Think of it as Mario Party meets Bomberman.

User Rating: 7.4 | Bomberman Land Touch! DS
By SevenSorrows | Review Date:
If you like Bomberman, you might like this game. I suggest that if you own the first Bomberman for the DS that you rent this game first. Think of it as Mario Party meets Bomberman. Bomberman Land: Touch has three modes: Story, Battle Pack, and Attraction. In the story mode, you play as Cheerful White (AKA White Bomber) at an amusement park. The amusement park has 5 different zones you can explore, each with its own "attractions", or mini games. The mini games are hit or miss. Some mini games can be fun, and some mini games can be so frustrating, they make you want to smash something. Scattered around the amusement park are gates, and to open them you will need to have the required number of "pieces" from the zone indicated. The pieces can be earned by playing mini games in their respective zones. For example, if you beat a mini game in the Spade zone, you will get a Spade piece. By beating the same attraction twice you can earn tokens, which can buy you items and characters for attraction mode. In order to complete story mode, you'll need to use different bombs, wear different costumes, and put on different head gear, which can all be earned in mini games, bought with tokens, or found in chests. The control in story mode is all with the stylus. EVERYTHING. To open chests, move around, etc., which isn't a bad thing. All the mini games use the stylus too, and some even use the microphone. The stylus works well in most mini games, but causes the frustration in the others because of poor control.

Here's where Bomberman Land: Touch will disappoint you. The Bomberman Battle Pack mode features the same Bomberman multiplayer from Bomberman DS, except it's missing a lot. First off, if you have the first Bomberman for the DS, you'll notice the lack of items. Bomberman DS had around 15 items (not counting power-downs), and Bomberman Land: Touch! has 4 (not counting power-downs). Because of the lack of items, quite a few levels and modes are missing from the first. Also, the Battle Pack doesn't use the stylus or the microphone, so that also contributes to the loss of levels. The Battle Pack does however can use single card or multi-card download, which is good. The Battle Pack also has wi-fi, but unfortunately, it disappoints. The frame rate drops to a really slow pace, which can ruin a match by itself. The Battle Pack really brings this game down, if it had the same content in the first Bomberman DS, this would've been a better game.

Bomberman Land Touch!'s third mode is attraction mode, where you can replay all the mini games you've completed in the story mode by yourself or with up to three friends. Attraction mode can be played with single or multi-card play. The only problem with single card download play is that every time you want to play a different mini game, you'll have to reconnect with your friend(s) for each different mini game you play. Bomberman Land: Touch! is a solid game, but a disappointing multiplayer and some frustrating mini games bring this game down to what could've been a great game.

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