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For the most die-hard of Pokemon fans only

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: April 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Really, it's sad that for how long the DS has been out, not even a Pokemon game can be good. I'm not a huge Pokemon fan, but I still enjoy the games a lot. This isn't much of a Pokemon game at all. It has "Pokemon" in the title, but this is just a poor excuse for a racing game. It's repetative, slow, and doesn't show us what the DS can do.

The gameplay is already the first strike against the game. You control Pikachu through all the races, and the only aspect of the gameplay is... well... moving the stylus left and right to direct Pikachu where to go. That's it!

There are challenges, and there is a map. The entire goal is to pass through all the various checkpoints and win the race. Along the way there's water, lava, chasms and other things that get in your way. Sometimes, you may need a balloon to help you over some of the obstacles.

But the problem with the game right off the bat is simple. The races, short as they may be, are annoying. Especially when you get in a balloon. The map is nice, but you have to rely on arrows as you race to point you in the direction to the next checkpoint. It's nice to be able to take the balloons, but the arrows don't point you in any direction once you get a balloon. You could possibly end up floating in the wrong direction because the map is so large you don't know where to go!

The extras are even more underlying. By loading in one of the GBA pokemon games, you can create tracks shaped like the Pokemon themselves. This has little innovation actually, and the regular tracks are already boring enough.

The graphics aren't up to par with DS standards either. Vibrant and colorful, but at the same time fuzzy and lacking detail. The audio is no different. I'm tired of hearing Pikachu's cute little squeals and whatnot. His voice got annoying (as if Pokemon Yellow wasn't bad enough with his voice!), and the rest of the audio wasn't great either. I turned the volume down in the end.

Really now, Pokemon games on the handheld systems usually aren't bad. Pokemon Red and Blue was incredible, Gold and Silver was even better. Pokemon Puzzle League Challenge wasn't such a bad game either. But this? This is obviously something rushed out so that the DS would have a Pokemon title out within its first couple of months.

Skip this game. Unless you're one hell of a die-hard Pokemon fan, you won't find enjoyment in this one.

Dont Buy It, Or Else!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 10
Date: April 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is a waste of money! You can only be Pikachu for everything, even in multiplayer! Theres a lot of different computer characters like charmander and meowth, but you can only be Pikachu! The levels you can make from pokemon from other pokemon games are boring. Theres only two checkpoints altogether! You cant attack other players with special moves, not even punching or kicking! You can only race from checkpoint to checkpoint! Plus, the computer characters know what items to get before a checkpoint and they know exactly where the checkpoints are! I read a review about this game before. The person said it was a bad game, but I bought it anyway. Now I know that I shouldn't of bought it. If you buy this game, that's $30 down the drain. Rent this game instead! Trust me!

...I DON'T choose you, Pikachu!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 12
Date: April 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Okay, I am a huge pokemon fan, but this is NOT a good game to get. For one thing, it scratches up your DS touch screen VERY badly to play it, because you have to move the stylus in a repetitive back-and-forth way...And those of you who wanted a cute little game similar to the other pokemon games? It's just a racing game. Go for Mario Kart DS, not this...

very bad game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 10
Date: March 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

this is a very bad game. i bought it and got bored within a half hour.i traded it in the next day. the controls are very annoying and frustrating.i wouldnt reccommend this game to any one. a new ds game that i would reccommend s yoshi touch and go

a descrace to all pokemon games

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 15
Date: May 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

i dont have DC but i play it at my friends house.he has pokemom dash. im not abig pokemon fan but this game sucks. u should save your money and buy a psp instead

what a rip off

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: May 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is really stuiped! All you do the whole time is swip the screen over and over and over agian thats all you do. Then you can only be one pokemon and thats pickacho! Sure there is muplplayer but thats also boring. The grafics are bad to. This game semmed like it was rushed! Do not buy this all you do is swip the touch screen and look at pickacho run. Do not buy. Buy supermario 64 ds or yoshi touch and go. POkemon dash is not worth the money!

Pokemon Crap

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 11
Date: May 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I love pokemon red blue fire and leaf. Good rpgs there. But this! oh this is sad. I am going to give this to you straight forwards: this game BLOWS. The constant tapping with guiding pikachu is hard, annoying, and boring. There are games that come with Windows XP that are more fun than this. Buy a damn PSP! Nintendo is screwed not that psp is here. Save yourself some money!

Okay, I'm not..

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 11 / 16
Date: May 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I'm not rating this low because it's Pokemon.. I enjoy pokemon game even though I am 14. This game is pretty bad just because of the fact its so unbelievably repetative. It can get boring while you are just in for first race.. Now i'm not going to be like the other reviewers and buy a PSP and save money, ebcause realistically, you wouldn't be saving you're money buying a PSP. they are 250 bucks. I would simply reccomend you waiting for the DS to come out with better games. I know nintendo can do better, and I hope they will.. i spent 200 birthday bucks on you.. You will be better off waiting though for some new DS games than rushing out for a PSP, because they have no really good games at all on the line. Saps are just buying that thing because of the graphics.. dont be fooled.. nintendo has some tricks up their sleeves

its just that this game wasn't one of them.. hopefully..

>< stupid ds!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 35
Date: October 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

ok i admit the game is fun, but why couldn't they make it for GAMEBOY ADVANCE's!?!?! i mean, the games for nintendo ds are about $30 freakin bucks!!!! i hate the nintendo ds! but the game is fun....

The game where you only get to play as pikachu and only that pokemon.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: January 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game actually gets a 2.5 rating but it dosn't show. I will try to make this review reasonble.(Sorry for the spelling mistake if it is a mistake. And please forget me for any spelling mistakes that pop up.) I have previouly done kirby reviews but they were very basic and not very helpful,so I'm trying my best now. The review begins here now.

The story is... there is no story. You're just racing against other pokemon to be the 1st place champion and that's just it. And having a small to no story is not always bad...it's just that this game needs a story that's a little stronger like the old red and blue pokemon games. The introduction screen is not much but has the best garafics you will see in the game. The in game races have playstation 1 garafics and some of the things in the game look choppy. Nintendo could of put a little more effort in the garafics like in metroid prime hunters or final fantasy 3 DS. The game has three dificulty levels, five cups, and five courses in each cup. In novince mode, the opponet pokemon are very slow so you can easly beat them. In hard mode, It's just hard. And in expert mode, you have diffrent rules and the diffuculty is a nightmare. Like the title says you can only play as pikachu and only as it. Some of you who might be getting this game might think that I just making this up and/or haven't played the game, but I'm not making these things and I've finished the game. You can't play as other pokemon at all. The other stuff you can do is pretty useless. In this game you use the stylus to move pikachu forward to the next check point and the way you move you're pokemon can seriouly damage the touch screen. Yes, you have to get to all check points before the others do in order to win. The races are on foot and there are diffrent types of terain such as stone,sand,and grass.There are items that allow you to move across a cretain terain faster and sometimes nulifies a certain effect. And the amunt of ballons you pop will depand what kind of terain you're landing on. If you fall into a pit, touch the lava twice, Drown in deep water, or fall in trees you will lose time and be throwen back in the air or back on the closest land. The AI can be cheep like the ones in mario kart super cuircit. In expert mode, you have to come up with you're own effective routes to win the races. The music is pretty average or decent though I love red cup and ending credits music. When you finish the game, there's not much to do left and replay vaule is very low. I believe the impact this game made on the DS is little to none. This game may be eventually forgotten. If you want a racing game, buy mario kart DS instead. If you want to try this game, then I suggest renting it first.

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