PALGN writes: "Dinosaur King is based on the Japanese anime of the same name, which follows the adventures of Max Taylor and Rex Owen, two boys who are members of the D-Team. The D-Team is an organisation that study and revive dinosaurs, as well as thwart the schemes of the evil Alpha Gang. The game has a lot to offer for fans: you can collect and train over 70 different dinosaurs, there are regular appearances by characters from the anime, and you can even battle other players online. Unfortunately, the experience is severely hampered by a lacklustre combat system and repetitive gameplay.
Dinosaur King starts off by revealing that development on the DinoShot has just been completed. The D-Team are particularly excited as the device is designed to revive dinosaurs from fossils, allowing them to be studied in ways never thought possible. As quickly as the celebration begins however, the Alpha Gang appear and swipe one of the DinoShots. Surprisingly, they summon a T-Rex and command it to destroy the area. Max and Rex are quick to retaliate, and summon their own dinosaurs to battle the ferocious beast. Through their combined efforts, the T-Rex is quickly defeated, but the Alpha Gang manages to escape. Max and Rex must now discover the Alpha Gang's true intentions, and protect the world from their continuing threats."
TTFF:
"Overall the game is fun and once we got over the initial learning curve, the boys seemed to really take to it. The battles are kind of Pokemon-esque so that carries some street cred with the kids. The fossil cleaning is fun and different- we haven't used the stylus for much up to this point in our 2 months of DS gaming. I have seen other reviews that call this game basic and geared toward kids but for us, that works out perfectly."
GI writes: "No one person is truly immune to hype. It's a part of life from which we cannot escape due to the way society currently functions. There are things we can resist or ignore rather easily. Such as the past 20 years of the show Law & Order. I did a rather good job resisting NCIS until now (curse you USA Network ... curse you!). Or the latest Mary Higgins Clark novel. But back in the mid 1990s, there was one craze that no child - or gamer - could truly resist. And that game was the Red and Blue versions of Pokemon for the original Nintendo Game Boy. What made those two games work underneath the crazily cute monsters was the simple fact that it was a solid, traditional role-playing game. Well, folks, Sega has released a game for the Nintendo DS in this vein known as Dinosaur King. So is this clone any good? Well, no, it is not that great."
NintendoLife Writes:
"It's just a shame that there are so many battles to navigate. I just timed a section and found I didn't even manage seven seconds between battles; imagine that repeated over the whole game. It's the crucial flaw that makes it so hard to enjoy Dinosaur King in anything other than very small doses, even if you do really, really like dinosaurs."
