are functional but look absolutely fine. Sound seems great with some nice music. Already the space in the middle is causing me a slight bit of trouble. It never did in things like Metroid Pinball so I was a little surprised that it does in this. It's just that if the ball hits the wall in that blank space, it can be quite disorientating and while you can guess where the ball will come from, it still feels like a surprise.
But that's just one thing. The game seems solid.
The paddle, well, I'm surprised. Opening it up, the plastic sounded cheap and light. It's designed to fit in the old DS so there's a load of extra plastic there for those of us with Lites (which as far as I can tell includes everyone on the planet). But when I actually turn the paddle, wow, it feels great. It's got its own momentum - I'm sure there's a word for that mechanism but I don't know what it is. It feels really good.
I've just tried a mode called 'clear' so far. The menus seem to vary between Japanese and English but so far it doesn't seem hard to figure out. There's a Wifi option - don't know if that means you can play online or anything.
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