DS Apps:
Please note that I entered a program in this section called 'Health Monitoring Tool Kit'. As such, I will not review it as part as my main review. However, at the end, for completion's sake, I will write what i think of it and where in the ordering I think it should be, but for fairness it shouldn't be considered part of the main review.
Ace Attorney DS:
The splash screen was very professionally done. I loved it. Unfortunately, the program locked up as soon as the first in-game screen showed up, the options menu.
DSwiki:
This program is really neat. I like the interface and I think it's rather useful. I will be using it fairly often.
HWOS2:
Crashes. I can't review it.
DSision2:
I love this interface! It's so pretty. Not entirely useful to me, as I like ysmenu, but well done.
Ands-PDF:
The interface is horrid. It's basically just a console. Text. That's pretty much it. When you move the cursor down the menu it doesn't autoscroll. It's horrid. I hate it.
Mario Paint Composer DS Paratrooper Release:
To be fair, I'm hearing impaired. A lot of this was probably lost to me. It looks very nice, very professional, and what I could hear of it, it was pretty good.
SutraDS:
The scrolling background made me feel like I was going to be sick. It was not pleasant. The animations put me into the mindset of corpses, which is not a pleasant mindset to have when thinking about a ***-themed program. Also, the *****-based navigation interface is... distasteful. On the other hand, a few positions were interesting and I might try them out.
myPiano:
Another sound-based application. It's hard for me to be fair with these. I didn't hear anything at all when I played with it. The interface is very simplistic and not very pleasant to look at.
Wee Basic:
Not really that useful to me. I wonder if it will be useful to much of anyone. Writing code on a DS is not a pleasant experience.
DSBash:
The loading screen's scrolling background made me ill. I don't like things like that. I like bash and I would have enjoyed this reader, but I can't get online mode to work. It keeps giving me errors, saying it can't find votes.
Ordering from best to worst:
1. Ace Attorney DS 18 +10 (28)
2. DSwiki 20 +5 (25)
3. Mario Paint Composer DS Paratrooper Release 17 +5 (23)
4. DSision2 14 +5 (19)
5. DSBash 15 +0 (15)
6. SutraDS 8 +5 (13)
7. Ands-PDF 7 +5 (12)
8. myPiano 1 +10 (11)
9. Wee Basic 3 +5 (8)
10. HWOS2 0 +5 (5)
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DS Games
SnailRace:
The graphics are cute and it's a reasonable game. I like it, though I don't fully understand it.
Brix:
I love this game. I love puzzles. I played the original version of the game and loved it. The graphics are ok and the puzzles are very well thought out.
Glubies:
Fun if simple game. The graphics are good and I enjoyed the unique gameplay. I've never lead creatures around by their tongue before.
Natura:
On a touch screen unit, why would someone put the menu on the top screen? The way text scrolled on the screen was annoying. Part of a word would start to print, run out of room, flicker, and move to the next line. The intro text is a lot to read and there's no way to skip it. It's a boring start. The gameplay may appeal to some, but not to me. It's a simplistic platformer.
Balloon Pop:
Pretty fun game. I like 'tower defense' style game and this is a silly one but it's ok.
Vahalla DS:
The graphics on this game are amazing. I love the animations. This game is very well done.
Vector Tower:
This is an awesome tower defense game! I love it! So fun!
Anime Jo:
I like the graphics in this game but I just didn't like the gameplay.
Alice and Marisa:
You touch fruit. You give the fruit to the girl. Repeat. It's not a good game.
Bill and Ted:
This is a very fun, if challenging game. The graphics aren't very good, but the awesome part is the gameplay. That and Bill and Ted rock. Party on.
RGB DS:
Pretty decent puzzle game with a nice twist. I like it.
Shooting Range:
This is a game?! This is not a game. This is nothing. This is trash. Can you click a sprite? How about if it move over here? How about in the original position? Again in the second position? Wow! I'd give this 'game' a negative score if I could.
Ukke:
On my DS it showed nothing but white screens.
Bouncy Marble:
The graphics are bland, the gameplay isn't very good either.
5 Dice:
A pretty good Yahtzee clone. It's fun and does what it advertises.
Search Eye DS:
This basically recreates those 'find the hidden object' things from the magazines in doctor's offices. Boring, but I guess it could appeal to some people.
Jangki:
This is a really good game. Wish I knew how to play it.
DronS:
This is a clone of the Tron lightcycle game. It's ok. Not spectacular.
Ordering of best to worst:
1. Vector Tower 20 +5 (25)
2. Brix 20 +5 (25)
3. Vahalla DS 20 +5 (25)
4. Bill and Ted 15 +5 (20)
5. Glubies 15 +5 (20)
5 Dice 10 +5 (15)
6. RGB DS 10 +5 (15)
7. Jangki 10 +5 (15)
8.SnailRace 8 +5 (13)
9. Balloon Pop 7 +5 (12)
10. Natura 5 +5 (10)
11. Anime Jo 5 +5 (10)
12. Ukke 0 +10 (10)
13. Bouncy Marble 5 +5 (10)
14. Search Eye DS 5 +5 (10)
15. DronS 10 +0 (10)
16. Alice and Marisa 1 +5 (6)
17. Shooting Range 0 +5 (5)
