Arkanoid – DS Game

6 reviews for Arkanoid – DS Game

1. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   ¯_(ツ)_/¯ – June 24, 2023

   I kept waiting for someone to go first but looks like I’ll be first…First of all, Arkanoid plays just fine with a stylus. I’m sure it’s better with a paddle like the original but since the game didn’t come with one, the stylus works good.I enjoyed playing it with the stylus. There is an option of easy, normal, or hard. I chose normal hoping it’s like the original. You also can choose your backgrounds and the style of the vaus I think, number of barriers (how many lives you get per round) and the music after you earn points for playing.Now for comparing the original to this one: The backgrounds are completely different. The blocks are pretty much the same but much much less blocks. The graphics of the blocks are nice and colorful. The vaus is similar but not exactly the same. There are no falling objects to make the game hard at all like the original does. (at least not in the normal play, maybe in the hard setting, I haven’t tried the hard mode yet) There are falling capsules giving you “powers” of the ball, like “C” for catch, “E” for expanding your vaus and so forth. If you are familar with the original, you know what I’m talking about. In this one, the capsules are small and almost hard to read the lettering but once you learn their colors & powers, you’ll be fine after that. I used to love the pink capsule for warping onto the next level. I haven’t seen that capsule at all so far.I actually completed the game in shock because I thought I had long ways to go. It goes to.

2. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Katrina L. Obryan – May 28, 2023

   Arkanoid is a game that is probably familiar to almost anyone. The entry for the DS is an excellent entry in this long running series of games that have appeared on almost every console imaginable. The concept is simple; move your paddle or vaus as it’s called (which is actually a spaceship) back and forth along the bottom of your screen while hitting a ball to destroy all blocks that are on the top screen. It sounds simple and it is…in the beginning. As you progress through the different stages you find some that are amazingly simple and others that take you several run throughs to complete. The basic clear game consists of 28 stages each with 5 levels for a total of 140 levels altogether. If the game had just included this mode it would still have made me happy. However, there is another mode called Quest Mode which gives you certain goals to accomplish. There is a different goal for every level. Oh, and you have to clear the level before you can unlock it’s respective level in Quest mode. There are also assorted power ups you can collect throughout the levels as well. Some are more helpful than others and you’ll learn the ones that will help you as you play. Some of them do more harm than good sometimes. Play the game and you will know what I mean. For me the game seemed a little boring the first time I played it but then I found myself not wanting to put it down. On another note, in Japan this game was released with a paddle controller. I’m not sure why this was not mad.

3. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   N. Durham – May 2, 2023

   Arkanoid has pretty much always been good for a blast, and this new age Arkanoid for the DS is no different. Featuring a bevy of visual upgrades, new power-up’s, multiplayer options, Quest and Clear modes, and unlockables; this Arkanoid warrants a try at the very least. Using the stylus as a paddle works surprisingly well (trying to use the D-pad surprisingly does not), and the game remains as simply addictive as ever. The game is really at it’s best in multiplayer mode for up to four players, which is a sheer blast. Also featuring online leaderboards, there’s much to admire here with Arkanoid on the DS, although there are some small drawbacks. For starters, the game doesn’t offer too much of a challenge (I seem to remember Arkanoid being a bit harder) compared to past versions of the game, but for newcomers, this isn’t anything to worry about at all. All in all, Arkanoid still remains a fun time that warrants your attention and time whether you are a newcomer to the series or old veteran, and the budget price tag doesn’t hurt either.

4. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Jenraider72 – April 29, 2023

    I used to play this in the arcade in the early 90’s all the time. The story line may be different, I really don’t remember, but it’s irrelevant to the gameplay anyway.Some levels appear different, and some I definately remember as being the same as the arcade version. In the video I explain the gameplay a bit, but basically, you use a small bar on the bottom of the screen as a sort of bat to bounce a ball back up the screen to destroy colored blocks and clear the level. As you advance, level design gets more intricate with unbreakable blocks in the way making it more difficult to clear the board, or just more blocks in general and faster speeds. In this version, as you progress and clear a group of levels, it has you pick which of 2 paths you’d like to follow (this is a new set of boards to play) example- choose group (called a satellite) e or F– basically go left or right up the levels. Eventually you’d have to do the level /satellite you didn’t choose anyway in order to finish the game.There are 35 rounds in all. Another new aspect is the “Barrier”, which is basically a saftey net, or a line at the bottom of the screen that will bounce your ball back if you happen to miss it with your Vaus(the afformentioned bat type of thing you hit the ball with). You can choose to have up to 5 barriers per round, and if you clear the level without ever missing the ball and having it hit the barrier you get a bonus. The bonus points decrease with the addition of more barriers. You.

5. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Melissa B – April 12, 2023

   We had great fun playing this game on the DS. The other reviews were helpful and true to what the game is if you played it when you were young.

6. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Mrs. Margaret L. Driscoll – April 4, 2023

   we have a game nite once a week there are 3 of us and we enjoy this one as we can all play with one card also we are all seniors and find it easy to play!