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 Best of 2008... Best/Worst Handheld Games (and more)
Written by David Rasmussen
Best:
Animal Crossing : Wild World (Nintendo DS)
At long last this game reaches its full potential now that its companion (City Folk) is now out on the Wii. Buy both and make a matched set of fun!
Chrono Trigger DS (Nintendo DS)
What is it with me and retro RPGs ported to the DS & PSP, in this case it's Chrono Trigger (on my plate already for review ASAP).
Cooking Mama 2 (Nintendo DS)
What? Bummed that there was no Cooking Mama: World Kitchen release for the DS? Me too... well, at least we have the 2nd release from sometime back to console us.
Disgaea : Afternoon of Darkness (Sony PSP) and DS (Nintendo DS)
Actually I still have to play these but I've been eagerly anticipating these ever since I first got hooked on Disgaea from the PS2 version.
Dragon Quest IV (Nintendo DS)
Hmm... not so much easy as people have claimed but not too demanding (you do end up taking your time leveling up and getting all the gear you need to move on to the next area). Quite fun as old school RPGs go and I'm looking forward to playing V and VI in 2009.
Final Fantasy IV (Nintendo DS)
The second translation onto the DS (apparently nobody felt you needed to relive Final Fantasy I & II on the DS, especially since they were already released on the PSP), it counts you down to Final Fantasy VI (...and who knows, maybe they'll try and port Final Fantasy VII onto the DS, doubt it though since the PSP has slowly been milking the FFVII franchise with the UMD movie and then Crisis Core and who knows what's next).
Popolocrois (Sony PSP)
From the people who made the RPG Maker series, it might not appeal to many with its old school retro look combined with its Anime cut scenes but it is an addictive little RPG that could, so I recommend it if you can pick it up at your nearest GameStop or some other well stocked game place.
BONUS BEST
Personal Trainer: Cooking (Nintendo DS)
Wow! This is so easy and fun it could even teach ME to cook! ME! And that's saying something if something can teach ME to cook!! Not a game but a real cooking instructor, this thing has it... ooohhh... cheese pancakes from Russia! Yum!! Now that truly is From Russia With Love!!
Worst:
Harvest Moon DS & Harvest Moon : Cute DS (Nintendo DS)
Look, taking a game that looks like it should have been put on the GBA prior to its collapse as a present gen handheld (with minimalistic touch screen action) is one thing, but tricking us into buying the female version with all the same bells and whistles as the first? That's just downright mean! Play Island of Happiness and Rune Factory 1 & 2 if you must play a DS Harvest Moon game!
Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon (Sony PSP)
You'd be surprised to see a Harvest Moon game on my worst list... unless you've played Save the Homeland (PS2) then you know there is such a thing as a bad Harvest Moon game.
Every single game trying to cash in on the original Nintendogs craze (Nintendo DS)
And-- by the abyss!-- has that list ever grown terribly terribly long, with enough cannon-fodder games to choke Sin (Final Fantasy X)!!!
Consoles (NOTE : Unless I can play the game myself I'll just recommend it without comment).
Best:
Animal Crossing: City Folk (Nintendo Wii)
At long last a brand new Animal Crossing for the new system! Hooray!!
Cooking Mama : World Kitchen (Nintendo Wii)
Did you see the lightyears jump in graphics and gameplay in this latest version? It looks far better than it did the last time, and considering how much fun the last two versions were, this should be aces!
Harvest Moon : Tree of Tranquility (Nintendo Wii)
Taking its lessons from past GameCube versions, this newest Harvest Moon packs all that was great in past games and skips the flaws of past games (though be warned this game has its own little plateful of glitchy glitches, though a lot of times those glitches actually work for you instead of against you!)
Infinite Undiscovery (?)
I'm not sure how you undiscover things but it looks good, and reviewed well as I recall...
MGS4: Guns of the Patriots (Sony PS3)
Come on! It's MGS!! You know you can't live without this latest incarnation of the franchise! You must have it! You must!
Okami (Nintendo Wii)
Come on, once we saw the PS2 version with the calligraphy brush action we knew it had to get a port to the Wii! And it did!! "Wii" did it!!
Worst:
Dragon Quest (the game with the incredibly long title)
Wow, well I guess now I know why the Sony PS3 passed on this one... it sucks! Only 10 hours or so of gameplay, and not very rewarding gameplay at that! Dang! Well, good thing Tales eventually came along and saved us from bad RPGs.
Iron Chef America : Extreme Cuisine (Nintendo Wii)
OK, I do plan to review this so I may yet pull my negative comments with more positive ones... but again since 90% of games from TV Series usually suck I am not holding out hope for this one.
Wii Play (Nintendo Wii)
Worst game tied to a Wii gimmick (free Wiimote) ever...
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