WorthPlaying writes: "'Mini-games' has almost become a dirty word thanks to a gradual overpopulation of the genre. This is mainly due to the DS and Wii, which seem to lend themselves to the style of play more than any other consoles. As you'd expect from this saturation, the combination of the words "wacky" and "mini-games" in a press release almost immediately sets off alarm bells that tell me to put the game back on the shelf and walk away without looking back."
Nintendo Life - One hundred and one games. It's a tempting proposition isn't it? It's unlikely that as an average consumer you will play, let alone purchase, one hundred and one games in a whole year, so when Nordcurrent comes a-knockin' at your door and offers you exactly that many titles for the low, low price of 700 Points, you'd be forgiven for thinking it's a Billy Bargain.
Atlus, a publisher known for its role-playing games-a genre not easily embraced by beginners has taken a stab or two at handheld puzzle games and do so again with their latest offering called 101 in 1: Explosive Megamix for the Nintendo DS.
WTP writes: "Beyond those initial games, you'll encounter even more distinct game types, like ones in which you guide a skydiver through hoops, brush a large set of teeth, fire arrows at a target, play sudoku, and avoid missiles in a spaceship. Each game can be played individually on a single Nintendo DS, and if you have a friend with a DS system and a copy of the game, you can play against each other via a local wireless connection. Though most of the games are easily learned via trial-and-error, you can read a text description of each from the menu screen, including details on how to play the game".
