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Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 2277
Platform: Nintendo Ds
Genre: Air Racing and Flying Games
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
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Operating System: Nintendo DS
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0 x 0
MPN: 40005
Model: TD400058
UPC: 730865400058
EAN: 0730865400058
ASIN: B000FUG5TA
Release Date: October 24, 2006
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Showing reviews 6-10 of 26
 Touchy November 25, 2006
neek (Singapore)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The DS seems to be the perfect platform for point-and-click adventures, and it's not a surprise to find another quirky mystery game making its way into the library. As far as Touch Detective goes, however, do not expect it to be as compelling as the Phoenix Wright series. Instead, what you would get is a somewhat nonsensical plot involving missing dreams, relocating aliens and an assault case involving fleas.
Gameplay in Touch Detective is as simple as it gets. You use the stylus to perform every action, which you will probably guess anyway from the game's title. These actions will include talking to people (and animals), picking up items, showing items, moving from one place to another, and the likes. When you pick up an item, you can also use the stylus to further examine it. All these are done in the name of finding clues, or rather, cues, to unlock the next event. The game is also pretty linear when it comes to unlock events, as with most adventure games. Unfortunately, the clues to unlock further events are usually non-descript, so expect to experience plenty of standstill if you aren't good in exploring every nook and cranny in the various corners of the town.
Playing as a successor to a detective agency, your character, MacKenzie, will come across some weird cases. Solving a case will unlock the next one, up to a total of four episodes. Upon completion of the last episode, a bonus mission will also be unlocked. This adds some length to a rather short game - if you are very thorough in your investigation, you could probably complete the four episodes in about three to four hours. Apart from just playing through the story, the game also has some collection-based side quests to boot. For example, there's a Investigation Report that details several actions that you will encounter during the game. Many of these options are optional, but as long as you manage to complete all the missions, including the bonus one, you should be able to fill up all five pages of this report.
Another collection-based side quest is the Touch List. There are a total of 50 "touchable" items scattered in the five locations in this game. Touching them with your stylus will add them to the list. The tricky thing here is that some items can only be touched after some actions are performed, so it's not exactly a straight forward, touch-and-go affair. Players who like 100% completion on the games will therefore find more things to do on top of the usual mystery-solving.
The graphics style in Touch Detective looks very much like a Japanese manga. Quirky character designs are blended well with slightly dark shades of colors to provide an unusually gothic feel to the game. This may not good down well with some gamers, but otherwise, it's a bold move that make the game looks different from other adventure games. This itself is a plus point in my opinion. Sound wise, it's pretty much standard fare here. You may, however, find it worthwhile to access the in-game Jukebox to listen to the scores again if you enjoy anime-style audios.
Overall, Touch Detective isn't exactly a great title. It places too much reliance on wild guesses rather than educated deduction. The intentionally silly missions also give the game less credit than it should receive. The biggest problem, however, is that as a detective story, the cases aren't intriguing enough, if at all, for a player with less patience to carry on with it. That said, the more patient players may still find this a neat little title to bring on the road despite its flaws. As for the rest, they should probably give this a miss.
 A great game totally misunderstood March 28, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
people are giving bad reviews for this when its a very good game it alows you to play in a small town and most people are saying the enviorment is to small and it is hard if it was any bigger it would be to hard i love playing the first mystery over and over because its the most interesting sometimes im up all night playing it it very addictive and i cant wait till the next touch detective because it has been announced there will be more touch detective games
 A fun game October 8, 2007
M. Gullo
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
It's a very fun game. If you enjoy detective type of game, you'll enjoy this one. It's pretty short though. It only took me three days to beat it. However, I sure had fun during the process. There's some humor in it, too. Chloe is a pretty funny character. The graphic is pretty and the music is great.
The Adventures of Mackenzie (by Laura) March 1, 2008
Female Spy
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a fun game. I do enjoy puzzles, including mysteries. This time I feel like being very cut and dry; I shall give you the cons and pros in that order.
Cons:
1. Replayability. As sad as it is for me to say, I often try to avoid "Detective" games because once you solve the mysteries, there's little to no replayability. This one is no exception: once you complete the four main mysteries, your best chance of replayability is in the Bonus episode. Even that is limited.
2. Frustration. You can get stuck on the simplest things. When you are stuck, it immediately "freezes" gameplay in it's tracks, and you can't do anything. I've been forced to put the game down and go online for help. Quite annoying.
3. Silly cases. While still fun, it's a letdown to not have any "real" mysteries. Basically, you figure out who stole Penelope's dreams (who cares?), How to save an ice fairy, who kidnapped Penelope (again, who cares?), and who assaulted a bunch of *SPOILER COMING UP, YOU MAY WANT TO SKIP TO THE NEXT PARAGRAPH* fleas (yet again, who cares?!).
4. Undeveloped characters. There was room for a lot more characters and more intricate cases. Just the fact that this opportunity was there, and the developers didn't sieze it, makes me ill. I got a little tired of just solving things for Penelope.
Pros:
1. Cute characters. All of them are comical. All of them are funny. All of them are interesting. Even Penelope, who I became tired of. The main characters are: Mackenzie (the girl you control), Funghi (Mackenzie's pet and assistant, follows you around), Chloe (a girl who rivals you. Sometimes she helps, other times she just gets in the way. She gets into a lot of funny situations though *wink, wink*), and Penelope (the girl always in dire need of your services. Likes bananas. A lot).
2. Sufficient problem solving skills required. While I'm not sure younger kids have the patience to enjoy this, those of the age of 10 to adulthood will probably have fun playing this game (assuming they like mysteries and puzzles).
3. Good music. There are catchy tunes that suit the themes of this game, and the music is very memorable.
4. Good graphics. It's cartoonish, but not in a way that's too childish; more like a Japanese anime if you understand what I mean.
Conclusion: Overall this is an excellent game; it's major problem only being lack of replayability. It's well worth the price it's currently at ($24.99), but I wouldn't go too much higher than that. As long as it stays around it's current price, I recommend this game for those who like to exercise their craniums.
 DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY! March 8, 2007
K. Lee (Brooklyn, NY USA)
2 out of 10 found this review helpful
Even though the reviews were mixed for this game, I went ahead and bought it. WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY! It was cute for maybe all of three seconds, then it just got to be completely annoying! There's a pattern that's supposed to be followed and if you cannot figure out the pattern, the game goes nowhere... and that's where I'm stuck with this game -- NOWHERE! Better games allow you to check things out at random but this isn't one of those games. Very frustrating... I completely gave up on the game (approximately 3 days after I bought it), and it is neatly tucked into a drawer somewhere gathering dust. Hmmm, maybe I'll eBay this...
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