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Fossil Fighters Champions

 

 

SCORE: 72

 

Fossil Fighters Champions 

 

My son had used his chore money to purchase the first Fossil Fighters video game. He has enjoyed it, so I was curious to see what Nintendo had done with the franchise. I should preface my review with - I have very little personal experience with this franchise. I have attempted to compare it to other franchises, but am not sure any of those comparisons are accurate.

The first game franchise that comes to mind in terms of comparisons is Pokemon. Fossil Fighters Champions is a role playing game. You have a young character who likes to battle others. Battles are performed with your team of creatures. In Fossil Fighters Champions they are vivosaurs though. Might as well call them dinosaurs because that is what most of them look like.

Players go into specific areas and dig up fossils. Those fossils are taken to a center to be cleaned. The player must clean every new first time find. This is done with a hammer and a drill. Destroy too much of the fossil and you fail. Let the timer run down to zero with too much still in rock, and you fail. Failure means the loss of your time and that fossil.

When you have a vivosaurs head then you can revive it. The revival (and not the church kind with a fire and brimstone preacher) brings the creature back to life. They will then fight for you. There are cup challenges as well as other fossil hunters to fight in. From time to time certain bad guys will come across the player's path as well.

How many body parts you have will determine how powerful your vivosaurs will be. The more you have, and better cleaning job you do the higher their stats. They can level up through battles. Technically they rank up. Expect fewer rank ups in Fossil Fighters Champions than in say a Pokemon video game.

Fossil Fighters Champions includes some off color humor. As an adult I shrugged this content off. Parents need to be aware of it if they let their children play this Nintendo DS title. The music in Fossil Fighters Champions is powerful at the right points in time. I enjoyed the sound of Fossil Fighters Champions from start to finish.

The battle system in Fossil Fighters Champions is more complex than it looks. Speed is important as well as certain elemental types. If your creatures are faster than your opponent then you get the first attack. Sometimes that first attack is the difference between success and failure. Elemental types as well as leveling up your tools are very important to success in Fossil Fighters Champions.

There are one hundred and forty vivosaurs in Fossil Fighters Champions. Sort of brings new meaning to collect them all eh? Two to four family members can enjoy Fossil Fighters Champions with wireless single-card download play, or wireless multi-card download play. The challenge of Fossil Fighters Champions will keep gamers engaged for a month or two.
- Paul

{UPDATE}: Evolution is mentioned in this game.

 

Graphics: 72%
Sound: 69%
Replay/Extras: 79%
Gameplay: 73%
Family Friendly Factor: 69%
System: Nintendo DS
Publisher: Nintendo
R
ating: ‘E’ - Everyone
{Crude Humor, Mild Fantasy Violence}

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