As a puzzle game fan, but not a Pokemon fan, this games mechanics are weak and I recommend it to no one.

User Rating: 6 | Pokemon Torouze DS
First thing I want to say is that if you are a Pokemon fanboy (as so many people seem to be), you're probably going to enjoy this game because of the Pokemon and all of the "catching" that goes about. I, am not a Pokemon fan, I don't play Pokemon games, but I thought this would be a quality puzzler. I was mistaken.

The puzzle aspects of this game are simple. You line up 4 matching Pokemon and it starts off a Trozei. After that you line up 3 matching (within a limited time) and then you line up groups of 2 or more. As long as you are matching groups of 2 or more the Trozei time continues, but if you don't match anything for about 2 seconds the time ends and you repeat the cycle.

My main problem with this game is that there is either something more to it that I don't understand or it's just ridiculously easy. Often after setting off the initial 4 Pokemon I can just not do anything at all and 90% of the screen will clear itself. The pieces will just fall down and keep clearing themselves.

This always confuses me because most of the pieces that I see clear aren't perfect matches. I'm thinking that there is some sort of similarity between these Pokemon that are matching up that I don't know because I don't play Pokemon games. This is the first reason that I say Pokemon fans will find more enjoyment out of this game.

In the "adventure mode" of the game you go around to different areas Trozei'ing different amounts of Pokemon to pass the stage. Each stage asks you to Trozei a certain 3 Pokemon. I don't quite understand this part either because the Pokemon seem to appear randomly in each level. So, to Trozei those specific three is all luck? Does catching them all always come down to luck?

Once again, I blame my lack of knowledge (and the lack of wanting any of the knowledge) for disliking this game. I am a huge puzzle game fan, so I do have reason for playing this game, but I really just don't see the puzzle strategy or the urge to "catch 'em all".

I would not recommend this game to anyone to be honest, but Pokemon fans probably can't resist it and will more than likely have fun. If you are under about the age of 10 you'll probably have more fun with it than I did as well. Those who are only puzzle fans, look elsewhere for good times.