Parents' Guide to 101-in-1 Explosive Megamix

Game Nintendo DS 2009
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Common Sense Media Review

By Alex Porter , based on child development research. How do we rate?

age 10+

A big collection of varied but uninspired short minigames.

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What's It About?

101-IN-1 EXPLOSIVE MEGAMIX offers a sequence of different minigames - each under two minutes long - most using the DS stylus directly on the touchscreen to control the action. Games have players juggling rings, tossing darts or ninja stars, shooting a basketball, popping balloons, sticking a voodoo doll, and so on. There are a wide variety of genres here, from sports to space shooter, and some light puzzles, too.

Each play earns you coins and points. Once a player either exceeds a given point score and beats the computer score or earns enough coins, they can purchase the next game or advance automatically until all 101 games are unlocked

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Parents say : Not yet rated
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While there are lots of short games rolled into this single, budget game; few are unique and most are mediocre variations on minigames seen before.

Some are easy to beat, others are frustratingly difficult. The games seem to be strung together in a random fashion, with maddeningly tough one next to very simple. Also, there's no way to access different genres of game; there are sports, space, puzzle and other types, certainly enough to warrant an option to play by genre. To be fair, this is a budget title. At 20 bucks, you get a few hours of diversion. Not a bad thing on a long car trip.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about their favorite games. Would you rather play a game with a deep story or explore short minigames like the ones found here?

Game Details

  • Platform : Nintendo DS
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  • Available online? : Not available online
  • Publisher : Atlus
  • Release date : May 12, 2009
  • Genre : Mini-games
  • ESRB rating : E for Comic Mischeif, Mild cartoon violence
  • Last updated : August 25, 2016

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