Lucy Felthouse writes:
"Overall, this is everything a casual game should be. It looks cute, it's easy enough to get hang of easily but hard enough to keep you interested, and it's good fun. I can think of many, many worse ways to while away a hell of a lot of hours, and this way, you can fool yourself into thinking you're some bigwig property developer with millions in the bank. It's a bit of a comedown as you shut the game down and realise you're actually no better off, but hey, there's always Build A Lot 2…"
GPT: "Nintendo’s recent trend of re-releasing full retail games through digital download continues with Mumbo Jumbo’s Build-A-Lot real estate simulation for the Nintendo DSi. It’s become common place to see titles that were released ten, fifteen and even twenty years ago get the digital download treatment, but seeing a game that just hit the Nintendo DS a couple years ago become a downloadable title is interesting. It shows just how much Nintendo is really embracing digital content."
Ever wanted to built a town? Mumbo Jumbo’s Build-a-lot is the answer. There are two modes: Career and Casual. You start out in the career mode where you must complete certain goals before you can move onto the next level. The Tutorial shows you what must be done to move up in levels. You will meet with various people from each of the “towns” who will tell you what needs to be done.
Given that just about everyone who did this in the 'real' world is losing money at present, Build-a-Lot allows budding property tycoons to flex their building muscle. This has already been a huge hit on the PC and Mac but how does this miniature version stack up? You can find out what DS-x2.com's Andrew thought by checking out his review.
