Digging and Sinking with Taizo!
Dig Dug DS is a mix of the old school Dig Dug and Dig Dug 2 (both on the Nintendo Entertainment System). In Dig Dug, you play in a 2D perspective, digging down the ground as you encounter underground enemies. To defeat them, you shoot a harpoon at them and inflate them until they pop. In Dig Dug 2, you played in an overworld view as you defeated your enemies by dropping various terrains of the ground they're on. To do so, you would simply just make cracks on the ground.
In Dig Dug DS, the objective of each level is to sink the giant monster that is on the island. To sink it, you must create cracks on the ground with poles that are around the island. To use the poles, you must drop into one of the island's holes that lead to the pole and create a way for the poles to fall further down. When it reaches to the bottom of the ground, it has gone to the deepest level it can. If other poles link to the crack, then that part of the island will fall.
When digging under, you can also collect special items that may aid you. For instance, you can repel enemies with this one certain item in order to avoid them from attacking you. There are two kinds of items: The first kind will work only on Taizo. The second kind will call Susumu in which he will assist you, like stopping the boss from moving.
The story is about Taizo [aka the Dig Dug guy] getting fed up over how Susumu [Mr. Driller] gets all the credit. One day, he receives a phone call from the government over how some explorers were searching for fossils and then suddenly awakened the monsters that were dormant. Taizo takes the job instantly.
The music is pretty good for the most part. When you're digging, the music will play when you're moving, just like in the original Dig Dug. The graphics are mostly 2D, and even though the dialogue scenes are basic, they're decently presented. The big bosses are rendered in 3D, though, which don't look too shabby.
The sound in the game is mostly all traditional Dig Dug sounds. Fans of the older games would recall such jingles.
If you liked Dig Dug 1 and 2, or just want some old school, good ol' fashioned gameplay, then give this game a try.