Good game get! Castle of Magic

Gameloft’s Castle of Magic was originally a 3D side scroller for the iPhone and iPod touch, but I guess they decided the game could be successful on DSiWare as well, so they made an all new 2D port of the game for the DSi. However, like many good games on DSiWare, I don’t think it’s sold very well, which is sad because Castle of Magic is superb.

The game reminds me a lot of a Super Nintendo game, and while it isn’t very original, the game just pops with personality and that is what really has kept me playing. You’re a boy who becomes a magician because he and his girl friend fall into this magic book they find.

An evil wizard takes the girl and challenges the boy wizard to find and rescue her. The game is a good length and has a variety of levels and worlds to venture through.

The only annoying, yet creative thing about the game is a photo booth that you are sometimes required to enter and then to use the shitty DSi camera to take a photo of a color to earn a certain power-up. While unique and original, it ends up blowing because that color isn’t always around you, and when it is, the lighting blows so the software doesn’t end up recognizing the color.

All in all, the game is so much fun and is a blast to pick up an play a level or two every now and then, and the best part is that the game is only five dollars. Five hundred DSiWare points. That’s it.

You can’t beat that, so pick it up the next time you load some DSiWare points on your DSi.