EGM Hands on for DS and PSP **UPDATE**

[Cmtz]

During E3 EGM had a chance to play with all the new games coming out for the PSP and DS. Here is how they rated them:


NDS

Mario Kart DS
Features Include
-Online
-30 Courses
-No Double Dash two racers
-Usual Characters and Power UP
-Smooth and Lag Free
EGM Rating for Mario Kart DS = Good

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Features Include
-Exploration-based gameplay
-Soul Collecting Power Up System
-Use stylus to defeat boses
-Use stylus to break blocks
-Use stylus to outfit your characters
EGM Rating for Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow = Awesome

Animal Crossing DS
Features Include
-Added Characters and Locations
-WiFi Internet Multiplayer
EGM Rating for Animal Crossing DS = Good

Metroid Prime Hunters
Features Include
-Different Characters and New Modes
EGM Rating for Metroid Prime Hunters = Terrible

Nintendogs
Choose your dog from 15 different breeds, then name it, tain it, walk it, feed it, wash it, love it...yeah, it's vaguely embarrassing for a grown man to shampoo a puppy with a stylus, but I'm proud of my pups noetheless. Could be the breakout hit of the fall....
EGM Rating for Nintendogs = Good



PSP

SOCOM: US Navy Seals-Fireteam Bravo
Features Include
-Multiplayer
EGM Rating for SOCOM: US Navy Seals-Fireteam Bravo = Good

DAXTER
EGM Rating for DAXTER = Good

The Con
Features Include
- Play as a thug in this urbanized 3D fighting game where your fighting style is as important as your acting skills. The Con takes a fress approach to the fighting genre with a gabling feature that lets you bet on your own fights...which you can then throw on purpose.
EGM Rating for The Con = So-So

Gripshift
Features Include
-hybird driving platformer
EGM Rating for Gripshift = Teribble

More to come

[Muscelli]

i hope socom includes a headset

[TheRedEye]

So their new rating system is on a scale from Terrible to Awesome?

[Cmtz]

So their new rating system is on a scale from Terrible to Awesome?

No this is the yearly report card rating system after E3.

[zmweasel]

Why did EGM call Hunters "terrible"?

-- Z.

[TheRedEye]

Why did EGM call Hunters "terrible"?

-- Z.

Because it's not Good or Awesome, duh.

[slownerveaction]

So their new rating system is on a scale from Terrible to Awesome?

They're working on the Strong Bad scale now.

[PDorr3]

wow never expected metroid to get terrible, what were the specific reasons?

[Crush Crawfish]

Yeah, I'd like to know why metroid got a terrible rating as well. The demo seems quite good from what I've played. It's good to see that Castlevania's coming along well, though.

[Cmtz]

Yeah, I'd like to know why metroid got a terrible rating as well. The demo seems quite good from what I've played. It's good to see that Castlevania's coming along well, though.


This is what EGM said:

What would you call a portable version of Metroid Prime 2's craptacular death match game if it had different characters and new modes, but made opponents tougher to find (no online multiplayer, only local WI-FI) and featured maddening controls? Nintendo calls it Metoid Prime Hunters, but I have a better name for it. Bleh.

[SRC]

Yeah, I'd like to know why metroid got a terrible rating as well. The demo seems quite good from what I've played. It's good to see that Castlevania's coming along well, though.


This is what EGM said:

What would you call a portable version of Metroid Prime 2's craptacular death match game if it had different characters and new modes, but made opponents tougher to find (no online multiplayer, only local WI-FI) and featured maddening controls? Nintendo calls it Metoid Prime Hunters, but I have a better name for it. Bleh.

:hmm: I don't know, does it just take getting used to? Or is he disapointed and completely ticked? Or just plain hates the game?

[TheRedEye]

So are you just kind of teasing us with the slow updates here or...?

[SRC]

I at least found the summary:

Mario Kart - good
Castlevania - awesome
Metroid Pinball - good
Nintendogs - good
Mario and Luigi 2 - good
Animal Crossing DS - good
Advanced Wars - awesome
Sonic Rush - good
Metroid Prime Hunters - Terrible
New Super Mario Bros. - good
Viewtiful Joe DS - good
Trace Memory - good

Didn't type it up myself though, I don't have the issue yet.

[TheRedEye]

I at least found the summary:

Mario Kart - good
Castlevania - awesome
Metroid Pinball - good
Nintendogs - good
Mario and Luigi 2 - good
Animal Crossing DS - good
Advanced Wars - awesome
Sonic Rush - good
Metroid Prime Hunters - Terrible
New Super Mario Bros. - good
Viewtiful Joe DS - good
Trace Memory - good

Didn't type it up myself though, I don't have the issue yet.

Pfff, that's nowhere near a complete list of the DS games shown. Off the top of my head, they didn't include Lost in Blue, Trauma Center, Snowboard Kids, Touch Golf, Yu Gi Oh, Civilization, Narnia, or SHREK SUPER SLAM.

[SRC]

I at least found the summary:

Mario Kart - good
Castlevania - awesome
Metroid Pinball - good
Nintendogs - good
Mario and Luigi 2 - good
Animal Crossing DS - good
Advanced Wars - awesome
Sonic Rush - good
Metroid Prime Hunters - Terrible
New Super Mario Bros. - good
Viewtiful Joe DS - good
Trace Memory - good

Didn't type it up myself though, I don't have the issue yet.

Pfff, that's nowhere near a complete list of the DS games shown. Off the top of my head, they didn't include Lost in Blue, Trauma Center, Snowboard Kids, Touch Golf, Yu Gi Oh, Civilization, Narnia, or SHREK SUPER SLAM.

Looks like we'll have to wait then... :embarrassed:

[TheRedEye]

Nah, I think I can pull this New Journalism stuff off.

Lost in Blue - awesome
Trauma Center - good
Snowboard Kids - good
Touch Golf - good
Yu Gi Oh - terrible
Civilization - good
Narnia - terrible
Shrek Super Slam - terrible
Phoenix Wright - good

[Famidrive-16]

Shrek Super Slam? HOLY SHIT!!!

[SoulBlazer]

What breeds are going to be in the Nintendogs game?

I hope the Boxer is one of them.... :D