There are a lot of games based on movies and television shows, but few of them feature a core storyline and general theme so fitting for the digital medium. Code Lyoko from development studio Neko Entertainment (Carnival, Legend of the Dragon) and publisher Game Factory is inspired by a French animated series about a group of kids which finds and miraculously travels into a supercomputer to do battle in a virtual world within. Code Lyoko has gained in popularity as a television series due to the stylistic presentation of the universe and the colorful characters that inhabit it. But does the premise fair as well as a playable entity? IGN recently journeyed to Lyoko to find out.
Code Lyoko is a French animated series that is broadcasted here in the US on Cartoon Network. Six months ago, in the middle of it's forth and final season, Cartoon Network decided to put the show on indefinite hiatus. While fans eagerly await the return of their five favorite boarding school students, Neko Entertainment has developed Code Lyoko: Fall Of X.A.N.A for the Nintendo DS.
Welcome to Lyoko. Or rather, the supercomputer that houses it. Online virtual realms are hardly a new thing, but there is one thing that makes this place stand out from all the Vana'diels and Azeroths of the world: Lyoko is real. Life exists on the other side of that computer screen, and it's not content with staying there; both good and evil beings have been secretly crossing over for years.
For those of you who have heard of the show, but never seen it then this title maybe worth the 30 bucks. For those that have placed the previous title or those not fans of RPGs you should hold off until this title drops $10 dollars or at least rent it first before you buy it.
