The newly launched Deal or No Deal (DS) game is the predecessor of the originally played television game show “Deal or No Deal” which was produced by Endemol. The Deal or No Deal (DS) game is bestowed with the same game sequence and simple premise of the original TV show Deal or No Deal.

The rules of the Deal or No Deal (DS) game are very simple. The player is presented with 26 briefcases which would contain 26 different amounts from $.01 to $1 million in a random order. The player chooses one briefcase from the 26 briefcases and the game begins. The player gradually has to eliminate the other 25 briefcases so that he/she could narrow down the amount that was picked up earlier by him/her. In course of the game there are different offers provided to the player from various mysterious bankers to buy the briefcase that he/she has chosen before the player learns what amount the briefcase contains.

Howie Mandel, the original host of the famous TV show, “Deal or No Deal” is also the host of the Deal or No Deal (DS) game. Though the facial features of Howie Mandel are not same as that of the original but his voice over present in the Deal or No Deal (DS) game makes it interesting. This game is basically luck oriented and random selection of numbers. The Deal or No Deal DS game offers two game modes i.e. Mastermind style game which involves the guess of a safe combination, and High-Low, along with the briefcases. The game also offers the player to play the role of the banker and make the contestant agree to a lower amount possible.

The Deal or No Deal (DS) game might not have the exact feel of the famous TV Show Deal or No Deal but it is still better to have a TV Show being imitated in video-gaming world.

This Game — developed for the DS lite — is based on a popular game show featured on TV and surprisingly, the entire game is based on ‘picking your odds’ and dealing with numbers between 1 to 25.

According to Wikipedia :

“The general game play of Deal or No Deal involves a contestant, a host/presenter, a banker, and a set of numbered briefcases (or boxes), each containing a different value. The values themselves are known at the start of the game, but which case contains what value is unknown. At the start of the game, the contestant picks a case that they hope is one of the most valuable. During the rest of the game, the contestant selects the rest of the cases one at a time for rejection and removal from play.
The amount inside each selection is immediately revealed; by process of elimination, the amount revealed cannot be inside the player’s chosen case. After a preset number of cases have been opened, the banker offers the contestant an amount of money and/or prizes to quit the game, the offer based roughly on the amounts remaining in play and the contestant’s demeanor. The player then answers the titular question:
• “Deal”, accepting the offer presented and ending the game, or
• “No Deal”, permanently rejecting the offer and continuing to open cases
The process of removing cases and receiving offers continues until the player accepts an offer to quit, or until all offers have been rejected and all unselected cases revealed, the player then winning the value inside the case initially selected. If a player takes a deal, the game is typically continued to see how much the player could have won if they had remained in the game.”

However, putting this on the DS lite isn’t doing much of a justice to the game (there wasn’t any justice to talk about in the first place) although the phone based versions were considerably good with the ability of going home with virtual money and not having to worry about ruining the TV experience for millions of watchers by ‘giving in’ before the bitter end.

Should you buy it? If you get a good price — deal; if not, No deal.

JayP80Geno reviews Deal or No Deal DS for the Nintendo DS Lite. The graphics are decent on this game except that Howie Mandel’s hands are huge and his fingers look like bananas. LOL. Overall the whole game is pretty lame and the only person that might like it is Howie Mandel. Deal or No Deal gets a 1.5 out of 10 stars.