The Guardian writes:
"Nintendo may have kept handheld games alive with their quirky releases for the DS, but this one is really just a series of 20 tutorials and a few clever gimmicks. Solo mode helps you learn the tricks while Magic Show lets you perform them with the aid of the supplied trick cards or by drawing, tapping or even blowing on the device itself. However, any game that encourages you to cover your mistakes by blaming the device is somewhat clutching at straws. So, while it's a slick, original approach for the very young, the real magic lies in how Nintendo squeezes £25 out of a pack of cards and some instructions you could just as easily Google for yourself."
Get ready to eat your way to success as Eat! Fat! FIGHT! comes to WiiWare along with the mind-bending, gravity-defying Moki Moki where you'll need to defend the hapless Moki from the ravenous Gromblins. And that's not all: there is magical puzzling in Castle of Magic, animals to look after in Littlest Pet Shop, and a starship to defend in Starship Patrol - all on Nintendo DSiWare today.
Same here. That and La Mulana are the only Wiiware games that I'm really looking forward to.
How many versions of Street Fighter 2 does the Wii shop need? It already has the SNES Street Fighter 2, Street Fighter 2 Turbo, and Super Street Fighter 2.
Eurogamer writes: "There are two types of people when it comes to magic tricks. (Well, three - there's those miserable sods who don't enjoy them at all, but we'll ignore them for now). The first sees a trick, is baffled by it, and feels entertained by the mystery. The second sees a trick, is baffled by it, and must know how it is done at all costs.
That second group might seem like the unlucky one. To be able to take pleasure from the mystery - that's a moment of pure joy. But needing to know how isn't necessarily a bad thing. For the first group, finding out how a trick is done is to destroy it, because the reality is that most tricks are horribly simple and disappointing. But for the second group, the simplicity is the joy - the execution, the technique and the process of being fooled - that's a beautiful thing. I'm firmly in that second group - if I see a trick I'm not only not happy until I know how it's done, but not until I've learned how to perform it myself. It's to the second group that Magic Made Fun is aimed. It's the first group who buyers should aim to impress."
Magic sets have been in toy shops for decades so it makes perfect sense for Nintendo to release a set for the DS. Combining simple magic tricks with the DS is a great idea and young kids will get a real thrill out of performing in front of their friends. Magic Made Fun isn't really a game, but any budding magicians will get a lot of fun out of this DS release.
