PixlBit

Play the game how you want; no gimmick required.

If the game's broken and you can beat every challenge using a limited number of words then you need to tell us that. However, if the game is fun enough that you want to use unique entries to solve different puzzles then by all means do that.

Like you, I loved the idea of the first game but hated the execution. So far, the reviews I've read make it seem like a lot of the problems have been fixed, but I'll wait to read your review.

Is it possible to aim your shots in table tennis? For example, if you swing a little early will the ball go towards one end of the table and if you swing a little late it will go towards the other?

I was never able to reliably aim in Wii Sports tennis but I got quite good at aiming in Resort's table tennis.

My interest in Fling Smash just increased ten fold.

You just happened to pick one of the few Friday evenings I'll be available. Maybe I'll grace you with my presence. :)

Glad to see PlayBit return. I always thought it was one of the truly unique things you do that most other sites don't.

FYI, Bomberman first appeared on the MSX, not the NES.

I actually own this game. I have box, instruction manual, even the Nintendo Power inserts. I'll give you a good price for it, Nick. :)

BTW, this game sucks. Between this, War Gods and Mortal Kombat Trilogy I own a lot of shitty N64 fighting games. Amazing, really, considering I don't even like the genre.

I've been aware of this game's existence for nearly a decade and all this time I thought consisted of racing insects. Consider my mind officially blown.

I wish I got paid in Tank Bucks.

I don't doubt the problems you had; I was just saying I was lucky enough not to experience them.

I think the game got good review scores because it starts off great--you're constantly getting new power-ups that change the way you play the game and you're running into new planets all the time that--once beaten--give you new and better ships. You're constantly seeing new block types and enemies and everything seems fresh.

However, after a few hours everything starts to get spaced out (pun intended) and you'll spend a half hour flying through empty space trying to find the next item (which is usually not better than anything you currently have). By this point you've also seen all the obstacles in the game so there's nothing new to discover.

Most people who are going to review a DSiWare game aren't going to play far enough into it to get to the drop-off point. It's also quite likely they won't run into the technical issues that you did after only a couple hours.

I played AlphaBounce for at least 20 hours and never had my game freeze up like you described. I'll admit that it did freeze on me a couple times, but I could always restart my system by holding down the Power Button for a couple seconds.

The game is extremely addicting, and if you're the slightest bit OCD there's enough in this game to keep you occupied for eons. :)

Easily my favorite part of the game is the weird Engrish definitions and stories that appear on the loading screens. They're laughably bad sometimes, but after reading hundreds of them they begin to form a cohesive universe that, while isn't particularly well-crafted or even interesting, gives you something to do during the too long loading screens.