Hands on Preview Eyeshield 21 DS

Eyeshield 21 DS

Sports.
Multi cart Multiplayer
Not very import friendly.
Based on an anime with the same name

Movies:
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/ae4j/mov.html
http://www.jeux-france.com/download...eshield-21.html

The singelplayer mode of this game closely follow the anime. You start as Senna the coward and evolve to become Eyeshield 21. I love that the story mode is more than just Playing a tournament. But because of all the Japanese it's not very fun to play. I Love the anime and will buy the game if it ever gets translated. You start of at school. Move around by pointing where you want to go. Double tap to run and Stroke the screen to dash. The singelplayer follows the anime and puts in small mini games to mach the story. You will foreksample Run from the huhu brothers like senna did in the first episode. But the mini games played in singelplayer are not like the ones you play in the "tournament mode".

tournament mode
Now here is where the real fun starts. Select your favorite team (probably devil bats) And select a CPU competitor. You can chose how long the match is going to be. How hard the CPU is and etc.

Everything is Based on touch screen mini games. Some examples

Pass: Select your receiver. And when the ball gets a blu target over it press it on the touch screen. If you get an excellent catch the receiver will get the ball and start running. Good Pass the receiver wil get the ball but get tackled. And bad will be an incomplete pass or in worst case a fumble.

Run: you'll see targets you have to press to dodge and get throughout the defense.

see the movies for more examples of the different minigames.

The game is also based on strategies. But not in a overly complicated way like EA sport games.
tactics will be using or countering run,pass, kick or Special.
If you use a tactic the other team didn't expect you will get a bigger advantage.
when playing defence you'll have to try to counter the other teams taticts.

All in all very fun. But after a match or two You'll probably put the game down. And I don't think you can play A Cup unless you play the singelplayer game.
I haven't tested Multiplayer but I think that would be a lot of fun.

If your a fan of NFL and a fan off the anime it's probably worth the cash. But all in all wouldn't import it. But you'll probably grow tired of it quick. Wait until the English version comes... (probably never)