Ahmed
BrentonCustom Robo Arena
July 5th 2007 12:56
For budding little wannabe robo pilot kids this is a god send from Nintendo. It's actually a god send for me too, and a lot of other people. Why? Well it's the simple concept behind the game: Buy and customize robots that you use to fight other customized robots. Simple as that really.
Custom Robo Arena is the latest iteration of the series, released for the Nintendo DS. It features a single player storyline that despite the throngs of text you'll have to read to understand kids below the age of 14 will love, though everyone over that tender age will just want to get on with the game. The story itself is tuned towards the sub 14 year old demographic, about evil bad guys trying to take over the world with custom robos and this child prodigy (which you play) who has a natural talent for custom robos and is exceptionally powerful.
The games dificulty is very forgiving and not until 3/4 of the way through will you start struggling to win those robo battles. While the pace at which the difficulty picks up is nice and smooth, starting so low that an eight year old can enjoy it, the difficulty does jump up high after you reach a certain level. Then it becomes a battle to finish the game, and perhaps for kids it may be downright aggravating and they may just give up with teh storyline all together instead focusing on the smaller (simpler) battles throughout the game.
Customizing your robo is paramount to win any game, choosing the right legs, right bomb, right gun and right pod is essential to winning once the game gets harder, despite early on it being no more than a novelty. There are many different customizations you can make and this alone should provide the joy to robo pilot wannabe kids.
Somewhat strangely robo maintanence is also a part of the game, you have to clean your robo after battles as they get dirty. If they get too dirty it may become more difficult to battle them. While it certainly won't teach kids to clean up their room it is a nice diversion, to remind the player the robo is his/her responsibility.
Over all I highly recommend this game.
The games dificulty is very forgiving and not until 3/4 of the way through will you start struggling to win those robo battles. While the pace at which the difficulty picks up is nice and smooth, starting so low that an eight year old can enjoy it, the difficulty does jump up high after you reach a certain level. Then it becomes a battle to finish the game, and perhaps for kids it may be downright aggravating and they may just give up with teh storyline all together instead focusing on the smaller (simpler) battles throughout the game.
Customizing your robo is paramount to win any game, choosing the right legs, right bomb, right gun and right pod is essential to winning once the game gets harder, despite early on it being no more than a novelty. There are many different customizations you can make and this alone should provide the joy to robo pilot wannabe kids.
Somewhat strangely robo maintanence is also a part of the game, you have to clean your robo after battles as they get dirty. If they get too dirty it may become more difficult to battle them. While it certainly won't teach kids to clean up their room it is a nice diversion, to remind the player the robo is his/her responsibility.
Over all I highly recommend this game.
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Comment by Anonymous
The gameplay is awesome, and everything else about it is cool, playingmultiplayer withmy little sister is really fun too, but she keeps beating me. I dont know why
Comment by Anonymous
i might get it for the DS later this year.