While it has some creative puzzle games, there's not quite enough to do to carry a whole game.

User Rating: 6 | O.M.G. 26 - Our Mini Games DS
By Swoosie | Review Date:
In short, "Our Mini Games" is just as the name implies: lots of mini games. The games are definitely most often puzzle in nature, not necessarily just speed or dexterity tests. However, these are definitely timed, and with 60 to 90 seconds to do most puzzles, they're often very simplistic. There are some creative and fun puzzles in the mix, but not enough of them to balance out the "tap 30 of the flying plates" minigames to make the whole experience fun.

This game is a loose marriage between Professor Layton and WarioWare, but definitely closer to Wario, but not quite as creative. Wario is better at entertaining kids and teens, while this OMG collection is neither fun for adults (too frenetic and lightweight) or kids (subject matter for the puzzles is too flat and boring).

There's a "story" tying the puzzles together, but it's a stretch -- you play a band of three kids exploring a haunted house, but the characters are creatively named "Red", "Green" and "Blue", and you basically learn nothing about the house or the monsters that live there, aside from seeing still images of them from time to time.

Overall, this is worth a play as a rental, or a cheap (< $10?) purchase, but don't expect more than one or two sittings worth of fun.
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