IGN Review: Pogo Island
"The Nintendo DS seems like it’s a very comfortable system to bridge the casual PC market to the handheld environment. Its pick-up-and-play style of gaming focus and its touch screen mimicking mouse input really makes that carry-over possible. This year alone we’ll be seeing several viral web-based PC games like Line Rider, Diner Dash, and Cake Mania hit the Nintendo DS, and it’s not surprising that Electronic Arts and its Pogo.com property is one to make that leap from web to DS. There are a lot of clever and fun, if just a little unoriginal, games to play across the Pogo.com network, so it definitely sounds like a winner to get that experience on the Nintendo DS. Unfortunately, it’s a little light on features and variety, and while a handful of games still retain that casual pick-up-and-play charm, this compilation feels a little hollow with a sloppy presentation and very few options."
