Miley Cyrus must be thrilled at hearing this. After conquering television and then motion picture, her character of Hannah Montana seems to have gone a notch higher. Miley, who hit stardom a few years ago when the Disney channel cast her in the dual role of Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana is one of the most familiar faces in America with experience in song writing, acting and vocals. Now with the development of Hannah Montana for the DSLite, her image and status is all set to get another shot in the arm. The theme behind the game is that inexplicable outsiders pose as a threat in revealing the truth behind the alter ego of Miley. The game is fun and has quite a hilarious take on the show of Hannah Montana. The game starts off with Miley waking up one fine morning and seeing a note which threatens her that somebody knows her true identity and would reveal it to Malibu and the whole world.

The rest of the game is about Miley trying to trace out the person behind the mysterious note and protecting her true identity. There are a total of five environments in Malibu that can be explored and these have a pivotal role in the three episodes featured in the Hannah Montana DS game. Miley keeps navigating from her school to the boardwalk, then into the shopping mall and finally the concert stadium. She meets a lot of people during her journey and almost all the stars of the television series are depicted. An uncanny element has also been included in the game with Miley being put into confusion as even an ally could turn out to be the person in question! Play the Nintendo DS game if you have been a fan of the sitcom and you will enjoy the experience.

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This is an interesting game which requires players to hit buttons in tune with the music in order to move forward in the game. This Japanese title, not to be confused with the similar sounding war series “Band of Brothers”, is a first of its kind game on the DS. Band Brothers though predominantly Japanese is scattered with a few English instructions on the screen.

This is a disadvantage as instructions in English could make it easier for players to grasp the full context of Band Brothers. There are a variety of both familiar and unfamiliar tunes with different settings of difficulty levels. As you advance in the game, moves become harder to pull off.

As a player, your aim is to become a rockstar in order to find a place in the band. Although the PSP already has popular rhythm based games like Patapon 2, such quality musical games are decidingly scarce on the DS; which is why Band Brothers is such a welcome development. There are different modes in Band Brothers, such as the single and wireless multiplayer mode, band play, etc. The interesting ‘special event’ option requires you to be nifty with your fingers as you stop a bomb from going off.

Graphics are vibrant and fresh. The band brothers bats are the main characters and they light up the screen with their presence. The female bat is the prominent character who is very cool. They are bright coloured and amusing. Further challenge is offered with the option of choosing from different songs and variations. The tempo of the songs can also be altered. It is exciting as you tap along for Super Mario theme one minute and lilting with the Classical Music the next.

On the whole, the Band Brothers is a game that is absolutely different from the usual battle, action and adventure games. It offers some wonderful moments on your favourite Nintendo DS.

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