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DS Fanswag: And the Trioncube & Quickspot winners are ... [update 1]
Update: Sorry, but Bill McCai is not a legal resident of the United States, so we had to award Trioncube to someone else. Sorry, but it pays to read the rules.We've already contacted our winners, to let them know, but in the interest of informing the rest of you, we present the results of our latest DS Fanswag giveaway. We received a lot of entries and are sad we couldn't give something to each and every one of you, but them's the breaks. The two winners are:The Trioncube winner is: Bill McCai (sorry, only US residents) Keith The Quickspot winner is: Kaos Thanks to all of you for entering our latest giveaway and be sure to keep an eye on DS Fanboy for future game giveaways.
DS Fanswag: Giveaway closes tonight
Hey, in case you didn't know, we're trying to give you free stuff! This is your reminder that you need to get up off your keester and comment in the original post here. Seriously, how many times are we going to have to post links? Why are you still reading this? Stop. Stop now and enter the giveaway already!
DS Fanswag: Trioncube & Quickspot
Our desire to bestow upon you games with no price tag has gotten ahold of us again, as we prepare to give away not one, but two different DS games. Our giveaway has kind of a Namco Bandai feel to it, as we unload Trioncube and Quickspot on two lucky readers. How does one enter to win? It's just as easy as our other giveaways.Simply leave a comment, any comment, within this post and you're entered. The contest ends on Saturday, July 28th at 11:59PM EDT. Enter before then and you're golden! We only ask that you keep your comments clean, as we're very decent folk here at DSF. For further rules, hit up the link below. Otherwise, good luck and thanks for reading DS Fanboy! Click here for officials rules for the DS Fanswag: Trioncube & Quickspot giveaway
DS Fanboy review: Quickspot
When the above game arrived at Fanboy HQ, we hastily opened it to see if Namco's budget title would be worth its weight in gold, so to speak. Then, some stuff happened and we never got around to playing it enough for a review, that is until now. With time finally allowing us to take the game for a prolonged spin round the block, we've done our fair share of "quickspotting" and are ready to review the game.It's fairly evident from the beginning that the game isn't going to give you much bang for your buck, considering that some of the spot challenges repeat as frequently as in the very next challenge. For example, our first play through had us going into the game's Rapid Play mode, asking us to go through several different pictures of escalating difficulty and spot the difference. The problem was, though, that one challenge where we were shown two different cars, which took up a bit of the screen and was very obvious to the player, had repeated 3 times in a row, through challenge level one, two and three.
... and the Quickspot trailers just keep on coming
Another pair of trailers have been bestowed upon us for the upcoming game Quickspot. And we've already laid the details on the line for you, so we'll just point you past the post break for some new trailers on the game. The pair of trailers, which are officially the fifth and sixth, show off some more gameplay as well as the menu screen interface. [via press release]
Quickspot goes gold
NamcoBandai just sent us a press release stating that its game Quickspot has gone gold and is expected to meet its date with retail shelves in the U.S. on March 13th. For those unaware, Quickspot is a title where players must spot the differences between a pair of seemingly identical images. Time is of the essence, as players must not only have eyes as sharp as an eagle's, but be fast with the stylus as they mark the differences on the dual-screen handheld's touch-screen. The game is to release with a MSRP of $19.99 US.Check past the post break for the press release, if you're into that sort of thing.[via press release]
Find the differences between Quickspot and this new San-X game
Hint: there aren't many. San-X no Chara Sagashi Land (San-X Character Searching Land) offers the exact same kind of gameplay as Quickspot, with San-X trappings. San-X, for those of you who don't follow the Adorable Junk scene, is a sub-label of Hello Kitty creators Sanrio whose characters are ... different enough in some inscrutable way to be separate from the main brand. So, instead of getting to look at two nearly-identical Katamari Damacy images (sigh) and drawing circles around the differences, you'll be scrutinizing Tarepanda the sleepy panda, Kogepan, the anthropomorphic bread who has depression, and others. And for your troubles you get a gallery of mascot images. Of the same characters you were just staring at.We don't mean to sound down on the game-- we're actually really surprised at what new genres the DS design is encouraging. There may have been 'look at two things at once and spot the differences' games before, but the DS is absolutely perfect for them.We've included a few precious screens after the break.
See if you can spot this new Quickspot trailer
NamcoBandai sent us over some new footage for their upcoming title Quickspot, giving us all a better idea of how the final product will be. We already knew the game was going to be a time-based affair where the player needs to spot differences in two pictures, but we didn't know that it would look so fun. With the right price, we could easily find ourselves adding this title to our library.The trailer has been embedded past the post break for ye olde convenience.
Quickspot hits us quick with some videos
A pair of fresh trailers for Quickspot have been uploaded over at IGN, giving us a better sense of direction in regards to where this game is headed. Just about the same thing as those games in the corner of the bar that ask you to spot the differences in two pictures, we imagine Quickspot will be a lot cheaper solution to those of you who like to spend almost all of your paycheck on those things. Of course, IGN doesn't allow their videos to be embedded, so you'll have to head here to get an eyeful.
Namco-Bandai reveals Quickspot
Hot off the press wire, word comes to us that Namco-Bandai has a new game in the works for the DS called Quickspot. Releasing this Spring, the game is to be a full-on compare-and-contrast game. See, the two screens are to display almost identical images, and the player must circle the differences on the touch-screen. Makoto Iwai, Executive Vice President and COO at NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. goes on to say Quickspot "offers hours of fun for those with quick minds and fast reflexes as it takes a simple concept and turns it into an exciting and addicting brain game perfectly suited for gamers on the go." Personally, we worry if the game will have enough depth, as the release states it will contain only three single player modes, which include Rapid Play (5 levels each containing 10 stages) , Focus Mode (140 different pictures with 10 differences each) and Today's Fortune (provides health, study, romance and money fortune for the day). We've included several screenshots past the post break.[Via press release]
