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Monster Tale for the Nintendo DS is a platformer starring a girl and her monster. I'm not the best at games that require jumping and aiming, but I found that Monster Tale is still an entertaining experience.
Customize your pet: Your pet has elements to choose from that remind me of Pokémon. When you choose an element of study for your pet, it gains strengths and weaknesses against other elements. It adds a new level of complexity to the game, but also offers a frustration when you don't know what bosses are ahead (and in what order).
Do you like Mario?: The game set up reminds me a little of Mario Bros. in that there is a map that you walk through by completing minion fights and jumping over chasms (and on top of some enemies).
Ellie's got skillz: To get to new areas of the map you need to collect different skills for the girl, Ellie.
Who's the boss: I am stuck about 33% through the game on a boss fight. I know I need to go back and level up one of Chomp's other forms... Experienced videogame players would probably breeze through this fight.
If you like platformers and being able to customize certain aspects of your game play, Monster Tale is worth a try. I feel that serious gamers would be bored by the difficulty of the game but would still find it interesting to play because of the different adjustable elements. If you are curious about more of the story line, check out the incomplete gamefaq. Also, the game is available on Amazon for about $20
***I received this game for review purposes.***
