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Not impressed

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: December 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is our first experience with handheld games. The Nintendo DS Lite is fabulous; the Pokemon Trozei is not. My son is 6 1/2 years old. He quickly mastered the game (getting 4 pokemons in a row) and became quite bored. While I was looking for an "easy" game for beginners, this one was too easy...too much money for such a simple game.

boring

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 12
Date: June 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

i was looking for something like jewel quest that i could play on a handheld system. this is not it. playing thoughtfully, i can get a score just slightly better than playing by squiggling the stylus all over the screen.
what a waste of money.

No challenge

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: July 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I love Pokemon. I love puzzle games. I loved Pokemon Puzzle League. I don't love Pokemon Trozei.

The graphics in this game are very cute and enjoyable. The music is also my kind of thing (techno and pop sounds). The controls are new (at least to me) so it was fun in the beginning learning them. However, once you get used to the controls, the fun is over.

The story mode is okay. It just throws you into a story and you start clearing levels while improving your skills. Fine.

On the other hand, the endless mode is unbearable. Like a previous reviewer said, you can do very well by making random moves. My one and only endless mode lasted 3 hours. I was hoping the speeds would pick up but it didn't. I would literally wait for the screen to fill up almost completely and with a couple strokes, I could clear it down to one row. I started making random strokes and I still couldn't lose. Maybe I've been playing too much Brain Age because this game is not challenging enough which is part of what makes a puzzle game good.

Not the best for Pokemon, but a fun Puzzle Game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: November 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is entertaining enough. However, it doesn't have the best playback value and gets old pretty quickly. First of all, I don't like the new graphic style of the game. When I turned it on the first thing I thought of was Dexter's Laboratory. It has a very cartoonish (American-style cartoon) look to it and doesn't feel like a Pokemon game at all. Second, what's with that story? You play as some girl who is a secret agent out to get people who are trying to steal Pokemon...probably the dumbest thing Pokemon has done since...well since forever. Since when does the world of Pokemon have secret agents? It just doesn't seem to go well.

The gameplay is pretty fun. I love puzzle games, and this one is challenging and it makes you think. You control rows and colums of Pokemon that fall from the top of the screen one by one (entire rows don't fall at once, Pokemon do) and try to match them up. This is a lot like Tetris Attack in some respects, except you move the entire row or column instead of switching individual places. You have to try to clear the screen of all Pokemon. You control the Pokemon from the touch screen, but the top screen is also part of the level. If the top screen fills all the way up, you lose. Dittos are wild, and there are rare Pokemon that only appear in the levels every so often, some of which disappear quickly if you don't combo them right away. Since you have a Pokedex, the rare ones go into that collection.

I'm not really a fan of the new-school Pokemon - I liked it better when there were 151 of them and they were more creative (come on, what the heck is PINECO??). That gives me a bias against the new games to begin with. However, as a puzzle game this game is really not all that creative. It's fun for a few days and then it gets boring. You fight different "Bosses" and collect Pokemon for your Pokedex. It's fun, but this is nothing new. Check it out if you find it for a good price, but otherwise, there are much better DS games out there.

once again the

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 34
Date: March 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

trozei!!!
TROZEI!!!
TROZBUD!!!
trozei!!!
once thought to be a reckless cooking machine, the one and only.
Though it is still the force field (only this can be the answer)
So I bought it, and I cant do anything else besides eat takos. If not for taco bell I would die. crunch rap supreme is supreme. dont go for the prize, your life depends on all those who. name one two three. do it again. Some nascarr racers once attended an after party before a race. the result? //;/;
pigs sometimes go to the bank to get their quarterback. (thats my favorite joke. HaHa) Lets go to their. everywhere. but dont give in. the scientists are going to be gone in a few days, so we can then steal their data and sell it. so you think you the only one your right, but its all right. so and if now by.
WE AND FROM TEO MORCH.>>>> >>>> (*hds) (*&din o)

Whats the ponit of this game.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 16
Date: March 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

After playing this in the store I don't get it. You move the heads around untill you have matched four of a pokemons head in a row? I wated about 5 minuits of my life playing this game and I did not enjoy it. Ever since pokemon dash these games are going down the market kids now like Sonic and Mario and are big sellers. Don't buy unlees you want a pointless game.

Pokemon Returns to the Puzzle Genre

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: May 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Pokemon Trozei! is quite an interesting puzzlar game. Pokemon isn't really a stranger to puzzle games. Pokemon Puzzle League was a fantastic game for the Gameboy Color. Pokemon Trozei! however, isn't nearly as good as Puzzle League was. There is something to garner from the gameplay, but there's a severe lack of it here.

Playing the game isn't so bad. It's fairly easy. All the Pokemon are laid out for you in a grid-like fashion. Using the stylus, you can move the Pokemon up, down, left or right. The objective is to stack up for of the same Pokemon. Once this happens they disappear from the grid. You might even score a Trozei! Chance, in which instead of having to line up four pokemon, you'll only have to line up three. It's simplistic, but much like other puzzle games, can be fun and addictive.

There are not a whole lot of gamemodes to play. There's a single player Adventure Mode and an Endless mode. That's virtually all you've got. Adventure Mode pits you up with trying to catch a pokemon that has been stolen or something like that. It's not really important. The Adventure Mode consists of a multitude of levels. You'll be forced to clear out icons for you to advance, and they get harder as time goes on. There are also a few boss fights here and there. There are also a few puzzle levels in there where the set up is planned out for you, and you have to solve it. This could've been a mode all on its own instead of being inserted into the adventure mode. Other than those two modes, Single Player doesn't give you anything.

Multiplayer mode isn't much better. You can challenge anyone who has a Nintendo DS. Through the download play only one person needs to have a copy of the game. You'll then battle each other in the puzzle like fashion. There's also a mode where the game will search for people to play. If it finds someone, you've found a partner to play with.

Unfortunately, in terms of gameplay that's all Pokemon Trozei! gives you. It's severely limited, and the game just all out doesn't give you a whole lot to deal with. It's not nearly as addictive as other puzzle games which precede it. It gets boring really fast.

The game does also include the "Catch 'em All" lingo to it. Pokemon is famous for that. "Catching" a pokemon is easy. All you have to do is make a match and you've caught one. You can also exchange information with other players and acquire their pokemon without any penalty to you or the other person (in other words, you both get credit for having it). There's nothing to catching pokemon though. No reward. Nothing. The only thing you get is to rub it in your friends face, and that's not a whole lot to be excited about unless you're eight years old.

So Pokemon's next step into the puzzle genre isn't a particularly satisfying one. There aren't enough gameplay modes, and it isn't really addictive, either. Had there been more to this game in terms of gameplay modes, this could've been a worthwhile investment. It might be worth a peak, but certainly not worth the money to buy.

Needs more depth

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 10
Date: April 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I just wish this game had more depth. The puzzles are fun but it made me wish there were more to it. The different levels and challanges were harder and looked different but the game style was the same, meaning you used the same strategy. Once you figure out how to best line up 4-5 in a row you start to find the auto pairing to be anoying because it clears out your perfect row before you can drag the 4th or 5th one to its destination. I purchased a used game and so when i played all the warehouses were open to me. I do not know if this is normal or not but perhaps the previous owner already passed and unlocked them all for me. This was a bonus for me if he did because I do not plan on playing this game for very long even as a puzzle game. This is ofcourse because I do not like these types of puzzles, most of the scoring happens because the right combo falls into the right slot and takes no effort on my end to plan out.

In summary, borrow from a friend or rent it. The first hour that you spend playing this game will determine if you like it or not because it will be the same from beginning to the end. If you must own a copy, then buy it for cheap and not at full price. Puzzles games in my opinion go down in price very quickly so you should find this game in the bargin bin very soon.

Puzzling The DS

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 30 / 31
Date: March 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

To be honest with you, I absolutely adore puzzle games. They always seem to really be the ones you can never defeat, they just are the ones who actually defeat you. Nevertheless, with the Nintendo DS, there have been so many puzzlers that are just as addictive and fun like the thrilling Meteos, and even Bust A Move. However, for Nintendo, they also still know how to really hit it off with the success of their Pokemon franchise. While the games have been not just fun and exciting to all generations, they also set a good example of clever video games. But what would happen if you'd combine puzzles and Pokemon', you'd get this clever video game.

Pokemon Trozei for the Nintendo DS, is a interesting and exciting puzzle game for all ages. The gameplay is very simple, you have to manuever your stylus to match up 4 of the same pokemon in a row to win. The side scrolling match-up is easy to control and to master within the first gameplay, not as complex like other puzzlers. The game includes the traditional adventure mode, as well as modes for two players, battle and basic endless mode, where you have to keep your brain and eyes on the game and stylus. The graphics and sound really also carry out well for the Nintendo DS, where the fun seems like it remains endless.

All in all, while I'm not as big of a fan of Pokemon, I do enjoy this addictive video game. Pokemon Trozei for the Nintendo DS is a real must have for die hard puzzle fanatics, and longtime followers of the Pokemon series. I loved trying this game out in the stores, and it was delightful, and a great addition to your Nintendo DS library.

Graphics: B+

Sound: B 1/2+

Control: A 1/2-

Fun & Enjoyment: B+

Overall: B+

Gotta Trozei 'em all!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 14 / 14
Date: March 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Pokemon Trozei is a colorful Bejeweled-style puzzle game in which you'll be tasked with arranging Pokemon into lines as they fall from the top of the screen.

...The story mode kicks off with some extremely easy tutorial levels, appears to be story-driven, it has you assuming the role of a young female tasked with aiding a professor [in order to help him rescue pokemon from an unscrupulous organization that steals pokemon and does evil thiings with them. Sound familier?]

Truth is, the story is as irrelevant as it is intelligible to us at this point, because at the end of the day this is a puzzle game, and regardless of any thrilling twists and turns in its plot, you'll still be spending the bulk of your time arranging pictures of Pikachu and friends into lines of four...

...You'll deal with the Pokemon that are continuously falling from the top of the upper screen down to the touch screen--not by moving them as they fall, but by rearranging them once they've landed. You'll rearrange the neatly ordered Pokemon pile by placing the stylus onto the Pokemon you want to move and then dragging it either vertically or horizontally, at which point the whole row or column will move to accommodate the Pokemon's new position. Any Pokemon that are dragged off the bottom of the touch screen as a result of your rearranging will fall from the top screen again...

...your primary goal in Pokemon Trozei is to arrange pictures of the same Pokemon into lines of four or five; but the game isn't quite as simplistic as it sounds. After successfully making a line of four or five, those Pokemon will disappear, and those remaining on the screen will be rearranged as a result. At this point, lines of three or more matching Pokemon will disappear, and will be followed by lines of just two. Spectacular-looking combos, then, aren't difficult to achieve, although it's rarely a result of genius planning.

That pretty much sums up what the game is and how to play, but let me add something else to that: Boss Battles are HARD! Sometimes, they will turn out the lights forcing you to trozei pokemon just by using the sillouttes of their faces, and sometimes they will throw junk ("Jammer Balls") into your screen which can't be trozei'ed the normal way, you must get three dittos to make a row of four to get them to disappear..they will sometimes throw in rare pokemon and give you only a short while to figure out how to trozei them to "catch them" (Yeah, same old, same old..gotta catch 'em all..and all that!) I almost lost my first boss battle, because pokemon began falling at breakneck sppeds, along with jammer balls, and I had a hard time making anybody trozei! (What's with the fluctuating difficulty..main game is easy, but boss battles are considerably harder!)

But, even if you hate pokemon, this game is a great puzzler..the tutorial is optional ("called labs" )and you can play them all you want for additional coins (used to unlock bonus stages with even rarer pokemon) or skip them altogether if you just want to get throught the game..only the very first tutorial is mandatory for getting through the game.

Want to try before you buy? There is a great flash tutorial the trozei website (you can get there from nintendo's website) that demos how to play; it's actually the first few tutorial "labs" you do in the game! How to trozei, how to make combos, why ditto is so important (he's sorta the "wild card"..if you have three like pokemon and a ditto, it will trozei them as if they were four like pokemon!)

I'm having a blast with the game! Aside from the aforementioned "Adventure Mode" there is also an "Endless mode" (trozei until you get a game over) and serveral multiplayer modes. You can even do download play with the game so all your friends can see what the hype is all about! The more you play, the more rare pokemon you unlock, and the more people you play with, you can unlock even more rare pokemon. I love pokemon and I love puzzles, so the idea of using a puzzle game to "catch 'em all (again) feels fresh and new..although this game is not for everyone!

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