We love a bit of drilling action here at Nintendo Life – in fact, we recently called Mr Driller Drill Spirits one of our favourite ever ways to pass time on the big white throne. Well, soon you'll be able to get your drill on with no cartridge required, as the previously Japanese-only title Drill Till You Drop for DSiWare has been confirmed for a Western release.
Coming to the DSiWare storefront in April, Drill Till You Drop (known as MD:DTYD, abbreviation fans) offers forty stages, six playable characters and an all-new Dristone mode. We've already played it and were pretty pleased with what we saw. Want to know more? Let Namco Bandai's press release show you the way:
SANTA CLARA, Calif., (MARCH 22, 2010) – Leading video game publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., today announced Mr. DRILLER®: Drill till you Drop™ for the Nintendo DSi™ handheld system. Featuring a roster of improved features that enhance the classic Mr. DRILLER action puzzler experience, Mr. DRILLER: Drill till you Drop will be available for download at the Nintendo DSi™ Shop in April 2010.
Representing a piece of timeless puzzler gameplay from the arcades of yesteryear, Mr. DRILLER: Drill till you Drop takes the classic gameplay of the Mr. DRILLER series and enhances it with 6 unique playable characters, over 40 stages, multiple modes, and dual screen action. Additionally, the Nintendo DSi system’s dual screen format offers a new strategic element as players have the added ability to foresee incoming falling blocks from above.
Mission mode tasks players to dig through ever increasingly deeper or more challenging locales. Time Attack mode enables players to race against the clock to reach your predestined goals. In addition to Mission mode and Time Attack mode, Mr. DRILLER: Drill till you Drop features the Nintendo DSi exclusive Dristone mode where players drill through a labyrinth of stones to collect the Dristones which can be used to gain distinct advantages.
Mr. DRILLER: Drill till you Drop is rated “E” for everyone by the ESRB and will be available for download at the Nintendo DSi Shop in April. For more information about the game, please visit http://www.namcobandaigames.com.
[source gonintendo.com]
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Oh nice. I loved the WiiWare version (as you can probably tell from my review) and having it on my DSi...well, let's just say it'll got a lot of playtime.
It's great value for money; you're only missing panic mode and multiplayer from the Drill Spirits cart (and the theme song and intro...well, that might make it worthwhile).
@Chibi Link: since this is a scaled-down version of Drill Spirits I wouldn't count on Japanese audio; if that's really important to you I'd just import the Japanese version of Drill Spirits.
It's funny how they bring quirky Japanese games to the rest of the world and then they think the people who buy these games wouldn't like quirky Japanese audio.
Cool, I might get this.
That guy is about to have his jewels drilled
I hope I get to meet Mr. Driller when I go to Japan...
I used to have the lovely little ditty Drill Spirits DS. Not any more, but I'll be downloading this.
That pic is win
Best news I've heard all day! I haven't downloaded a DSiware in months.so I'm looking forward to this one.
@JayArr... yeah really, after that horrible news that Nintendo is dropping the DS into 3D World, this is more up my alley.
It's great value for money; you're only missing panic mode and multiplayer from the Drill Spirits cart (and the theme song and intro...well, that might make it worthwhile).
I heard that the US version of Drill Spirits dropped the Dristone mode (also explains the "DSi exclusive" claim) so this download is actually a better deal for them.
Yes, that's true, the US version of Drill Spirits also lacks multiplayer I believe, so you're only missing the Panic Mode if you're in the States and don't want to import the cart from Europe or Japan.
good news. this one will be perfect on XL btw..
Everything is better on the bigger screens, I can vouch for that!
@15 yes. but there are games like Drill Spirits, GTA, Tenchu DS etc. featurung really small objects, which at my opinion were asking for bigger screens.
Oooh, might get this some day.
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