Topic: oregan trail impressions

Westward, ho!

Your favorite pioneering adventure game takes you on an exciting, historic, side-scrolling adventure with your Nintendo DSi™ system. Take the Oregon Trail experience further than ever before with all of the decision-making and problem-solving fun of the original game plus additional challenges. Leave your mark on America's history.

Take a picture of yourself at each landmark with the Nintendo DSi system's built-in camera. You'll have your portrait and party's name printed in the Daily Oregon Trail newspaper in the game. Play eight skill-based mini-games that will impact your resources: Hunting, Fishing, River Crossing, Rafting, Wagon Repairing, Telegraph, Berry Picking and Gold Panning. Random events faced by real pioneers - such as disease, bandits and hitchhikers - and side missions add more excitement to your westward trek.
thats the game now leave your impressions....we all probably have points cards from christmas so please...someone get the game hah

come on...someone take the plunge....be a man(or a woman i guess)

It is awesome. How about that.

I am on my first play through (on easy), and I am loving it. One kid has died so far, and all my character said was "not the smart one!" and we kept moving on. Life is tough on the trail.

edit: and it is Oregon not Oregan, not to nitpick but I live here so I have to say something haha

It is quite fun. I'm playing on normal and am almost through to the end. You meet up with various historical figures. There are quests you can do (racing other people, carrying boxes to certain places, giving people rides to forts). The game prompts you to hunt, pick berries, and go fishing every once in awhile. Theres an abundance of places to make money, I have no problem having enough money to buy supplies at forts.

The one thing that suprised me was the loading times. It loaded when I first started the game, and it loads before and after you forge rivers, and before and after you start a minigame, but they aren't terribly long loading times. 5 seconds maximum.

This game (iPhone version) is very fun and addicting. I expect the DSi version to be a direct port, so it should be very very good

Looking forward to hearing more impressions.

Also you get to choose to be a merchant, farmer, or craftsman and between 3 different types of wagons and the start of the game. You can name all your characters (family of 5) if you want to. At certain points there are branching paths, and there are quests you can except... lots of replay in this game

This game sounds great. I need to get some points for my DSi.

As a native of the Pacific Northwest, I'd get this game ..... but I wonder if it will come out in the UK where I am living now?

i'd like to know how many difficulties there are and ARE THE MINIGAMES FUN

This game is worth the 800 points. I've been playing thru the easy mode and my son has been watching me play (he's 2). Anytime I get my pic taken, I take his and he thinks that is cool. The load times don't surprise me on this - I have this game on my phone and it is not nearly as good as this version and that one also have load times up the ying yang. Here's hoping the GameLoft has more planned for the DSi.

There are 4 difficulties, 2 of them are unlocked at the start (easy and normal).

I like all the minigames except maybe the hammering nails one.

ok ok i know the game is worth $8 but would you pay $10 for it....i just dont want to waste all my christmas points fast...i already spent 700 and only have 1300 left

ok......im taking the plunge and i'll be pissed if i dont like it....damn maybe i shouldnt ARGH

ok i just downloaded it...ill play it tonight and give you impressions tomorrrow....i figured if it wasnt worth the 800 i'd be able to save others the 800

I just downloaded. I'll get some impressions up later and see how many people I lose to dysentery.

I also live in Oregon, so I might pick it up, being that it protrays the struggles of founding this great state.

.....ok the game is good...however iii wish i did not get it...the minigames are pretty fun accept for hunting which is just lame and cool things can happen on the road like my son got taken away by an eagle because i didnt click the screen fast enough even though i was given a small hint before...i enjoy a more pick up and play for DSiware like bejeweld or pyoro so this game isnt really for me and im not too happy i downloaded it....however if you do enjoy more of a lengthy game from DSiware then get it..cause its pretty good...ill keep playing and let you know if i change my mind

So my kids have managed to catch cholera, typhoid, and a couple of other sicknesses in my first ~30 minutes of playing. I haven't lost any yet, but I can tell it's only a matter of time...!

The game is great fun, by the way.

Just completed a playthrough after playing non-stop for some two or three hours. Excellent purchase, in my opinion.

It's quite a bit like good ol' Oregon Trail, but with many of the challenges replaced with minigames. Normally, minigames are a bad thing, but they're so quick and varied here, they work to great effect. The game actually plays with a fast pace, and you'll never go more than a few seconds without an event to tend to. The character design is cartoonish, and fits well. Plus, the games got quite a sense of humor to boot.

Another thing to note is that the graphics are great. The sprites look nice and animate fantastically, not to mention humorously. (Who ever thought watching a kid get mauled by a grizzly bear could be funny?)

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that this is one of the best 800-point purchases currently available.