Comments on: Elebits on the DS: Gotta Catch’em All

By: Lucky

Lucky — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 09:25:26 +0000

I am looking forward to picking up this game. How are the battles and whatnot? (If there are any o_o)

By: Lucky

Lucky — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:25:26 +0000

I am looking forward to picking up this game. How are the battles and whatnot? (If there are any o_o)

By: MadMirko

MadMirko — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:13:31 +0000

Just in the UK. I don't mind the renaming, Eledees sounds like LEDs, and the game is about things that shine. :)

By: Louise

Louise — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:39:39 +0000

I found it amusing that the box also said “Eledees” on it in another language. I guess 'bits' is a funny word in Europe?

By: Spencer

Spencer — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:37:15 +0000

Wow, I'm impressed at the self moderation of the community! Friendly and non confrontational is the way to be. Thanks suto_vu and denpanosekai!

By: Spencer

Spencer — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:33:28 +0000

Gotcha! Fixed now :)

By: MadMirko

MadMirko — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:30:40 +0000

Aha, I suspected this was going to be good.

It will again be called “Eledees” instead of “Elebits” in Yurop, BTW, and it seems to be released on 19th of February here.

By: Louise

Louise — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 06:05:50 +0000

Oops, thanks for pointing that out. I think Spencer fixed it for me.

By: denpanosekai

denpanosekai — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:48:04 +0000

By the way your article uses the same screenshot twice.

By: suto_vu

suto_vu — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:26:10 +0000

We don't really get confrontational on Siliconera, tina tuna. No need for birds to be flipped.

AS for Elebits, I love the Wii version. But I never did like the illustrations in the game. I thought it clashed with the rest of the game's visual style.

By: Louise

Louise — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:33:00 +0000

Really? I found that powering up elebits pretty helpful if I have the electricity to spare. Some of the powered-up forms take less electricity when using their powers. I especially like that the “elebits catching time” gets longer when you use a powered up elebit to catch other ones.

I thought that I'd get stuck in more places (especially before I figured out how to properly use the magnet Elebit), but I've found that the game usually throws you some elebits to catch if you're low on electricity.

By: denpanosekai

denpanosekai — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:01:02 +0000

Damn. We never said it was better. We said we ENJOYED it more than PH.

There's no room on Siliconera for comments like yours.

By: tina tuna

tina tuna — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:56:57 +0000

oh please. this game is not better than phantom hourglass. it looks great an all and i will definitively be picking it pretty soon. (because i liked the first elebits game) but this ain't no phantom hourglass.

*flippin you the bird*

By: denpanosekai

denpanosekai — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:37:33 +0000

Yup, this game rules. Thanks for the concise writeup. You nailed it, from the crisp graphics to the addictive gameplay. I also liked it better than Phantom Hourglass, if only because it doesn't shove a certain dungeon down your throat.

Some complaints: powering up elebits is not all that helpful, interaction with NPC is basically useless and… you can be STUCK in this game if you run out of Watts in certain locations. I'm thinking in particular of the Ice elebit in world 1… probably very little QA went on this title.

But the Wii game really needs a proper sequel, with no (less) slowdown, diverse locations and “helper” Elebits as the ones found in this DS game.