Arkanoid (DS)

This review is for the Nintendo DS game, Arkanoid, developed by the Taito Corporation and published by Square Enix. The game involves knocking out blocks using a ball which you have to keep in play, and different forms of the game have appeared on most gaming systems. The game has 140 levels to work through across five different worlds, which is a reasonable number to work through. You can choose to play the game in either the clear mode where you work through the game, or the quest mode. The quest mode is the same 140 levels, but each level has a specific challenge, so you are likely to want to play through the same levels again, so the principle does work. ...  Read the complete review

I think if you've been into computer games then you must have played Arkanoid or at least a similar version. You have a big bouncy pad at the bottom of the screen and a ball, each level has different blocks above strategically built it's your mission like always to destroy or the blocks by bouncing back your ball. Now I remember this being the first game I ever played back on the Commodore 64, there has been hundreds of alternate versions of this. Arkanoid DS is made by Square Enix (Cough, cough makers of Final Fantasy), so you know it's going to be good. You have the option of using the D-pad on the DS or your stylus, personally I prefer the D-pad ...  Read the complete review