You can do better, much, much better…
The game play itself is slow and for the most part boring. The levels – once you get into them – are lacking in creativity. The stylus plays an important part in the game and it feels forced. You will find yourself holding the stylus pen while trying to still use the other buttons too often. To make up for this, the controls are very simple, and once you get used to them it becomes less of a big deal to hold the pen and the use the buttons at the same time. The overall game play is slow. Getting into the story is slow. It is just lacking in many areas and that makes it a rather difficult play.
The good, The Bad, The Interesting –
The Good – There are some cool gimmicks especially with the mini games within levels, but nothing is groundbreaking and if I want mini games there are plenty of better options. The color is pretty decent and I believe this is one of the greatest systems around to show bright vibrant colors, but there are plenty of games out there that seem just (if not more) vibrant than this game, besides a game cannot get by on vibrant colors anyway. The Bad – Well there are plenty of reasons I would not recommend this game, but the biggest one is the slow gameplay. Getting into the story is a drag. The story takes a long time to develop and is not interesting. Each level has a long intro that should help develop the story, but you cannot skip these and the story is fairly juvenile and unneeded anyway. I just want to play the game; I don't need to read a book about what is going on in the game. There are plenty of other reasons this game bothers me, but this is the biggest problem and enough for me to give up on this game on several occasions prior to this post.
The Interesting – I have read on several occasions that this is a game that grows on you. I have played games like that in the past and that is why I am not quite ready to give up on this one. Still I have put in my time on the game and still find it to be rather boring. I need more action in a game like this and it simply has not delivered. I feel there are plenty of games on the DS that capture exactly what this one is trying to capture, and would recommend looking for other titles before taking a flier on this one. This game has frustrated me to the point of wanting to resell it. The only thing stopping me is that it has pretty decent reviews out there online. Maybe it will grow on me, but my patience is running out here.