After playing this game i am a fan of Custom robo!
User Rating: 9 | Gekitou! Custom Robo DS
One of Nintendo's Franchises that has been under the radar here in America is The Custom Robo Series. Basically its all about tiny robots that you customize for battling. The newest installment of this franchise is Custom Robo Arena for the Nintendo DS. In this game you are a young boy who moves into a new town. Your dad and sister make custom robos your school is crazy about them and they even close school for them. lets just say that Custom Robo's is all anyone ever thinks,plays,or talks about. Even your school principle is opposed with the little robots. During the game you are hit with Really crappy visuals that look even bad for a GBA game. you also must sit though very boring dinner conversations and other dialog that you could care less about. so you end up mostly just skipping though the Talking. The story overall is really bad and does not pull you into it like pokemon does and many other RPG style games. So the only thing that keeps you playing this game is the great battle system. In the Game you are hit with frequent battles where you use your Robo vs various other people's Robots. When you go into a battle you can edit your robo (clean,Equip, etc..) you can look at your opponents Robo or you can look at the stage. This is def. Where the game gets good. You have a great 3-D battling system where you can either Shoot a bomb, shoot a homing kinda bomb. your gun. You can even do close range attacks that is great for combos. This part of the game looks great. The robos have good detail and there is no slow down of any kind in this game. The gameplay is very addicting and when your playing wether it be a computer,friend or stranger on Wifi you see that each player has a natural technique of playing this game.. i guess what i am saying is that you will never find 2 people that have the same exact method of "diving" simular maybe but never the same.. You can even take this game and play it Multi card or single card play where you can battle with a friend near by. Also this has Wifi battles. this game you need no long friend code and you can just get a fight with a random person and play! it also features a Rival list. after you battle with your oppent if you think you had a great match and went down to the wire or if you just want to play them agian you can add them to your rival list so you don't need the long friend code.. i like how Metroid is not the only game that did this...
Its nice how Nintendo got this game right with the really fun Customization and Battling parts. but it really lacked in the story and how the game look when your not battling. Even though the storyline is Bland the characters and the robo's have very likeable characters witch is always good for a terrible story. but hey Take the storyline aside this game is by far my favorite Custom Robo game and one of my favorite DS games.. The Customization is so cool there is literally thousands upon thousands of combinations you can choose from.If you need your doze of Robot battles this game is for you!
Breakdown
Gameplay: The battles are great but the storyline is bad. The good out weighs the bad though
Graphics: Robots themself look really good for a DS game. good amount of details.. outside the battles are not so good but after a little you start to like the overworld animations.. plus the cut scenes look great
Sound: some catchy tones but nothing to get too excited about Value: it can last you a long time. A long story and great Wifi extends the Shelf live of this game a lot
Overall: This game is just so fun and addictive even with those minor flaws when i play this game all i see is the greatness of this game.. prob. the most underratted Nintendo Franchises ever made!
