GamerDad writes: "Has the glut of games this holiday season got you worn out? Tired of slaying radioactive zombies and saving ungrateful princesses? Then what you need is a gaming vacation on a tropical island. Tropix for the DS is a smorgasbord of nearly a dozen relaxing casual games with a tropical twist."
Don't let the cute monkey on the cover fool you, there's nothing innocent about Tropix. Tropix is, to put it bluntly, a collection of 11 games that are mostly rip-offs of other more popular freeware or shareware PC titles you've likely already played countless times over. However, a game doesn't necessarily have to be original to be fun though, and this collection is made up of enough decent rip-offs to remain somewhat entertaining.
NWR writes: "From the moment you turn on Tropix, you get the feeling that this shouldn't be a DS game. The character sprites are small, pixelated, and poorly animated; the game selection is uninspired; and the music and sound effects are horrendous. No, I didn't pick up my cell phone by accident; Real Networks is really trying to sell you free browser games for a lot more than nothing."
WP writes: "The DS version of Tropix is more or less an exact port of the PC/mobile title, consisting of a compilation of various mini-games with a few twists thrown into the presentation and menu, obviously this time out with the added incentive of touch-screen controls on the system. While it's not quite a Wario Ware experience and the mini-game selection is pretty limited, it's also decent enough to try out and can certainly offer up a pretty good distraction from the other titles available on the DS."
