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NDS
Magic Taizen
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NCS Game Synopsis
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Become a master magician with help of Ninty's Magic
Taizen which serves as your partner when performing
various card tricks. Bolstered by tutorials and the
green-eyed gal from Daigassou Band Bros who serves
as guide, players engage in various games, shuffle
cards, learn tricks, and tap into simple mind
teasers. The game ships in a box that's the same
size as the original Band Bros box with the bonus
headphones. In addition to the game itself, Nintendo
packages a deck of cards inside every copy of Magic
Taizen which may be shuffled and used when checking
out and performing the nifty magic tricks depicted
in the game.
Please note: Magic Taizen is entirely in Japanese. If you're unable
to read kana, please refrain from purchasing this
product as you won't be able to appreciate the big
entertainment and tutorials within.
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NCS Game Notes
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At the
outset of the game, tap the stylus on the door and
it'll squeak open and draw the player into the world
of Magic Taizen.
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The
green eyed gal with the purple jester skull cap and
purple bra covering a generous bosom may look
familiar. She's from Daigassou Band Brothers and
sits in her "office" and provides personality and
interaction to all of the games and exercises of
Magic Taizen. Her midriff is exposed and she wears
spandex pants. When she "speaks" it sounds like
munchkin gibberish. Speeded up.
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32
exercises and games in total are categorized in
three main sections
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There's
a point when the stylus is rubbed over a magic lamp
until a cloudy screen appears on the top NDS screen
with a 4 of clubs. A three-part tutorial starts off
the game which teaches the basics of the trick and
engages the player in some simple exercises.
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To
shuffle the top card of a deck, simply tap the
stylus on the top of the deck and swish it to the
left, to the right, or towards the bottom. The only
time you can't swish is when moving the stylus
upwards from the deck.. The card will automatically
flip to the bottom of the deck. For fast action,
move the stylus with rapid motion and cards will
whiz quickly.
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In one
tap-tap mini game, a rotating flower appears against
a black black drop. Tap on it and it'll clone itself
and send its clone to another portion of the screen.
The aim is to tap on the flower as quickly as
possible as it clones and rambles across the screen
in under 10 seconds. Afterwards, a magician rouses
something from a mystery box. If you performed
poorly, a little frog appears. Perform better and a
nice white rabbit or three golden chicks pop out.
The game measures your performance for accuracy as
well as speed. If you continue to train in this
game, your performance is shown on a graph followed
by a score ranking chart which shows previous
performances and best times. In a similar exercise,
players tap on the flower again but after finishing,
the subject turns into tapping on miniature frogs
with a big frog on screen to provide distraction.
After that, two puppies appear and players tap a
little puppy icon as it clones itself and moves
around the screen to be tapped. The game allows 30
seconds to complete all three.
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Another
game requires the player tap on four numbers (3
digits each) and after a baker does some ladle
waving antics, the four numerals are added together.
Unfortunately, the writing recognition in this
exercise isn't great and the software had problems
recognizing the number "5" and the number "9" during
our play test.
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In yet
another game, the two NDS screens change color to
blood red and a spooky white-haired, wrinkly-faced
ghoul of weird demeanor emcees a simplistic number
game.
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After
each successful exercise, 10 points are added to
your score and new exercises are slowly unlocked.
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