#dsiware

[raym-reimu]

[doyouknowthisgame]

[gamestop-compendium]

bonus post: in my quest to rip the music from cat frenzy, i ended up pulling the sound effects but not having any luck with music. here is a filegarden folder i put together containing these sounds. this is, to my knowledge, every sound in the game, including stings and jingles. free noises! unfortunately none of the files were originally named, and i dont have the spoons to name them myself right now. feel free to do it yourself if you download any of em though

[game-levels]

I've been revisiting some DSiWare games and I wanted some boxart for TwilightMenu++.

I could only find the North American titles so being pedantic I made some edits for the Euro titles.

Oh, I also edited the Cave Story one from plain black to include the clouds because I need another way to play Cave Story.

Hard to have box art for a digital only title

[numberonerandomblogger]

I made a video about DsiWare games

[miloscat]

[Review] Roller Angels (DSi)

What if Jet Set Radio was a kids cartoon and also a 2D autorunner?

While researching DSiWare a while ago I came across this, a digital release exclusive to Japan and North America (a physical version was planned but cancelled). Thanks to advances in emulation I managed to stream a complete playthrough but now seemed a good time to revisit it during a run of games inspired by Jet Set Radio (in this case I'm able to play it thanks to 3DS custom firmware enabling a glorious piracy eshop).

The JSR similarities come in the game actions: it involves roller blading, rail- and wall-grinding, tricks, and spray-painted graffiti. This is in the context of a sidescrolling action ride, where you have to juggle all these actions (along with ledge-grabbing, shaking the spray can, and boosting) in increasingly dense runs. The pace starts slow but ramps up to an engaging level of multitasking, before plunging into a hectic spree of button-tapping in the final two worlds.

Unlike JSR, the theme is very cutesy, the stars a trio of sugary sweet magical girl superheroes with animal-themed personae. Their task is to restore colour to the world with their magic paint cans after some very round and non-threatening aliens have siphoned it off (as well as brainwashed local animals to get in your way). For plot reasons the levels are very drab and grey the first time you do them which is a shame, because otherwise the art direction is quite charming.

On this playthrough I made it my goal to unlock every alternate painting in the shop, which required no small amount of grinding for coins. I must have played through the whole game four or five times to achieve this, advancing from mostly using Patty (Pink Bunny) for her higher jumps to Becky (Yellow Bear) for an easier time recovering spray pressure, to Mee (Mew Blue) using boosts more often for a more challenging technical playstyle. The game also supports the DSi/3DS camera for converting photos into paintings to use in game, but I preferred sticking to the defaults which are contextually themed to each world (wild west, forest, undersea, etc.).

This title is so solid and clearly well-executed that it makes me wonder what other gems might be hidden in Starfish's back catalogue alongside all the DS shovelware and unlocalised PSP RPGs visible in their now defunct website. I know they did a decent revival of the Devilish adventure brick breaker series, and two Wii reboots of Taito arcade classics that are described as "mediocre" (for the Kiki Kaikai one, they lost the licence but then made it anyway). But their history goes back to the late 90s, and there could easily be depths untapped by me or the English-speaking Internet at large. For now, suffice it to say Roller Angels is a highlight of the DSiWare service and I love it dearly.

[lelegofrog]

in conclusion

people who like mario calculator more than mario clock just don't get it

[cyberkittyscythe]

Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!

[cardboardluigi64]

For fun, I recreated the Flipnote Frog in MagicaVoxel.

[da12thkind]

Alrighty... After taking a breather, we're ready to fight the boss of Chapter 2 once and for all in today's episode!

[thecheapsteaks]

[ezlo21]

Added on Sunday, August 20th, 2023 by EZLO21 at 1:51 A.M. Eastern Time. Added: Update: Website Update New: Elgato HD60 X Capture Card New Sections: Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Sonic Origins Plus, and Super Mario RPG Switchmake coming soon I plan to make sections for Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Sonic Origins Plus, and Super Mario RPG Remake for the Switch, when I can get around to it. I don't want to promise any dates, just know that I have some updates and other things that I need to do for this website. I will see you all again sometime soon, have a great rest of your Morning/Evening, or Night and I will catch you all for our next Live Stream of Sonic Origins Plus - Tails in Sonic the Hedgehog over on YouTube, Twitch, and Kick. You choose your Viewing experience, have a great time and know that Awesomeness Knows Awesomeness. I got the new Elgato HD60 X Capture Card to Future Proof Streams going forward. What does that mean for Gamecube, Nintendo 64, and SNES Games? It just means that when I need to use the AV Port for those systems it will still have it's uses, but it will be very minor for things such as Mario Paint, Tetris Attack, or Games like Luigi's Mansion. Going forward for things like Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Super Mario RPG the Switchmake, those will be handled with the newest card for future content. Hi everyone, I know I got busy with Tears of the Kingdom. The good news is that we beat it and now we are on to bigger things. This isn't the last time for our website. I just need to have a new balance to work updates back in on a more regular basis. I want to make an Email List or something of some kind so that my Website can be like a Hub for our Streaming Platforms where if you want more Information about a game that you can come here to find it and go to one of the Streaming Platforms to watch me Live or join in for Multiplayer Games.

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[gamestop-compendium]

bonus post: proud to announce that ive gotten the 2 bgm files from cat frenzy!!!!!! here they are in all their glory. ill be adding these to the filegarden folder soon! honestly it was way easier than i expected, just had to grab the right tool for it

[thadeeliv]

shout-out to the one site that has DSiWare games in a playable format for only having them in a format that specifically the DSi cannot play

anyway how do i get a DSiWare ROM from a CIA