Nintendo Life: Older gamers might look at Dress to Play: Cute Witches! and see echoes of the Cotton series, or Magical Chase. Cute witches (lowercase) are certainly no strangers to shoot-'em-ups, and this game aims to combine a simplified (and bullet-free) version of that side-scrolling action with a dress-up element for character customization. In concept, dressing up a character and then seeing them star in a simple action game could be perfect for younger players. Unfortunately, while the action side of the equation is flawed but still enjoyable, the dress-up fun promised beforehand falls almost completely flat.
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Welcome back to IGN Nintendo's monthly round-up of all the hottest games to hit the 3DS eShop. This month was pretty eventful in terms of great eShop titles, so check out the guide below for an idea of which games you should buy, which you should consider, and which you should avoid at all costs.
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Gamesta.com gets this week's European eShop downloads from Nintendo. The 3DS will finally receive a digital version of one of its launch titles, along with some other less notable titles, like an augmented cross ripoff between Pokemon and Invizimals and Ghostbusters.
"Experienced gamers tend to rag on a corner of the simulation market that's especially catered to young girls, a corner that Ubisoft has heavily bought into the last number of years with the Imagine series. Generally these games don't have much to them yet still make for interesting enough distractions for those just making their way into gaming. And as an added benefit, they can also satisfy wants that can't be met by mommies and daddies refusing to purchase overpriced dolls and playsets. Hoping to entice with the help of this template is Dress To Play: Cute Witches!, which sees youngsters involving themselves in similar ideas of customization and role play. But rather than utilizing these principles in unison to achieve a pleasing whole, it instead comes closer to dashing the latter aside in favor of a misguided focus." -- Wiiloveit.com
damn, i was really looking forward to this.