Arkanoid ds paddle controller update#
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They designed a paddle controller, basically a slick, shiny version of the arcade cabinet spinner knob, to be inserted into the GBA slot-a seriously clever peripheral. Square Enix has done exactly that by maintaining the core 'shoot the aliens' gameplay while dramatically expanding the strategy and skill required to succeed in the endeavor.What's heart-wrenching is that Arkanoid DS actually does have a really compelling DS stand-out characteristic tie-in.

Game Informer ( 83/100) said it's almost a stroke of genius: 'It takes some clever thinking to take something this old and make it feel new again.

GamesRadar ( 80/100) thinks it's a solid title: ' for quick-to-play, compelling arcade action - complete with a two-player head to head mode - it's hard to imagine a better package.

The game's an absolute steal at 20 bucks on either the Nintendo DS or the PlayStation Portable, but if you want the definitive version of this fantastic classic revisit, the Nintendo DS version is it.'

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IGN ( 90/100) found the DS game to be better than the PSP version: ' Space Invaders Extreme is a certified hit and easily the company's best effort in contemporizing its classic property.

1UP ( A-) says ' Space Invaders was never intended to be a graphical powerhouse, and with its solid, pick-up-and-play action and an easily digestible $20 price point, Extreme makes for a perfect summer gaming distraction.'.

How do the critics feel? Well, let's dive in, shall we?

Oh, and the money also talks and calls you 'God.' That's how blessed we feel just knowing such a game exists. It's like finding an extra $20 in that jacket you have in the back of the closet, only that bill somehow managed to reproduce asexually and gave way to a whole colony of legal tender. Mainly because our own world has been altered to include such an inspired recreation of the original Space Invaders, which we never could have imagined possible.

Arkanoid ds paddle controller update#

Nintendo Power (65/100) found the game to be fun, but not on par with Space Invaders Extreme: 'Though not as glossy as Space Invaders Extreme (another Taito update from Square Enix), brick-breaker Arkanoid DS takes advantage of the DS hardware more than its classic-reborn cousin by offering a vertical playing field and a touch-control option.' ДЇor us, the release of Space Invaders Extreme carries the same weight as a world-altering event. Arkanoid was a great game in 1986 and it's still a great game in 2008. Gamespot (80/100) was on the other side of the spectrum, and thought the game had a lot to offer: 'There's more than enough fun to be had with Arkanoid DS to justify its budget price tag, and the multiplayer content and online leaderboards that compare your performances in the single-player Clear mode ensure that there's no shortage of replay value if you're the competitive type. The sound effects and power-ups may have matched the arcade game but the same action is nowhere near the original.' But the gameplay is so far away from the original Arkanoid. The Paddle peripheral is absolutely fantastic: the knob has great weight and interfaces with the system and game extremely well.

IGN (45/100) felt that the developers took everything that was great about Arkanoid and flushed it down the toilet: 'But once you played the game it's easy to see just how bad of an ' Arkanoid' game it is. Reviews on this game range from good, to bad, to mediocre:

We've already seen critics rave over Space Invaders Extreme, but how about Taito's other redone classic, Arkanoid DS? Well, not so much.