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Picross is one of the puzzle game i like. At first glance, I thought it's some sudoku but after playing I find this game is easier than sudoku~

I believe some of you knows this game as this game was also previously released on Gameboy. Back then... More than 10 years ago. It was Mario's Picross but the game is the same I think.

Basically you have to fill up the grids with the give clue to the sides. It's quite fun cos it's like to place each pixels to the image and finally uncovering the picture. This game isn't difficult for me. I don't like sudoku because I think it's difficult and it requires a lot of thinking.

I found one trick is that we have solve from outer to inner. The same approach as playing jigsaw puzzle. The digits showing the number of grids to be filled is in order.

By reading my description here isn't enough. Don't worry there's a tutorial in the game that can help you get started and start solving! Check out this game in store now~

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Rampant piracy has slowed DS software sales in Europe by nearly 50 percent, says Nintendo.

Software sales for the Nintendo DS have recently plummeted by nearly 50 percent in Europe. The reason for such a massive decline? According to Nintendo, the blame falls squarely on piracy.

Gamasutra reports on Nintendo's claim that rampant piracy is responsible for the dropping sales in Europe. Nintendo monitored just 10 overseas websites for illegal software downloads, and, according to their findings, these sites racked up over 238 million counts of piracy during the month of June 2009 alone. The company says that if you factor in the average cost of DS games, that's nearly 11 billion in lost sales.
The falling sales in Europe look especially grim when compared to the software numbers from the same period in the U.S. and Japanese markets, which have seen sales drop 11 and 7 percent, respectively (via Asahi Shimbun).
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata hopes to combat piracy by releasing new hardware, like the upcoming 3DS, designed to make running illicit software more difficult for pirates.

Source：http://www.unbeatable.co.uk/news/Nintendo-3DS-Out-October-2010/284037.html

Great news, and just in time for Christmas, the Nintendo 3DS has been given a launch date.
Following huge success with the Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi and more recently the Nintendo DS XL, Nintendo are now launching the 3DS which is a three dimensional version of the handheld games console. And now it has been reported that it will launch in October, much sooner than the previously predicted, March 2011 launch.

A pre-Christmas launch is great news for all those DS fans, and Nintendo have ensured that this version will not need 3D glasses to experience the format and that 3D effects will be visible without.

It has also been rumoured that the Nintendo 3DS will have vibration reactions, a 3D control stick and much more. The great benefit of the Nintendo DS series is that they are very affordable including the games and are a very appealing gift for all.

The E3 gaming expo is on in June where the Nintendo DS will be fully unveiled.

Another Nintendo DS game that I liked. I like the story and the part where I plays as the prosecutor in solving mystery cases.

Player gets to be as prosecutor but mainly you will be in the outdoors instead of being in the courtroom. Player will also be taking up a role like a detective, player have to examine and investigate in the crime scenes and link up the evidence and things that you found logically, from there you get a clearer picture of the mysteries.

This game is a sequel to the previous Ace Attorney game. For those who doesn't know about the other Ace Attorney game which was released earlier. In the previous game you will get to play as attorney and you will be in the court pressing on the witness and the defendant. I played one of the previous version for a while. Mainly the game play is almost the same. 

The story of this game is also very interesting because you have to reveal the story by ourselves and normally there's a lot of twist here and there so.. it really keeps me attracted to the game. *grins*

Another thing is the characters are interesting and the way they presented the game. It's just like reading a comic. I also like the way they present the dialogue. It's not normally those kind that they just throw you the text. There's animation and different speed of the text popping out, it seems to be the character talking even thought you do not hear it. And and.. The character's lips seems to sync with the text too. That's really very amazing and I wonder how they did that.. Hmmm..

You won't be able to feel it only when you get to play with this game. It's in fact a GREAT game to play. I really really recommend this game..

Official Webpage: http://www.atlus.com/touchdetective/

Today, I'll share with you another NDS game~ Touch Detective! Yea, it's a point and click mystery game. I'm not a great fan of these types of games but what interest me most is the story of the game. The story is captivating~~ whee~

Player plays as Mackenzie(picture on the left), the main character who runs a detective agency in a small town(I don't remember the town's name tho) Detective is somehow their family business, seems like she's not very experienced and there is this freakiest looking guy called Cromwell who will be helping Mackenzie at times. So we have to approach him from time to time in order to solve the mystery cases.

Yea yea, the picture on the left is the guy called Cromwell. Sometimes he's quite funny but I still thinks he looks quite freaky eh.. He looks like a zombie to me. Anyways, from the offical website of Touch Detective seems like he has been living for around 300 over years, no wonder he looked so freaky~


FUNGHI!!! Our dear Fungi.. oops. is Funghi on the left is our dear companion. Mackenzie's companion in exact. Actually this small little guy does nothing but sometimes he would give helpful hints. This Funghi will follow us everywhere, so when you are bored you can disturb it. =D But all it reply is "nnf, nnf".


This character on the left is Chloe, at first I thought she was a he but actually she's a girl. This character is more of a joker. She will just randomly appears and talks a lot of crap and she likes to bully another character called Penelope in the game.



Here comes Penelope~ I don't know why this girl seems to be in trouble all the time. So far I play seems like she the only one getting into trouble and getting help from Mackenzie.





There's a total of 4 episode.. Meaning there is 4 mystery cases to solve. Actually, the cases is quite easy to solve because all you have to do is to examine every where and talk to every person, use some logic and VOILA!! CASE CLOSE!


The game interface is interesting. The top screen will have what you see the game character. At time to time you will be able to see what she is thinking. The screen at the bottom is where u click and the most of the things happening happens at the bottom screen.

This game is worth to try out and for people who is interested in the game story~ uncover the stories by yourself~~

I think there's Touch Detective 2~ Check out the trailer below and the website~

Scribblenauts is a game on the Nintendo DS system. This game is really fun. Especially for those who likes to solve puzzle.


Yea, write anything solve everything. Basically you have to "create" your own items using words to solve the puzzle. For example, you input "banshee", a banshee will spawn for you. Then you can use it to solve the puzzle. They really have a powerful library. Anything you can think of mostly likely they will give it to you. One thing is that the object you want must be a physical thing, must not be copyrighted object like any brands or whatever. It have to be in the dictionary (at least in the game's dictionary) and lastly not of any abnormal stuffs like porn, drugs etc.

At the start of the game you have to go through a short tutorial. It cannot be skipped but it's really helpful in getting you started with the game. You will play as the character Maxwell, the guy at the cover picture above.

There is different levels and stages in the game. There is a total of 10 levels and in each level, there is small puzzles. You will be given a hint at the start of the puzzle and you have to accomplish it. For example, you will be given a scene whereby a cat will be stuck at the tree and you have to get the cat to the girl. There's a thousand of ways ( maybe not thousand, many XD ) to solve this puzzle. I remember in my case i summon the FIREMAN. Haha. And it works~

There is also another goal for each puzzle. That is to use as few words as possible or to use lesser than the stated. Lets get a picture to refer to.


Take a look at the upper part of the picture. (equivalent to what you will see in the top screen of the DS)
You see the word "PAR"? Yea, you have to use not more than 3 words to get a par. The same concept like a golf game.  As simple as that.

Currently, I'm still trying to unlock the levels. There is a total of 10 levels. Currently I'm only on the level 3. Level 1 and 2 is really simple. Level 3, the level I'm currently at gets a bit more challenging. There is also high replayability on the levels u had unlocked, you will have to accomplish the mission given to u (your vocab bank will help you in solving =D )

Talking about unlocking levels. The levels won't just unlock like that when you complete the previous level of it. You will get to earn some points and you have to sue the points to "buy" the levels.

That's about it. Will update more when i play further. For those who have DS you may want to give this game a try. It's really fun to play.

For those who needs some guide or help here is a walkthrough (not written by me) There is a part where it contains the game dictionary. You may want to check it out in order to solve the games.

Finally check the trailer. Moohahahahahahaha~~~










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