Update: November 15, 2006
«©NCSX» Become a master magician with help of Ninty's Magic Taizen which serves as your partner when performing various card tricks. Bolstered by tutorials and the green-eyed gal from Daigassou Band Bros who serves as guide, players engage in various games, shuffle cards, learn tricks, and tap into simple mind teasers. The game ships in a box that's the same size as the original Band Bros box with the bonus headphones. In addition to the game itself, Nintendo packages a deck of cards inside every copy of Magic Taizen which may be shuffled and used when checking out and performing the nifty magic tricks depicted in the game. Please note: Magic Taizen is entirely in Japanese. If you're unable to read kana, please refrain from purchasing this product as you won't be able to appreciate the big entertainment and tutorials within. View the back cover and screenshots on the main NCSX website. NCS Game Notes
» At the outset of the game, tap the stylus on the door and it'll squeak open and draw the player into the world of Magic Taizen. » The green eyed gal with the purple jester skull cap and purple bra covering a generous bosom may look familiar. She's from Daigassou Band Brothers and sits in her "office" and provides personality and interaction to all of the games and exercises of Magic Taizen. Her midriff is exposed and she wears spandex pants. When she "speaks" it sounds like munchkin gibberish. Speeded up. » 32 exercises and games in total are categorized in three main sections » There's a point when the stylus is rubbed over a magic lamp until a cloudy screen appears on the top NDS screen with a 4 of clubs. A three-part tutorial starts off the game which teaches the basics of the trick and engages the player in some simple exercises. » To shuffle the top card of a deck, simply tap the stylus on the top of the deck and swish it to the left, to the right, or towards the bottom. The only time you can't swish is when moving the stylus upwards from the deck.. The card will automatically flip to the bottom of the deck. For fast action, move the stylus with rapid motion and cards will whiz quickly. » In one tap-tap mini game, a rotating flower appears against a black black drop. Tap on it and it'll clone itself and send its clone to another portion of the screen. The aim is to tap on the flower as quickly as possible as it clones and rambles across the screen in under 10 seconds. Afterwards, a magician rouses something from a mystery box. If you performed poorly, a little frog appears. Perform better and a nice white rabbit or three golden chicks pop out. The game measures your performance for accuracy as well as speed. If you continue to train in this game, your performance is shown on a graph followed by a score ranking chart which shows previous performances and best times. In a similar exercise, players tap on the flower again but after finishing, the subject turns into tapping on miniature frogs with a big frog on screen to provide distraction. After that, two puppies appear and players tap a little puppy icon as it clones itself and moves around the screen to be tapped. The game allows 30 seconds to complete all three. » Another game requires the player tap on four numbers (3 digits each) and after a baker does some ladle waving antics, the four numerals are added together. Unfortunately, the writing recognition in this exercise isn't great and the software had problems recognizing the number "5" and the number "9" during our play test. » In yet another game, the two NDS screens change color to blood red and a spooky white-haired, wrinkly-faced ghoul of weird demeanor emcees a simplistic number game. » After each successful exercise, 10 points are added to your score and new exercises are slowly unlocked.
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