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Fri 11/02/05 at 22:33
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Being the geeky guy I am, I wore my "Touch Me" T-shirt to work on Tuesday and brought in my Nintendo DS to have a play on my breaks. I had played a little Super Mario 64, a very quick game of Metroid Prime Hunters Demo and a smidgen of the Wario Ware Touched demo the night before.

First of all, everyone was asking what it was and I went through all the Nintendo PR spiel. "It's got a touch screen, has two screens, Virtual Surround sound, can communicate wirelessly, blahdy blahdy blah" (I actually said those blahs). They seemed rather impressed so I let them have a go.

I took them to the Super Mario 64 DS Rec Room using some touch screen shananigans, and showed them the great Bob-omb Squad game. Gareth in work decided to have a go and after many attempts, got a high score of around 36000 (which was beaten by my six year old cousin that night). I was showing off some of the features, and explaining the Pictochat feature to one of the girls in work, and suddenly I was greeted by a 'hi'. The other side of the room someone with an American DS had seen me doing the a Reggie and decided to have a go himself... just as I was telling my colleagues that there's not much chance of seeing anyone else on there for a couple months.

The next day, Gareth had another go on the best minigame on the cart. He beat my cousin's score with what seemed like an amazing score. I let two other girls in work have a go too, both doing rather well. Tracy managed to get a new high score of just over 50,000. Gareth fought back the next day with a great score in the mid 60,000s, however, because he didn't quit the game before powering off, the score didn't save. Much to his annoyance.

This morning I had a very quick go before work. I got myself a high score of 84,800. All day Gareth and Tracy have been trying to beat my score, getting scores only in the 60,000s. Now my scores dominate the entire high score table with my lowest at 68,700. My target is to get 100,000 or more.

Now what amazes me is how this one minigame, hidden amongst the Warios, available from the start, is able to get the attention and addiction of just a few work colleagues in the space of a couple days. Gareth is already planning what games he is going to get for his DS, a DS he wasn't sure about getting until just a couple days ago, and states that the price will be worth it just for that one game.

None of them have played the main game, nor have they played any of the other minigames. I have and I'm hooked. So much so that the two demos that came with my DS have hardly been touched.

If Nintendo can offer so much from a re-release of an old game, and get casual gamers in such a competitive state on a simple minigame, then they're sure to do well in the handheld market. With Wario Ware released in March, as well as games such as Project Rub out soon, then Nintendo wont have anything at all to worry about when the competition strikes over three months later.

Maybe I've just felt the magic...
Mon 14/02/05 at 14:25
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"In Soviet Russia..."
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Anything with bombs is fun.
Mon 14/02/05 at 17:09
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"0228"
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I'm crap at all of the mini games so I've been sticking to the main game. Wario's snowball game is especially difficult.
Mon 14/02/05 at 18:55
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JFH wrote:
> I'm crap at all of the mini games so I've been sticking to the main
> game. Wario's snowball game is especially difficult.

That game is very hard :S I would swear or something and say how I hate it, but I'm on warning..
Mon 14/02/05 at 18:58
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"'ahh a nice sweety!"
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Tphi wrote:
> That game is very hard :S I would swear or something and say how I
> hate it, but I'm on warning..

Ohhh you naughty naughty boy!
Mon 14/02/05 at 19:38
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"...ninkendo..."
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i managed to do the snowball game in about 15 seconds
Mon 14/02/05 at 20:00
"period drama"
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13.03 seconds I got on the snowball game.
By pure, random guesswork I managed to avoid all the rocks.
yey
Mon 14/02/05 at 20:02
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"...ninkendo..."
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it aint too bad is it? you just gotta keep watchin the top screen and do some random guess work with the bottom.
So, anyone fancy startin up a mario minigame high scores forum?
Mon 14/02/05 at 22:07
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"In Soviet Russia..."
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Go for it.
Mon 14/02/05 at 22:20
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"...ninkendo..."
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there is one called sm64 minigame mayhem! now, so please do enter all your scores. i want to see if anyone can beat my wanted! score.
Mon 14/02/05 at 22:27
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Thought I may as well set it up, seeing as I'm addicted to this DS :D

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