Ah, Photo Dojo... Way too overrated on Nintndolife. I'm really, really disappointed of it. Why can't you play with two DSi against each other? It would be so much more comfortable. Or why can't you transfer the photos between two DSi? It is also too simple. For me at most a 5/10 game.
I find the score is a bit high. For me the game is more a 6, and again it seems that many reviewers judges the 'Game & Watch' titles because of the memories, and not because of the gameplay.
Fair score. To me this review seems to be one of the few Game & Watch reviews on Nintendolife (, if not the only one,) which scores the game just out of the gameplay, and not because of some great memories...
@ V8 Ninja (#1): "You'd think something that combined Time Crisis (the time limit) and Sin & Punishment (gameplay-wise) would come out as a winner, but I guess it comes out as above average."
I'm really disappointed of Photo Dojo. Why can't you play with two DSi against each other? It would be so much more comfortable. Or why can't you transfer the photos between two DSi? =(
After some playing, I cannot (yet?) agree with the review/score. The presentation is very good, no question, but for me the gameplay is just mediocre =(.
For me Bit.Trip Void is the worst of the series so far. I don't like the music as much as the music from the first two games. Also I find Void too easy. I played through Level 1 & 2 without "dying", so my overall playtime was much lower than with Core and Beat.
Mmh, besides Cheat Code Central also GameTrailers.com gave the game an average score (4.8). Too bad, and I hoped that apart from Nintendolife this game would get good scores, too. So my desire to buy is alas not high anymore =(.
@ oldkid: "So, why on earth anyone who still have to play Ace Attorney should not welcome this series for the gem it is?"
It is not so that the game isn't welcome, it is just how the game was released. Was it really so hard (for this high price) not to make the game better?
It is simply incomprehensible, and this is what the score implies.
@ "So if Capcom had managed to port this to the SNES emulator on VC the result would have been acceptable. But since it's on wiiware, it's not acceptable anymore?"
Right =). A VC game stands for originality, and you want a VC game to be the original one. For a WiiWare game you simple can and have to expect more.
@ "And if they had released it on VC, they couldn't have add the fifth case in the first game since VC doesn't support DLC in any way."
But it would be cheaper . (If there would be an english version, of course^^.)
Are you serious about that? For example they could have give the game at least a graphical overhaul. The actual game is just pure laziness, deserve the 3 points drop, and is for a port and WiiWare game relativ expensive, too. (Remember, a SNES game, which you can compare to a GBA game, costs 800 points.)
Of course you have to take into account that a WiiWare title is a download game and much cheaper than a retail one, anything else would make no sense and would be unfair, too. Also that doesn't mean that a game with a 9 doesn't deserve it.
@ PhoenixRising: If you look at other reviews of World of Goo and Rubik's Puzzle Galaxy: RUSH you should notice that these games are generally highly regarded, not only on Nintendolife...
If you look at other reviews you see that Nintendolife is not the only one who gave the game a low score. Many are annoyed at the graphical realization.
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Re: Review: Telegraph Sudoku & Kakuro (DSiWare)
@ xdemon720x & "Really? An 8 for yet another Sudoku game bombarding DSiWare?"
It seems you didn't reed the review...
Re: Nintendo Download: 14th May 2010 (Europe)
@ #42 Atomic Wii Man & "Is RUNNER 800 points in America too?"
Yes.
Re: Nintendo Download: 10th May 2010 (North America)
Ah, Photo Dojo... Way too overrated on Nintndolife. I'm really, really disappointed of it. Why can't you play with two DSi against each other? It would be so much more comfortable. Or why can't you transfer the photos between two DSi? It is also too simple. For me at most a 5/10 game.
Re: Review: Game & Watch Donkey Kong Jr. (DSiWare)
I find the score is a bit high. For me the game is more a 6, and again it seems that many reviewers judges the 'Game & Watch' titles because of the memories, and not because of the gameplay.
Re: Review: Game & Watch Helmet (DSiWare)
Fair score. To me this review seems to be one of the few Game & Watch reviews on Nintendolife (, if not the only one,) which scores the game just out of the gameplay, and not because of some great memories...
Re: Review: Game & Watch Vermin (DSiWare)
For me Vermin is at most a 5/10 game. It is way too easy (even on Mode B), nothing special and because of that just boring to play =(.
Re: Review: Mega Man 4 (Virtual Console / NES)
From me MM4 would get a 9/10, it is just another great game of the series.
(Nintendolife still needs the possibility to give user scores =(.)
Re: Nintendo Download: 16th April 2010 (Europe)
Wohoo, Mega Man 4! I can't understand how somebody could call this game the worst in the series. Why? It's another great Mega Man game.
Re: AiRace
A question to those who have 'Airace' & 'Airace - Tunnel': Is the complete "Airace: Tunnel" game in this one?
Thanks in advance for an answer =).
Re: Review: Mega Man 10 (WiiWare)
I would give the game an 8, because for me it isn't as good as MM9 was.
Re: Review: Animal Crossing (GameCube)
I would give it at least an 8, too. It's just a very, very fun game.
Re: Review: Zombie Panic in Wonderland (WiiWare)
@ V8 Ninja (#1): "You'd think something that combined Time Crisis (the time limit) and Sin & Punishment (gameplay-wise) would come out as a winner, but I guess it comes out as above average."
Above average would be a 6, not a 7 .
Re: Flipper Announced for European Release
Great, I think I will buy it on the release date =).
Re: Review: Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (DS)
For me 'Portrait of Ruin' is at least as good as the previous game and definitively deserve a 9/10.
Re: Review: Photo Dojo (DSiWare)
I'm really disappointed of Photo Dojo. Why can't you play with two DSi against each other? It would be so much more comfortable. Or why can't you transfer the photos between two DSi? =(
Re: Virtual Console Confirmed for DSiWare
At first I believed the news...=(
Re: New Jett Rocket Shots Blast Off
One word: awesome. I think this will be a must buy for me, even if the gameplay would only be half as good as the graphics.
Re: Review: Pinball Pulse: The Ancients Beckon (DSiWare)
For me the score is too low, too. I think this game deserves at least an 8, especially because the table is so perfect designed.
Re: Review: Ironclad (Virtual Console / Neo Geo)
After some playing, I cannot (yet?) agree with the review/score. The presentation is very good, no question, but for me the gameplay is just mediocre =(.
Re: Review: Bit.Trip Void (WiiWare)
For me Bit.Trip Void is the worst of the series so far. I don't like the music as much as the music from the first two games. Also I find Void too easy. I played through Level 1 & 2 without "dying", so my overall playtime was much lower than with Core and Beat.
Re: Shin'en Introduce Jett Rocket for WiiWare
I agree, this look absolutely awesome!
Re: Review: Zoo Frenzy (DSiWare)
What's so wrong with WaltzElfs opinion? I agree with him that the responcibility of a game review is to critique, not describe.
Re: Review: Spotto! (DSiWare)
The review doesn't mention the hard mode after completing the story mode, where the old stages have to be managed in a more difficult way.
I would give the game an 8.
Re: Review: Flipper (DSiWare)
@ HugoSmits: Do you know if there is already a European release date?
Thanks in advance for an answer =).
Re: WiiWare and DSiWare Release Dates Announced
Two new Art Style games, YEAH! (Or should I say one new and one remake?^^)
Either way: WOHOO!
Re: Review: Flipper (DSiWare)
I think I will buy it as soon as it hits Europe =).
Re: Review: Blaster Master: Overdrive (WiiWare)
Mmh, besides Cheat Code Central also GameTrailers.com gave the game an average score (4.8). Too bad, and I hoped that apart from Nintendolife this game would get good scores, too.
So my desire to buy is alas not high anymore =(.
Re: Review: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice For All (WiiWare)
@ oldkid: "So, why on earth anyone who still have to play Ace Attorney should not welcome this series for the gem it is?"
It is not so that the game isn't welcome, it is just how the game was released. Was it really so hard (for this high price) not to make the game better?
It is simply incomprehensible, and this is what the score implies.
Re: Review: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice For All (WiiWare)
@ "So if Capcom had managed to port this to the SNES emulator on VC the result would have been acceptable. But since it's on wiiware, it's not acceptable anymore?"
Right =). A VC game stands for originality, and you want a VC game to be the original one. For a WiiWare game you simple can and have to expect more.
@ "And if they had released it on VC, they couldn't have add the fifth case in the first game since VC doesn't support DLC in any way."
But it would be cheaper . (If there would be an english version, of course^^.)
Re: Review: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice For All (WiiWare)
@ oldkid: "Well, what Capcom should have done?"
Are you serious about that?
For example they could have give the game at least a graphical overhaul. The actual game is just pure laziness, deserve the 3 points drop, and is for a port and WiiWare game relativ expensive, too.
(Remember, a SNES game, which you can compare to a GBA game, costs 800 points.)
Re: Review: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice For All (WiiWare)
@ oldkid: The difference is: There was a lot of work in the games you numerated, which you cannot say about Phonix Wright...
@ SKTTR: 1000 points for a lazy port of a port isn't cheap...
Re: Review: Art of Balance (WiiWare)
Of course you have to take into account that a WiiWare title is a download game and much cheaper than a retail one, anything else would make no sense and would be unfair, too. Also that doesn't mean that a game with a 9 doesn't deserve it.
Re: Review: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice For All (WiiWare)
You can't compare Golden Sun to Phoenix Wright. The latter was already like a port, while GS was in view of the presentation a AAA-title.
Re: Review: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice For All (WiiWare)
A lazy port deserves such a score.
Re: Review: Art of Balance (WiiWare)
@ PhoenixRising: If you look at other reviews of World of Goo and Rubik's Puzzle Galaxy: RUSH you should notice that these games are generally highly regarded, not only on Nintendolife...
Maybe your taste is just a bit different.
@ Manfred: Too bad, but thanks for the answer.
Re: Review: Art of Balance (WiiWare)
Awesome! Day 1 download for me =).
@ Manfred: Is there a release date for Europe?
Re: Review: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (WiiWare)
If you look at other reviews you see that Nintendolife is not the only one who gave the game a low score. Many are annoyed at the graphical realization.
Re: Nintendo Download 15th February 2010 (North America)
Art of Balance looks interesting.
Re: Japanese Virtual Console list - February 2010
I also don't understand why MM4 should be worse than 5 and 6. For me it is still a very good game.
Re: AiRace: Tunnel coming to DSiWare next week
The video just show one stage, look at the screens to see others environments and opponents, too:
http://dsiware.nintendolife.com/games/dsiware/airace/screenshots
Re: Review: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (WiiWare)
For such a lazy port I absolutely understand the review and the score.
Re: Review: Castlevania The Adventure ReBirth (WiiWare)
I think I'm not going to buy it because it seems to be very, very short =(.
Re: Final Aardman Flipnote Hits DSi
I am very disappointed and expected so much more from the whole animations...
For me several animations from amateurs are a lot better in view of humor and quality.
Re: Review: Reflect Missile (DSiWare)
I absolute agree with the review and the score, Reflect Missile is awesome!
Re: Nintendo Download: Bikes, Frogs, Dragons, Bombs, Plankton and Cybernoids (US)
If I wouldn't already own Electroplakton, I would buy all DSiWare games of the series^^.
Re: Nintendo Blasting Off With New DSiWare Puzzler
Looks very interesting, I'm looking forward to it.
Re: Brand New Flipper Gameplay Trailer
Looks good and interesting.
Re: Nintendo Download: Zombies, LIT, Ghost Mansion Party, Little Red Riding Hood and Card Classics (EU)
@ Nintendolife: Will you update the LIT review & score?
Re: Nintendo Download: Zombies, LIT, Ghost Mansion Party, Little Red Riding Hood and Card Classics (EU)
@ Nintendolife: Do you update the LIT review & score?
Re: Feast Your Eyes On This Castlevania: ReBirth Footage
Mmh, looks worse than expected =(.