One of the most significant features of the Nintendo DSi system – the updated handheld that's been in Japan since October 2008 – is its ability to, like the Nintendo Wii system, connect to an online-only shop and give players the ability to spend money on download-exclusive product.
To entice users to get online, Nintendo awards DSi owners with 1000 Nintendo points when they first log onto the DSi store. These points can be spent any way the user wants, but to refill their account they'll have to either buy a card from a game store and enter in the code, or use a Visa or Mastercard to purchase points right from the store's touch screen interface.
January 28 marks the second wave of games and product to hit the online shop. Eight software products were released today, and IGN spent about 4000 Nintendo points downloading and playing the entire lot.
It’s impossible to review the DSiWare game, Color Commando, fairly without considering that it’s the work of a single man with very limited resources. Unfortunately, it’s that limitation that shows in almost every aspect of the game, from its brevity to the slight lack of polish. To his credit however, Hugo Smits, creator of other DSiWare titles like Flipper and Ace Mathician, managed to make his heavily flawed title at the very least charming and colorful with a decent bit of challenge.
It looks like a cute title. Though the issues are something that would turn me off from playing it much.
It is the year 3024, and Earth is running low on Natural resources. A team of scientists creates a robot known as Nep2no to search underwater for an energy source known as Gaia. Does this game sink into the Abyss, or is it a cave worth exploring?
Nintendo's debut handheld consoles were made in the Game and Watch era. Now, Retro Pocket is reviving the LCD style of those games in a new DSiWare package...
