Tingle RPG and Mecha MG DS Reviews

Reader Jeromy sent us the links to a couple reviews for Mogitate Tincle no Bara Iro Ruppii Land, better known as Tingle RPG, and Choushoujuu Mecha MG, or as we call it, Mecha MG.

An excerpt from the Tingle RPG review:

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Gameplay 8.00
Graphics 9.00
Sound 9.00
Overall 8.50

“I’m sure all RPG players are familiar with the monster treasure chests and the dungeons in the game don’t lack any either. While the ones in here don’t attack you, they do demand you pay Rupees before you can get your hands on their content and they won’t let you get away until you do! Bosses in the dungeons reside inside a much larger chest and once you and your bodyguard jump inside, you’ll find there are different ways of battling with the bosses. One of them is very similar to the Punch Out game in which the portrait of characters on the top screen changes as their HP drops. Another has you flying around on balloons, picking up bombs and dropping them on the boss’ weak spots. Once you defeat them, they reward you with a Super Ruby which you have to collect along with a generous amount of Rupees to help you reach your goal.”

And an excerpt from the Mecha MG Review:

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Gameplay 9.50
Graphics 8.50
Sound 8.50
Overall 9.50

“It does take a while before you get used to a new MG’s control panel using the stylus. Some of them are a little silly such as the Ammo Type MGs where you have to load every single bullet manually into the barrel although this maybe there to balance out the units.

As you drive your MGs around using the D-Pad, you view them from a third person perspective from the back and as you move, you can see the camera shake with each step you take. Coupled with the sound effect of those big heavy metal feet landing in the ground, it all feels very real as if you can actually feel those tremors despite only playing them on a little handheld console. If you don’t like the camera shaking however, you can turn off the effect. Collision detection is fairly good as you can crush lamp posts and trees if you happen to run into them (which you’ll probably do a lot) and, buildings can be knocked over if they are run into too much depending on your MG.”