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Nintendo and Pokemon go hand in hand. The same is true for Pokemon and their many Spin-Off games. These amount to over 30 games and one of the most up and coming series in this area are the Rumble series. These follow a different scheme all together. Instead of having actual creatures, you catch and train wind up Pokemon toys that battle each other, much like actual Pokemon would. You must fight your way to the fierce boss battle at the end of every level and try to win. Once you have strong enough toys you can challenge the battle royale.

Whenever you say to someone’ What is the greatest game of all time?’, what will they say? Call of Duty? No. Super Mario Bros.? Nope. GTA? Once again no. Truth is that most people who know their games well will say the same. Legend Of Zelda Ocarina Of Time. Every single rating gives it perfect to near perfect rating. It even got something that only 4 games in the history of the world have ever achieved.

Originally released for GameBoy Colour in 1999, Prince of Persia is now downloadable on the Nintendo 3DS E-Store for £5.40 in the virtual console range. It is a fun but annoying game to play, with good graphics for its time and a gameplay to match.

STORY:
The story is following the main plot of the original movie, where a sorcerer has put a curse on the beautiful Jaffar, daughter of the sultan who was the ruler, and you have exactly 60 minutes to Marry her or she will perish! Unknown to her however you are currently in her dungeons.

SOUNDS:
Its like most games of its era has a nowadays - retro feeling with 64bit sounds. It shares this with most of the other games in the GameBoyColour Virtual Console Range.

GRAPHICS:
Not much to be said for the graphics front. It has a retro charm with 128bit visuals also common to the range.

GAMEPLAY:
This let me down a little. It has controls that if impatient will make you want the money back. However complicated this is solved by going through the training. I WOULD RECOMMEND DOING THE TUTORIAL FIRST. Once you have grasped controls of the game, quit the tutorial and select new game. However even with the tutorials, an annoying feature is that it is difficult to just walk one place forward but other than that the controls are rather easy.

SUMMARY:
This game isn't exactly my kind of game but I am enjoying it a lot. For the small price to pay this fun little game I would say it is worth it.

WOULD RECOMMEND TO:
- People who enjoyed the Prince of Persia movies
- People who want a little game to play
- People who like movie games

OTHER GAMES TO PLAY:
- Super mario bros. / land / land 2
- Legend of Zelda DX: Links Awakening

It’s amazing to think that a little less than 20 years ago, the gaming public were being wowed by a console about the same size as a small brick which could play Tetris in full black-and-white, on no less than six double-A batteries. Fast forward to 2011, and it’s even more amazing to think that we’re now able to play fully 3D games on a device about half that size (although battery technology doesn’t seem to have improved that much - more on that later).

This is Nintendo’s 3DS, the long awaited successor system to the monumentally popular DS, which was released a little over six years ago. The 3DS carries over many of the features of the previous iteration - dual screens, a touch sensitive lower panel and the DSi’s cameras - but adds possibly the boldest and most revolutionary feature on a handheld to date - glasses free stereoscopic 3D. So, without further ago, let’s get started...

I've been using the Nintendo 3DS for 2 days now (not straight!) And believe me it is amazing! Incredible in every way. However one big big big issue with the device became apparent after playing with it for only a mere 15 minutes. It strains my eyes and always gives me migraines/head aches. I was curious to find out whether or not it was just me, so i took the device to the 'Cheadle Hulme School' to test it out on some students. They all loved it, but agreed it gave you eye strain within 10 minutes on average (10/13 students agreed).

As well as this the 3DS repeats itself and emphasises the importance of not over playing on the 3D mode. Hmmmm maybe this might be the fall of the 3DS...keep checking out this spot to see for a full review on the device.