All told, Carnival Games on the DS has more than a dozen little mini-game challenges to keep things interesting. To link these games together, developer Cat Daddy created an overworld that's almost entirely ripped off from Animal Crossing, right down to the "rolling log" effect of the land as you move up and down the screen. There's really no character interaction here; you simply walk around until you find a game and double-tap to play that game. Each of the carnival games in Carnival Games rewards you with dress up parts for your boy or girl avatar, so you can end up having some mutated freak of nature like a duckbilled, dragonwinged kid with clownpants waving around a flower.
Since the games have small, medium, and large rewards, the encouragement is there to play the challenges multiple times to unlock all the bodyparts. There are even hidden challenges to uncover, though the game's manual pretty much spills the beans here and ruins what few surprises there are here. Now, even though we're praising the game's somewhat large list of games, we're definitely not turning a blind eye to their quality.
There isn't a single "awesome" challenge in the bunch — most sit in the "amusing" section of the bleachers with a few — like the Skee-Ball rendition and balloon-popping darts — ending up being pretty lame additions. The Animal Crossing-like overworld offers a nice presentation, but it's just chock full of missed opportunities — you can't really show off your avatar creation to other players since this game lacks multiplayer modes, and you cannot pull up the list of games to see which prizes you still have left to earn.
Speaking of multiplayer, it's surprising to see that very little effort went into this portion of the game. The only "wireless link" option is in a demo sharing mode where you can set your system to transmit three of Carnival Games' mini-games to anyone who turns on Download Play on their Nintendo DS. There are plenty of opportunities for competition here — the bumperboats and racing modes are prime for the multiplayer, as is that game where you spray water in the clown's mouth to blow up a balloon.
But nope — this game's only a solo outing, so its enjoyment is pretty limited since a seasoned gamer can score all the presents in a few hours of backseat playing.
Verdict To be honest, I wasn't expecting to get much out of Carnival Games on the Nintendo DS, so my lowered expectations probably helped lift my enjoyment of the product. The product doesn't quite hit the target in a lot of places, but it's pretty clear that the developer put a bit more effort into its game than some other developers put into their own "cash-in casual" titles. Was this article informative? YES NO. In This Article. Designed for families and children of all ages, Carnival Games brings home all the excitement and fanfare of a day at the carnival.
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Carnival Games Gameplay Movie 1. Critic Reviews. Score distribution:. Positive: 1 out of Mixed: 4 out of Negative: 6 out of If you enjoy mini-games with a focus upon beating previous high scores and unlocking mostly pointless extras for your character then you can't go far wrong with this. All this publication's reviews. The product doesn't quite hit the target in a lot of places, but it's pretty clear that the developer put a bit more effort into its game than some other developers put into their own "cash-in casual" titles.
All this publication's reviews Read full review. If the gameplay was more balanced across all of the games this could be a worthy title for your collection. Nintendo Power. Worth Playing. Carnival Games for the NDS is a bust of a carnival.
You're better off saving your cash and riding the teacups at the state fair with a friend. As lame as the teacups are, at least they bring people together and get you outside. That's much more than you can say for this DS title. The only challenge comes from the occasionally imprecise controls.
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