I remember buying the original game on day 1, and having a good time with it. When Brain Age 2 came out about a year later, I sat out on this sequel for a few years. It’s got brand new exercises to play sure, but even though they acquire more originality and depth it loses…
Tag: Nintendo DS
Video Game History: Tingle’s Balloon Fight (Nintendo DS)
Tingle’s Balloon Fight was a Japanese only video game for Nintendo DS given to only Club Nintendo members under certain conditions. The game featured Tingle from the Legend of Zelda series and giving him his own game in the Balloon Fight series. It basically what it was. Tingle in the old school NES game Balloon…
Things I Hate: Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood (DS)
Sonic Chronicles was a dream come true for me when they previewed the game. It looked pretty sweet, and it was developed by Bioware if I recall correctly. Sadly that dream quickly turned into a nightmare. The game featured most of the series’ characters, and built a story up, which is all fine and good….
Video Game History: Play-Yan MP3 Player
The Play-Yan was an accessory for the Nintendo DS as well as Gameboy Advance that allowed you to play MP3 songs. It plugged in an SD card into a GBA cart, and plugged in on any system that could play GBA games. Though it flopped in Japan, at the time I really wanted one. MP3…
Video Game History: Game Boy Light
In Japan they got one version of the original Gameboy system we failed to recieve. It was called the Gameboy Light, and it featured a back-lit screen so you could play in the dark. A standard for any modern device, but it would take Nintendo until 2004 to have a true back-lit system with the…