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DialHex
A few days ago I received the bit Generations series game "DialHex" that I had ordered from Amazon 
(comes with a free GameBoy Micro strap!), and so far I'm enjoying it very much!
Despite its Tetris-like looks, the game-play is completely different as triangle pieces that have uncontrollably fallen down can then be moved around and also slide down when nothing is below them. Forming an hexagon (out of 6 triangles) of a same color makes the pieces disappear, and anything on top falls down. There are also special blinking pieces that can zap away a lot at once. It's harder than it may sound, but after a few hours I've developed some tactics and then I think I'll just need to gain some more speed in using these.
Oh, and the package is very cute, smaller than any GBA game package so far, it's a white square with a silver-colored box inside. It would look great stacked with other games of the series, sort of like collectible lucky items. Cartridges are a pitch black that contrasts with the usual gray ones.
Nintendo has added TV commercials featuring Lily Franky trying out the three first games and also opened previews for the four next games. There's another puzzle game called Coloris though it seems a bit slow-paced (time doesn't seem to matter as much as in DialHex where pieces keep falling), DigiDrive looks like it could be some fun action once having figured out what it's all about, and SoundVoyager suggests playing just by listening to the stereo sound without looking at the screen. I think I may collect these up when they start showing up in used shops for a bit cheaper than their ¥2000(+tx) price tag.
Posted on July 22, 2006 at 00:30 | Tweet
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DialHex completed!
Today I finally finished DialHex! The last levels were pretty fast and took me a lot of practice, and maybe a bit of luck with the special blinking pieces, but I made it!!
August 7, 2006 at 22:41