Turn It Around (DS)

Nintendo's aim with the dual-screen, touch-sensitive DS was to encourage game developers to think in new ways about how the gamer can interact with games in the hope that this would lead to interesting new titles. The developers of Turn It Around did just that - they thought of exactly one new way of interacting with a game and ran with it. Turn It Around is a minigame collection where all of the games are based around a single control method - that of turning. The touch screen is occupied by a wheel which can be turned using the stylus, and all of the games involve rotating this wheel. Some of the games require you to spin the wheel as quickly as you can, ...  Read the complete review

~~~~~~~~~~~~~GAMEPLAY~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Turn it around is a unique game by 505 games which comprises of 25 mini games. In each of the minigames you have to use either your stylus or the arrow keys to navigate the game. The games are really simple for example in the pottery game youu have to keep the plates spinning and not let them fall. In the hammer throw game you have to spin the person and release the ball so it goes as far as ppossible. In the turning puzzle you have to turn variour pieces of a picture so that it aligns with the main picture. I have mentioned just a few games. There is a 1 player and 2 player mode. When you enter the 1 player ...  Read the complete review

About the Game -------------------- Released in 2006 by 505 Games, turn it around is a series of 25 mini-games for the Nintendo DS. All of the games are controlled by spinning an onscreen wheel with your stylus, hence the games name. Gameplay ------------ On loading the cartridge you can choose whether to play single player or two player mode (via wifi). After selecting single player mode you can choose to play either challenge mode or in freeplay mode In challenge mode you have to play all 25 games to win, whereas in freeplay mode you can choose individual games to play at your leisure. Whichever games you ...  Read the complete review