Nintendo offered press a look at upcoming Nintendo (and third-party) titles at last week's Nintendo Media Summit, and Joystiq's Zack Stern was all up ons. He got a look at two of the most highly anticipated third-party DS games, and one surprise that we didn't realize Nintendo would put their marketing muscle behind.
Zenses: Ocean is a casual puzzle collection from publisher The Game Factory designed to be relaxing. It features an ocean theme (a second game will be rainforest-themed) and a mellow soundtrack (even including headphones in the package). The games described include block-matching and a "connect the dots" game that is basically Puchi Puchi Virus. Zack was perhaps a little too relaxed by Zenses, in that he didn't find it particularly fun.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
4-15-2008 @ 7:22PM
Pie Pants said...
"Star Power is activated by yelling."
*sigh* more tacky use of the microphone.
I guess that wipes what little interest I had in the game.
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4-15-2008 @ 7:24PM
iruka said...
WTH?! yelling to activate star power?!?!
oh well.. say good bye to activating star power... or maybe i can just blow?
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4-15-2008 @ 8:21PM
dswill79 said...
Seems to work in just about every other DS game utilizing the mic. Blowing is still almost as lame, though...
4-15-2008 @ 7:44PM
Aparoid said...
Zenses, huh? What exactly is the definition of casual gaming these days?
Anyway, I can see myself throwing my DS at the wall in frustration from those little puzzle games.
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4-16-2008 @ 2:12PM
hvnlysoldr said...
I find rock stars do usually yell at concerts.
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