You basically just slide around the stylus to reach point A to B to C before other Pokemon do while avoiding death water. Not really challenging but pretty boring, and somewhat tiring. I guess it's pick your poison with the bad Pokemon games: Pokemon Channel is drawn out but at least has some funny moments in how bad it is. Pokemon Dash is just tedious all the way through but at least it won't waste your time for more than an hour and a half.
Completely worthless racing game with the Pokémon name slapped onto it that feels more like a tech demo that they grabbed by the neck and kicked out the door because the DS was coming and they could make some extra dough just by adding Pikachu onto the box.
All you do for the most part is just swipe on the DS screen like you've never swiped before, it's gimmicky in every sense of the word and it's never fun doing it either.
It's completely lacking in content as well with only five cups, 25 courses (most of which are very short) and there's no other Pokémon to play as or even unlock, the other mons you see here are just for show and nothing else.
And on top of that, the game doesn't look very good either outside of Pikachu's adorable Channel model being reused for menus and you can even play around with him too via the touch screen (let's be honest, they put all the effort into that and not with the actual game itself).
It may have been the first Pokémon game to come out on the Nintendo DS but that didn't mean it was good, and of course it isn't. Ignore this even if you are a diehard Pokémon fan.
All you do for the most part is just swipe on the DS screen like you've never swiped before, it's gimmicky in every sense of the word and it's never fun doing it either.
It's completely lacking in content as well with only five cups, 25 courses (most of which are very short) and there's no other Pokémon to play as or even unlock, the other mons you see here are just for show and nothing else.
And on top of that, the game doesn't look very good either outside of Pikachu's adorable Channel model being reused for menus and you can even play around with him too via the touch screen (let's be honest, they put all the effort into that and not with the actual game itself).
It may have been the first Pokémon game to come out on the Nintendo DS but that didn't mean it was good, and of course it isn't. Ignore this even if you are a diehard Pokémon fan.
Even as a kid, I really didn't like this game. It was incredibly short, very repetitious in gameplay, and just generally disappointing. I kept hoping it would get better, but it ended far before it barely began. It can't be saved by it's cute Pokémon and decent menu design when thats all it has.
Why do I still own this cartridge...?
Why do I still own this cartridge...?