Out of all the Japanese DS launch titles it’s Daigasso! Band Brothers that really has our interest. This game which flew under the radar of Super Mario 64 DS, Sawaru Made in Wario and even Sega’s Kimi no Tame Nara…

Sawaru Made in Wario is the first Wario Ware title for the DS. Instead of button pushing, Sawaru Made in Wario makes use of the DS hardware. All of the games are played using either the touchscreen or the microphone.…

Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat is a unique approach to platformers. Instead of moving around with the controller, you make Donkey Kong jump by clapping. Read our playtest to see the results of Nintendo’s creativity.

Perhaps the unusual mix of a Japanese Samurai in the days of hot shot gunslingers is what makes Samurai Western so intriguing. With the exception of the wandering Samurai Acquire has done a great job of recreating a stereotypical Western…

It’s not actually a card game, but it acts like one. In Kamen Rider Blade your attack is determined by which card pops up. See this works out in our playtest of Kamen Rider Blade.

Yoshi’s world is turned into a giant storybook. If Yoshi wants to return his world back to normal he’ll have to open up the book and read it. Since he’s given the storybook world Yoshi has control over the world’s…

In Detective Conan: Daiei Teikoku no Isan you take on the role of the young sleuth who is out to crack the mystery around an affluent family. Should you take on the case? Find out in our playtest.  …

Konami’s latest DDR release is like a best missed hits package for Japan. It features a bunch of US exclusives found on the Ultramix expansion packs and the biggest BeForU compilation ever.

In Rogue Agent you play as a fellow agent, who sides up with evil. You can dual wield weapons and have weird special powers like MRI vision. Yet, Goldeneye: Rogue Agent just isn’t fun. Find out why in our playtest. …

Need for Speed Underground 2 is Electronic Art’s take on the world of street racing. At the beginning of the game you’ll start out as a newcomer into the scene. With each pass of the finish line, magazine photo shoot…