I guess I should start with the graphics and sound. Everything in this game has a cartoonish, kiddy feel to it. But before you say this is some stupid kiddy game, it is not. The cartoon graphics go along with the gameplay quite well. March of the Mini Marios also has a few cuts secenes in it too. The cut secenes are well animated and use both screens to good use. The only complaint is the fact that the top screen is juse used to show info. This game has decent sounds and music. Nothing really stands out, but nothing is bad or annoying, just sort of average. Okay, lets go onto the single player mode. When you first start the game a cut secene will go and you will see DK grab Pauline, the girl you had to rescue in the original Donkey Kong. DK will then take an evelator to the roof of the building. You will then use your army of mini marios to chase down DK. But the levels are short and on the easy side until the end. Time for the main event, the gameplay. March of the Minis is not complex at all. All you do is guide your mini marios, using the stylus, to a goal in the level. On your way there you have to avoid enemies, walk over spikes and water, and many other things. Basicaly you want to get to the goal as fast and with as many marios as possible to get a high score. But the best part about this game is the fact you can make your own levels. You start off with a blank page and fill it with anything you want. You can also unlock new things to add to your levels. And another good part about this is the fact that you can't share your levels with other people until you beat the level with all marios. This is great to keep people from making impossible to beat levels. As fun as making your own levels is, sharing and beat other people's levels over wifi is twice as fun. The only bad thing about this is the fact that you have to have the person's friend code. But there is good news. Nintendo has their friend code in your game so you can download levels from them. Overall I think this is a great game and should be picked up by all ds owning puzzle fans. And wifi makes it all the sweeter.
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