Trauma Center: Under The Knife

This is one of the latest games I have trying out on the Nintendo DS. Have you every wanted to be a doctor or even a surgeon? Well, for most of us, it is either we do not have the steady hands or the required number of active brain cells (some of us have the quantity but not the quality, if you get what I mean) to get into medical school, do well & get specialized training.

I have problems even qualifying for medical school, let alone complete the course & shine. So this is the closest I can get to fulfilling all the expectations parents & grandparents & relatives have of you when you were young. Don't they ever say to you, "study hard, become a doctor & make us proud"???

In this game, you take on the role of a young doctor who is an unpolished gem, those that only appear once in every 500 or 600 years (exaggerating a lot). You start from the bottom, perform simple procedures & work your way up after to more complex ones. I heard from a little voice in my head, if you advance far enough in the game, you can even perform breast enlargement surgeries (aka boob jobs) as well as sexual reassignment surgeries (aka sex change surgery).

A review from one of the websites I frequent. Along with a score.

Ja neh!!!

R4 (for Slot 1 Nintendo DS Lite)

R4 Slot-1 Solution (MicroSD) is a miniature mobile Nintendo DS file manager and backup device. For backing up files, it uses a standard microSD memory card. It will allow you to run a variety of software, play games, watch movies, E-books, music and photo albums.

Features:

• 2nd generation storage device (no booting tool required).
• Flush fitting slot 1 card.
• Uses MicroSD card, FAT16 or 32.
• Supports any MicroSD card speed with no lag in game.
• Supports Clean ROM, drag and drop. Works on any OS.
• Built in NoPass.
• Automatically detects save type.
• Save directly to MicroSD card, not to onboard chip.
• Supports Moonshell and other homebrew. Open I/O interface
• User friendly skinnable interface. Touchscreen or button operation.
• Supports rumble pak and memory pak.
• Supports 4-scale-lightness adjustment (DS Lite only).
• Upgradable Firmware (OS / Bios / Kernel).
• Includes MicroSD USB reader and carry case.

Read more about it in a review here.

More information from my favourite reference site, Wikipedia.

Ja neh!!!

Care Bears (Care Quest)

The Nintendo DS Lite can play both Game Boy Advance (GBA) games because it has two slots (Slot 1 for DS Lite games & Slot 2 for GBA games, respectively) to insert game cartridges. Yuri wanted to buy this game for the longest time & I told Yuri that research must be done before buying original cartridges, because money is involved & since this precious resource is severely limited in quantity, we must stretch our dollar to as to maximize our utility / satisfaction. (Economics major would know what this is. Right?).

Went to the internet & the search was in vain. Yuri bought the game anyway while I search for a review in my spare time. GBA games tend to be simpler in content & graphics.

Ja neh!!!

New Super Mario Bros

Sony PS3 vs Nintendo Wii

As usual, it is another lazy day & there is only 1 nos lecture so I guess I'll stay home & try to figure out the meaning of life & what is the purpose of us human beings' existence on earth. As you recall, there seems to be an insurgence in interest in handheld gaming consoles. This is materialized in the Nintendo DS Lite my mother bought recently. Now my "cute" sister is getting in the act & buying Pacman for the DS Lite.

Unfortunately it has a poor rating as seen on the left. Read the review of the game here on IGN.

The main purpose of this entry is to show you guys a video I spotted on YouTube. It is a spoof of the series of Apple vs Mircosoft advertisments but somehow as I was about the publish the entry, there was an error & I realized that the user has removed the video!!!

Chao turtle!!!

It was such a pity that I could not show it to you. It is really nice & just makes you want to get a Nintento Wii instead of a Song PS3.

If the video resurfaces again, or if I managed to find a similar version, I'll post it here in this entry, so do watch this space.

Ja neh!!!

Noble Pink Nintendo DS Lite

According to this article, the pink version is released in conjection with a cooking game!!! Yes, there is another handheld gaming console in the house & it is the Number 1 console in Japan & many other parts of the world. The Nintendo DS Lite.

It cost SGD$289 for the pink version & it does not come with the "usual" 3 month warranty!!! Have equals don't have. How many of our purchases come with only 3 months warranty? Outrageous right? Anyway the white version is the cheapest at SGD$249 followed by the black or light blue version. I wonder why it is officially known as noble pink? Since when being noble is being associated with the colour pink. Why not just call it Light Pink or just Pink like the rest of the normal human population.

No comments on how it compares with the PSP but I do believe they each have their own strengths & weakness. Might do a review after some time with the DS Lite.

The first original (I am obligated by social norms to say that we should not support piracy but I am ruled by the Laws of Economics) game we bought together with the screen protector & the DS Lite itself is Tetris.

Review of tetris DS

Ja neh!!!