Vicarious Visions has been at the forefront of the Nintendo handhelds all the way back in the days of the Game Boy Color. When the Game Boy Advance launched in the US, the development team did everything it could to be there on the ground floor with the platform: Vicarious Visions' GBA version of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 is still considered one of the handheld's finest moments. When the Nintendo DS launched, VV was there on Day One with Spider-Man 2, and the day Nintendo flipped the switch on the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service for the DS, the team had the first online third-party game available: Tony Hawk's American Sk8land.
So, it's not surprising to find out that, with the Nintendo DSi finally available in the US, Vicarious Visions has been working in the background to have one of the first third-party DSiWare titles available in the system's launch window. The game is called Mixed Messages, a unique multiplayer-only experience that really could only work as a DSiWare title.
DTG pick out the top games available on DSi Ware. From retro-inspired shoot-em-ups to fun party games, it's all here. Read on to find out what makes the cut.
Mixed Messages can be fun if you have enough people in the right frame of mind around to play it, but otherwise, you don't really need to own it or play it, as you probably won't play the game more than a handful of times before deleting it off your system.
PALGN writes: "So, you have a DSi. You've taken a few photos, stretched a few faces, and remixed a few sound files, but did you know you also have access to downloadable games? One of the selling points of the DSi is access to the online DSiWare Store, which since launch has accumulated ten games at various price points. Some of the games may seem familiar, others may seem completely new, and others seem to be there just to show off your shiny (or rather, matte) new DSi's features. To help you sort through the swathe of downloadable content, we've gathered up all of the currently available titles and given you our verdict on whether they're worth picking up or not.
To give some perspective to the prices, which are listed in points, at the time of writing 1000 Nintendo DSi Points were equal to AUD $15."
