I'm not *extreme*ly surprised. I think I saw even Arcade Hoops near the top of the charts for a long time. And didn't the calculator and clock apps do ridiculously well in Japan?
Glow Artisan and LnL are very different experiences to play. GA is more of an outstanding collection of logic puzzles. In LnL your goal is to pick the first strategy you can think of to solve 20 consecutive puzzles in about five seconds each. GA does have a time attack mode, but doesn't have the excellent space theme or rotating pieces to go with it. Overall, they're just different and can't really be compared.
As far as having more content, in LnL the content is predetermined, but the paths you take are basically random, and there isn't the pressure to require an optimal solution, so you can still do a ton with the content in LnL.
"I think they could make the download-only thing a real success unlike Sony." I would prefer this, but honestly the North America reaction seemed brutal. I think most people who want downloadable games are settled with an iPod or their phone and don't want another handheld just to download games.
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Re: Review: Game & Watch Mario's Cement Factory (DSiWare)
(Birds and Beans, Paper Airplane, and Escapee GO also received 8s, there's over fifty 200-point games/apps now!)
Re: DS Successor To Offer 3D Gaming
@Flam: Nice idea for a logo, personally I'd prefer a N64 colour scheme.
Re: Nintendo Download: 19th March 2010 (Europe)
I wonder how many people I can trick into thinking that Flashlight is actually Virtual Console.
Re: Libera Wing
Thanks for the link 3230. I wonder how the quickplay levels shall turn out.
Re: Extreme Hangman Breaks Sales Records
I'm not *extreme*ly surprised. I think I saw even Arcade Hoops near the top of the charts for a long time. And didn't the calculator and clock apps do ridiculously well in Japan?
Re: DSiWare Enters Tie-Break with VT Tennis
I like Tennis games, hope this one is fun.
Re: Review: Link 'n' Launch (DSiWare)
Glow Artisan and LnL are very different experiences to play. GA is more of an outstanding collection of logic puzzles. In LnL your goal is to pick the first strategy you can think of to solve 20 consecutive puzzles in about five seconds each. GA does have a time attack mode, but doesn't have the excellent space theme or rotating pieces to go with it. Overall, they're just different and can't really be compared.
As far as having more content, in LnL the content is predetermined, but the paths you take are basically random, and there isn't the pressure to require an optimal solution, so you can still do a ton with the content in LnL.
Re: Interviews: Virtual Playground - Oscar In Movieland
I love these interviews.
Re: Analyst: Nintendo DS2 to be Launched Next Year
"I think they could make the download-only thing a real success unlike Sony."
I would prefer this, but honestly the North America reaction seemed brutal. I think most people who want downloadable games are settled with an iPod or their phone and don't want another handheld just to download games.
Re: Analyst: Nintendo DS2 to be Launched Next Year
How much money have these analysts bet on their vague predictions?
Re: Nintendo Silence Talking Link
If copyright laws were ever fixed such that they made sense, there'd be a lot of lawyers out of a job.