Game discussion on "Clubhouse Games" for Nintendo DS
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This is probably my all-time avorite DS game ever, even almost two years after it has come out! I named it GameOf The Year for 2006, and I still stand by that statement. No game has more playtime on my ds(and I have 80 ds games and counting!)
It has single-handedly convinced my mother to get a ds and this game(among others) and with online play, and single-cart play, what's not to like? I'm kinda of surprised no one else has reviewed it!
Clubhouse games rock! Many of the games are available at the start, others you have to "unlock" for later. Three modes of gameplay are available: "Free play": (Play any game you have unlocked/play available games.) "Stamp mode": (Clear all the games in order (yes, each game, but you get stamps when you lose, so you're not stuck on darts or whatever forever!) one stamp for third place or lower, two for second, three for first; three stamps and you can move on to the next game..a great way to familiarize yourself with all the games, plus it's the only way to unlock certain games) and finally, "Mission mode": (Clear specific challenges to move on: Make X number of strikes in bowling, for example.) Some games are great, others stink, ditto to the music, but that's not why are here.. There are only a few games available at the start as I previously mentioned: *Basic Card Games* old maid, spit (speed or war) I doubt it (Cheat!) Sevens, Memory (yes, memory!) Pig *Intermediate Card Games Blackjack Hearts(one of my new favorites), president(BS) rummy seven bridge last card (UNO!) last card plus *Advanced Card Games* five card draw texas hold'em, nap spades, contract bridge *Basic board games* chinese checkers, checkers dots and boxes hasami shogi, turncoat connect five, grid attack(cheap knockoff battleship) *Advanced card games* Backgammon,chess
*three others to be unlocked: shogi field tactics(Stratego knockoff) ludo *Variety Games Soda shake dominoes Koi-koi *unlockable game word balloon(hangman, but better) *Action games* bowling, darts, billiards balence("Jenga") takeover *Single-player games* Solitaire(Klondike/draw three, go thru deck once; standard/draw 3, 6, or infinate, go thru deck infinate) Escape Majongg Solitaire(lots of different ways to play) Whenever there is unlockables, simply touch the greyed-out icon to find out what you have to do to unlock it! There are even unlockables in the chooseable icons and picto-chat features! I love the intructions for most of the games! Anytime during a game, you can pull up a help window which will teach you the intricacies of a given game. Now, this package isn't without stinkers: In Texas Hold'Em you can't go "all in" or even "raise a bet" in billiards and darts there is no actual ball physics, etc
however, there is a robust mode of solitaire(both "Klondike" (draw three) and "draw one". Most solitaire games don't have this, and I HATE "draw three!") and majongg which are two of my favorite single-player games and I wasted hours late last night trying them out. The intructions to refresh my memory of majongg were flawless, complete with icons to help! The computer AI is great, especially in chess and checkers! How many of us have played online or with an electronic handheld game, where you'd play a game against the computer and end up in a "cat" game? (Where no one wins or loses, and no one can move on)? or in chess, where the AI is stupid, and cheats? This one didn't! It "thought out" moves, it made jumps or moves when I wasn't looking, it even won sometimes, though so did I While the package isn't without it's duds it does have perkes like redesigned versions of Battleship, Stratego, Trouble, etc(most you have to unlock), and Hanafuda, the game that Nintendo was famous for before they got into video games in the 1800's! You can download all games(that you have unlocked) to another ds to let someone try them out, and many games can be played onbline through Nintendo's wifi service, or a robust single-card and multi-card download play. This is a great package overall, but some of the games could have been tweaked a bit more. I have telegame's versions of "Ultimate Card Games" and "Ultimate Pocket Games" for the gba which has better renditions of poker and other games then this game, and I'll be picking up their ds versions; but for everyone who has ever played solitaire on their calculator or Hearts and Poker on the computer, this game is a must-buy, especially if you have friends online. You can "picto-chat"chat with your friends or use generic phrases like "good job" and "one more game?" with random match-ups. I'm glad I spent the money for this game, and while not all forty-plus games are available at the start, it's fun to try to unlock them all. This game deserves a solid 9 out of 10!
Go buy it, and I'll see you online!
Thanks for the great review. I have had this one on my list for a while now, I hope I get it soon! It does sound like a lot of fun!
Are there a lot of people playing this over WIFI?
Depends on the game.
I rarely find people on my favorite game, (Word Balloon) but can always find someone for Bowling, Poker or Blackjack.
Let me know if you want to play. I tend to play the lesser known games; don't like Poker or Blackjack.
I still play Clubhouse Gamesm but mostly Bowling and Darts, I'll play for whoever wants to play me :)
