Nintendo DS

Meteos

Description

Designed by Masahiro Sakurai and produced by Tetsuya Mizuguchi, Meteos was the DS's second big-name puzzle game (after Polarium).

Most of the game's action takes place on the bottom of the DS's two screens, where colored meteors plummet downwards towards a planet's atmosphere. There, they form columns that the user can manipulate with either the stylus or a combination of the D-pad and A button. When three or more meteors of the same color are arranged either vertically or horizontally, they "ignite" and rocket up towards the top screen. Rockets carry upwards any other metors that happen to be above them, and by stringing together several ignitions it is possible to lift many blocks at once. The ultimate objective of the game is to lift as many metors as possible back into "orbit" in the top screen; the game is over if the bottom screen fills up completely with meteors. Meteos features many different "planets" that the user can play on, each with subtle variations (such as in gravity) that affect gameplay.

Alternate Titles

• "陨石大战" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)

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• Middleware: CRI

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The Press Says

Finalboss	Jul 21, 2005	9.3 out of 10	93
Yahoo! Games	Jun 21, 2005		90
1UP	Jun 27, 2005	9 out of 10	90
videogamer.com	Sep 20, 2005	9 out of 10	90
Portable Review	Jul 12, 2006	36 out of 40	90
Armchair Empire, The	Jul 13, 2005	9 out of 10	90
Da Gameboyz	2005	8.375 out of 10	84
GamerDad	Nov 07, 2005		80
HonestGamers	Mar 28, 2005	7 out of 10	70
The Video Game Critic	Nov 20, 2005	C+	58

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Trivia

The first Nintendo DS game to be distributed wirelessly through proprietary download stations (a centerpiece of Nintendo's strategy at the E3 2005 expo) was the playable demo of Meteos.