[ ADK / Puzzle Game / 8 Megabits ]

Crush Roller is a game which plays very similarly to Pac-Man. The objective is to paint every stretch of road on the map while avoiding enemies.

The graphics are bright, cute & colorful, and the game has a large number of stages (25) with multiple routes, so you don't get to play them all in one go.

There are also "Irksters" to catch. These are cute little creatures that appear on every stage, and although they help to extend the game's length, you'll find it to be a meaningless novelty.

When playing the game, it's extremely difficult to see what you've missed out when you thought you have finished painting the whole map. Mindlessly moving your brush around the map to 'feel' for what you missed gets tiresome & frustrating after a while.

Crush Roller is a simple but very repititive game. Get it only if you are a fan of such games.

Score: 4.5

Magical Drop Pocket

[ Data East / Puzzle Game / 8 Megabits ]

    Magical Drop Pocket is an interesting puzzle game with 11 characters to choose from, each with his/her own theme, music and even a storyline (though it sounds like it suffers from a bad translation)! The presentation has a very cute & colorful atmosphere to it.

    Gameplay is simple, but the action is fast & intense; matches can end in a matter of seconds! The rule is to remove and replace puzzle pieces from the top of the screen and eliminate them by matching 3 of a kind. Everything happens continously, with no pause when pieces are eliminated, so you can even start building up chains as they occur.

    The whole game is pretty short with only two modes (Story and Self-Challenge), and after completing with all the characters, you'll only one to go back to it once in a while.



Score: 5.5

Tsunagete Pon!

[ Yumekobo / Puzzle Game / 4 Megabits ]

    Tsunagete Pon! features a new & original game concept. You have to eliminate puzzle pieces by connecting similar ones with pipes. The action is fast & furious, and it is quite addictive for a while. There are also two different modes to challenge.

    However, although the game gets progressively harder, it plays similarly for every single stage. Every stage looks and feels the same, with only an increase in speed. The game soon gets very repetitive and boring.



Score: 3.0