Di-Gata Defenders is a traditional RPG game with side quests, equipments, turn-based battles and just about everything you can find in an RPG formula. You are a mysterious person on a quest to save the world. Introduction of the game is ineffective and pseudo-anime. High octane techno music keeps you waiting eagerly for exciting action.

However, as you continue to wait through the game, excitement eludes you. Characters are customizable. You can customize the clothing, stats and even the face. There are various sigils named Yin, Yan, Ogama and Infinis. Stats can be customized by choosing one of the sigils. All standbys of the RPG are covered by boost in the status such as stamina, knowledge, HP, defense, etc offered by each sigil. The introduction to the characters in Di-Gata Defenders DS is confusing as characters are simply thrown at you. This is a severe contrast to the general RPGs which introduce the player to the story in a gradual and simple manner.

In the wild, as you walk around, there are no random battles. You can see the monsters walking around. Turn based strategy allows you to summon, attack and defend. Story is about finding a precious artefact that has been stolen by a thief. As you progress through the story, complete side quests to summon defenders. With a bad sound track and poor graphics, this game of Di-Gata Defenders is quite a badly made RPG for the Nintendo DS. For those who simply love acting detective and finding the thief, they can maybe have some fun hunting for the artifact.

The Dragon Quest series has been almost revered in Japan though it did not meet with as much success in the West. Dragon Quest V with the subtitle The Hand of the Heavenly Bride comes as the latest version to Nintendo DS.

First look at this game indicates there is a host of difference in the presentation as compared to the earlier versions like Dragon Quest IV: The Chosen Ones. The visuals in Dragon Quest V are stunning and realistic. Environment is featured with faux 3D worlds on the 2D sprites. An interesting additional feature is that players can rotate the camera all through 360 degrees. Journey takes you through wonderful and colourful visual art. Sound track is similar to the past versions. In this remake, it is finally the design and the story that take the cake.

Another interesting fact is that in the Heavenly Bride, the story takes you through the entire life of the character, not just a particular period. This is something rare in games. It is always fun to be a part of the life of a boy who makes his way through life and emerges a hero. The whole sequence of events is interesting and may a times keeps you guessing as it takes you through various circumstances.

The design of the Square Enix game has been expertly incorporated into the storyline. There are even instances where you look back when you go to a particular place on the time when you were there last. This game is clearly one of the best and interesting RPG games on the DS Lite.

Treasure World comes to DS Lite from the game publisher Aspyr filled with wonderful and exciting features. This thrilling game can be played as you go around. You can now park yourself in any of the city’s Wi-Fi spots and continue exploring interesting locations in order to unlock thousands of items.

This game of collecting and creating items should be as interesting for veterans as for the first time gamers. You can customize your creations according to your fancy. The game basically surrounds a treasure hunt, making it much different than other Aspyr games like Supreme Commander Xbox 360, but also giving the title a unique feel. Together with the solid gameplay, Treasure World is perfect for anyone who lets to explore challenging environments and find things.

There is a story behind the treasure hunt. Starsweep is a character in the game which flies around the cosmos on his not so reliable Haley ship. When the ship crash lands, Starsweep seeks your help for fuel. Stardust is the fuel you will be looking for and this is available only on the treasure stars. With the help of Starsweep’s Wishfinder, you get to use the treasurescope to identify stars that can be used as fuel for the ship. Adding interest to the game is the fact that you can disguise Wishfinder with costumes such as animal and human.

And guess what? Every time you enter the Wi-Fi zone, a wish is unlocked for you. Apart from helping Wishfinder, you can indulge in a variety of activities ranging from arranging your garden with collected lawn ornaments, plants, flowers and trees, use objects to create music, etc. Treasure hunt is a simple enough story with great visuals and is ideal for those who want to play for fun on the Nintendo DS.

Arcade racing comes from PC to DS. TrackMania has gamers hooked on to its looping rollercoaster courses and the loopy physics for ages now. It is now time to check out how this interesting game feels on the handheld. The portable version is sure to provide as much enjoyment on the DS as the PC version.

As a player, you pilot tiny little cars through tracks that are positively complicated. As you play the single player mode, you are up against a host of other cars on the track. There is no chance of you running into an opponent car. However, you tend to keep going off track. Game comes filled with a lot of challenges strewn over labyrinthine layouts of the course and of course the numerous other obstacles coming your way.

Simple controls add to the fun of gaming. For example, for filling gas, you press the A button, for braking the B, you press the X and Y buttons if you want to reset your car at the start of the race or at the last check point. You can choose this option depending on the type of race you are playing. A lot of interesting game modes add to the excitement. TrackMania Nintendo DS comes with many unexpected and pleasantly surprising modes. Apart from the routine practice modes, the game comes with the Platform and Puzzle modes. Platform mode challenges you to reach point B from point A through a highly technical course in as few tries as possible. The Puzzle mode teaches players the nuances of the game’s track building tool set.

With the innumerable loops and turns TrackMania is sure to keep Nintendo DS users on their feet. This is an interesting and exciting game that can provide hours of fun on your favourite DS Lite.

The Suikoden series are famous for their character role-playing adventure and has been the favourites of many since a long time. This game was introduced to the Nintendo DS world recently and is planning to maintain the same success formula. There are as many as 108 characters in this game, eventually there is no shortage of fun and adventure. Many locations are added to this version of the game with new inhabitants. The game begins with the players venturing into a dirty path through the forest.

The instructions are given by anime characters, which appear in little bubbles. These characters give instructions time to time during the span of the game. They disclose few choices available to the players and which they are unaware. The Suikoden Nintendo DS story is based on Suikoden Tierkreis, who ventures from his village to hunt down monsters of other areas. On the way, he finds a highly ruined temple and enters inside to examine it. After a long time examination, he finds a mysterious book in the middle of a circular chamber. When Suikoden touches the book, some memories are unleashed, which shows him the turn of events that lead to the destruction of the temple. When it comes to the game play, there are various combat modes and numerous attacks to give complete adventure.

The four members’ team have to face baddies of all kinds on their way to glory. On killing each monster, the players can collect various items, which will of great use during the course of the game. The most attractive feature of this game is definitely the story play and the character. Enjoy playing Suikoden Tierkreis and you will know the reason behind its numerous fan clubs.

The first game of this series Boom Blox didn’t make that big of an impression, but it wasn’t really what the team who made it had in mind. It was more like a rough draft of what was really to come. With the release of Boom Blox Bash Party, we’re expecting to see what the team really had in mind. With the introduction of new physics and environments, and the added element of proper level design tools, the game should catch a majority of the handheld gamers’ attention.

Boom Blox has super simple mechanics and controls which anyone can grasp easily and enjoy, and thought it was a game designed to appeal more to the masses than to the hardcore gamers, it seems to have won over fans from all sides. Boom Blox Wii has also been quite a hit, and fortunately this Nintendo DS version retains many of the aspects that make the game so fun on the Nintendo Wii.

Some of the new additions to the Boom Blox Bash Party are the inclusion of new multiplayer modes such as teamwork multiplayer, new themed environments, 400 new levels, a whole new cast of characters and new shapes for the blox. The game will also feature a new reward system to help the player unlock the true capabilities of the game.

Players will come across new types of blox such as radioactive ones, bomb blox and penalty blox, and lets not forget the virus ball. With all these new features, boom blox bash party is all set to sweep the old boom blox fans off their feet, and will definitely attract new fans as well. It is due for release on the Nintendo DS soon, so hold on tight and grab your share of blox action quickly.

Do you own a Nintendo DS and love football? Then EA Sports Football Academy will provide you with hours of fun and enjoyment. This game is a collection of mini games. As you play and face various challenges, you have the opportunity of improving your knowledge of this wonderful game. There are various techniques, positioning and strategies you learn as you play along.

This game from EA Sports allows you to play against your friends online with the help of the multi player mode. Enjoy beating them with the help of the skills you have acquired. According to news reports, EA Sports in combination with Sports mail offers enthusiasts a chance to win five copies of the EA Sports Football Academy game. Build a dream team as you journey through this wonderful game. Keep track of your IQ rating. After building your team, you can even swap ideas and get them on the pitch with the help of the coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, the Academy master instrumental in helping his team win the World Cup.

Challenge is provided with fourteen more mini games where you again strive to prove your skills at the game. All you have to do to get into the race for winning this Nintendo DS Lite game Football Academy for free is to answer the simple question – Which country did Luiz Felipe Scolari help to win the World Cup? After the closing date, winners will receive their game by post.

The original Rubik’s cube and another eight interesting puzzle games are offered in this wonderful package on the Nintendo DS called Rubik’s Puzzle World. A wonderful virtual version of the game, Rubik’s Cube comes in flagship versions of 4×4, 3×3 and 4×4 cubes to be solved. As the cube appears on the screen, you use the stylus to move the columns and rows.

Alternately the whole thing can be rotated in 3D space by moving the stylus over the empty area. The Rubik’s Puzzle World game can be started and your skill can be tested with the randomly mixed up cube or the pristine cube. The game offers certain patterns which you can try to solve too.

The seven mini games are entertaining and fun to play. In the game of Fit, there is a descending platform with holes. As a player you create large spaces within individual colored cubes and try to fit them into the holes. Enjoy playing the sliding puzzle game called Switch. Here you have to group cubes of the same colour. The main game as well as these two games is possible to be played wirelessly and with another player.

There is a platform full of enemies and obstacles through which you have to guide a cube in the interesting game of Roll. Colour is a unique game where you guide your cube across another structure of cubes to the exit point. In order to ensure safe passage, you have to match the color of the sides.

For those puzzle lovers, Rubik’s cube offers a wonderful and exciting collection of puzzle games.

Legacy of YS: Books I & II is an action packed game released more than a decade ago. The story of the Atlus game revolves around books that talk about the land of Ys. Adol is the hero who finds himself washed ashore an island. This adventurer discovers that the island is completely cut off from the world. He ventures rescuing the residents of the island who themselves are stranded. For this he must first find the solution to the problem which can be found in a book. During his quest, he encounters several thieves, monsters and goddesses.

The progression of characters and leveling in the Nintendo DS game is very RPG like. As you play the game, you find that the difficulty in killing your enemies is alternately hot and cold. For instance, without leveling enough to combat an enemy, you just constantly slash away trying to hit the point of damage and dying many times. As you progress to the next level however, you find that you are able to cause damage effortlessly to the once unconquerable enemies and the whole exercise becomes easy. Consistency in the difficulty levels could have made the whole venture more interesting.

Compared to the past versions, there is no significant change in the game except for the graphics. As for the graphics, they are mostly the kind of Japanese animation typical of other Atlus games like Luminous Arc. The excellent soundtrack included in Legacy of Ys has also been retained from the older version which is a relief. The game could have scored better with a little update on the gameplay. However, for all those fans of Ys, this is a nice enough game to play on your favourite DS Lite.

Echoes of Time play well on both the Nintendo Wii and on the DS. Both versions come with four player options. In this wonderful role playing game from Square Enix, you as a player start by creating your own characters and naming them. There are four different tribes you choose from namely the Lilty, Selkie, Clavat and Yuke. You can also choose from the two gender variations. Yuke here is a humanoid who is winged as well as masked and the other three are adorable warrior children with cherub like features.

Characters themselves come with various special attributes. Yuke comes equipped with amazing magic skills and Lilties are extremely good wielders of spear. Theme of the story is similar in line to the usual Final Fantasy series specialty, coming-of-age. As you turn 16, you are considered to be old enough to be sent on your first quest. Here you get a taste of the real life combat system of the game. User friendly controls add to the fun as you just use four primary buttons namely pick up objects, jump, attack and cast spells.

When you return successfully after your first quest, you find one of your villagers’ ill attacked by crystal sickness, a mysterious disease. A freshly returned hero, you venture finding a cure for this disease taking you from your small little village to a bigger and busier town. In Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time you heroically go around offering various services and collecting a crew of adventurers. With the help of a researcher in the local library, you are again sent on a quest to find a solution to the disease and there is a lot of excitement and fun along the way.