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| From: Atari Inc.
Buy Used: $63.95
Used (2) from $63.95
Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 9562
Platform: Nintendo Ds
Genre: Board Games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Nintendo DS
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 1.3
MPN: 27020
Model: 27020
UPC: 742725270206
EAN: 0742725270206
ASIN: B000BQYRQG
Release Date: December 13, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Complete with manual, cartridge and original box. Fully guaranteed.
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 6-10 of 11
 Monopoly DS, fun! March 31, 2006
Reuben Gathright (United States)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed playing Monopoly on this title. Monopoly has an interesting ticker at the top of the DS screen which displays game stats. Sound was ok, not annoying after four games. The game has a very fast save feature and load time, for Monopoly.
I exploited this feature to cheat, by saving first. Then roll the dice and see what happens, if you do not like the outcome, simply exit the game. The main menu will load in a second, then click Monopoly and load game. You will return to where you were in less than 3 seconds total time!
 Too buggy December 16, 2006
Robert Levandowski Jr. (Kingston, NY, USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
These games could be fun, but the cartridge is riddled with bugs. For instance, as you race to select letters in Boggle, about one in five of your stylus taps will be mis-registered, screwing up the word. You have to slow down, which misses the entire point of the game. This is the only DS game I've played that has any trouble telling where you've tapped.
There are similar interface, gameplay, and AI glitches in all four games.
Don't bother with this one -- your money is better spent elsewhere.
 Basic Games on an electronic system July 11, 2006
SonicBlue (Maryland)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this used ($19) because I LOVE Monopoly (have 3 electronic versions & 7 board games). To me the other games were just extras. I haven't had any of the problems of the other reviewers.
Monopoly: I love it!!The game saves quickly. The game pieces are somewhat animated with sound effects (horse gallops, car vrooms & toots, shoe hops & scuffs, etc). Gameplay is good. I wish there was an easier way to see what everyone else has...but, I just click on "trade" and I have it all there...then have to hit B to leave without trading.
Boggle: many words are not in the dictionary. It can get frustrating when the game doesn't pick up a letter you chose, or it chooses the one next to it instead.
Battleship: I like it. You can choose from a number of graphics (classic, viking, underwater, etc) for your ships. I wish I'd win more often.
Yahtzee: It looks like Deluxe Yahtzee. Sometimes it can be difficult to choose just one dice. Overall, it's fun.
For me, the biggest disappointment was that you can't play between 2 systems with one card (only Boggle - single game, & Battleship - single game).
We are considering a 2nd game when it comes up used...but after reading the reviews today, I'll have to research what we can play between the two systems first.
 Bad AI, but still fun to play. November 30, 2006
Maber (Texas)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
It does have all four games together, which is really nice. I could play each for hours. The Yahtzee AI isn't that bad, and I love the different games you can play in Boggle (my favorite is the seek game, where it gives you a list and you have to find the words...talk about expanding your vocabulary!) It is missing a lot of words, as another reviewer mentioned; I tried getting something like "sat" once and it claimed it didn't exist.
The monopoly AI is ridiculously obnoxious, though. It's as if they didn't even program it to understand the point of the game. If I've got all the greens, for instance, another player might try to trade me $100 for one of my greens. Or worse, if they've got all but one green and I've got the last one, they might try to trade me $100 for the last one! Like I'm an idiot. But they'll make those kinds of trades with each other, so if you're playing against 4 AI, it's really like you're playing against a team of three, because if any one of them gets any combination of monopolies, they will trade until the colors are together. But if YOU want to buy a property from them, forget $100. You'd better be prepared to shell out several properties and several thousand dollars to get anything. So it's kind of obnoxious, but still fun.
Monopoly is Okay The others or "B" side games September 20, 2006
GEORGE E. NEWMAN (West Hartford, CT)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This game set is extremely overpriced at $69... Monopoly is fun but not particularly challenging. I can not seem to lose. The AI players make stupid trades with Me and also with each other. They can not look ahead. When they do get a monopoly, it takes them too long to develop the property so it is rarely a threat to your game. I find this unchallenging. The programmers need to make the AI players more capricious.
For example, I can always buy any railroad (no matter how many I already own) for under $320.00 Owning all four railroads with three other AI players really pays off.
I have also found a programming glitch. There have been many games where debts of my AI players have be "paid" by selling off MY houses. I may have hotels on the Virgina group and on of the AI has 2 houses on the Pennsylvania group. They are close to the end of funds and it lands on one of my hotels. Suddenly the AI's player is NOT bankrupt, the AI player's houses remain in tact, but my hotels disapear and go to a few houses.
This alone is rather frustrating. I assume that the programmers know about this but who knows?
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