wraggster
September 9th, 2006, 11:41
Heres an excerpt
Given the kanji-filled Japanese title, you've probably never heard of Chousouju Mecha MG. But you will. The Nintendo-published, Sandlot-developed mech battle game is yet another way to put that overused DS to good use.
Mecha MG gives you a chance to take control of a variety of mechs in battle. Been there, done that, you say? Not quite like this. The twist here is in how you control the mechs. Each mech has a different cockpit layout reflecting its unique capabilities. Some mechs transform, some strafe left and right, some fire missiles, some attack by waving swords back and forth. All these actions are achieved by switches, dials and levers shown on the touch screen and manipulated directly by the stylus. The only area that uses standard controls is actual forward, back, left, right movement of your mech.
Full article (http://uk.ds.ign.com/articles/731/731739p1.html)
Given the kanji-filled Japanese title, you've probably never heard of Chousouju Mecha MG. But you will. The Nintendo-published, Sandlot-developed mech battle game is yet another way to put that overused DS to good use.
Mecha MG gives you a chance to take control of a variety of mechs in battle. Been there, done that, you say? Not quite like this. The twist here is in how you control the mechs. Each mech has a different cockpit layout reflecting its unique capabilities. Some mechs transform, some strafe left and right, some fire missiles, some attack by waving swords back and forth. All these actions are achieved by switches, dials and levers shown on the touch screen and manipulated directly by the stylus. The only area that uses standard controls is actual forward, back, left, right movement of your mech.
Full article (http://uk.ds.ign.com/articles/731/731739p1.html)