Point Blank DS

by Namco Bandai

Product Features

• Play through 40 different mini games, including shooting clay pidgeons, aliens, cardboard criminals and more
• Five different game modes - Arcade, Wireless VS, Brain Massage, Freeplay and Classic Coin-Op Games
• With Wireless VS mode, you can challenge friends via the Wi-Fi connection using just one game cartridge -- find out who is the quickest draw!

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000F1UIPG
• Product Dimensions: 4.8 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 8, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #29,771 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Point Blank, the popular shooting series has returned to bring its irreverent humor and style to the Nintendo DS. Featuring games from all three versions in the series, Point Blank is the ultimate collection of mini shooting games! Test your hand eye coordination as you tap the touch screen furiously to accomplish your goals! Using the stylus as your shooting instrument, you will be tested in four different difficulty levels in over 40 different stages including Namco's popular coin-op arcade series digitized for on the go gaming!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars while pointless, Point Blank DS is not without fun, June 21, 2006

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race_of_doom (USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Point Blank DS (Video Game)

Namco strikes again, with another amusing, rather gimmicky title for the DS.

By "gimmicky," I'm not implying that it's a bad thing -- the gimmick in Point Blank DS is that it's a light gun game without, oh, you know, a light gun -- just that the idea itself, while interesting and quite fun, is not one to stand the test of longevity.

If you liked Warioware: Touched!, you might like this. There are 40 stages where you do the same thing over and over -- tap the screen frentically, trying to hit certain targets while avoiding others. The presentation is quintessentially Point Blank, with odd sprites and music and fonts bombarding you right from the start.

At first, the game might seem a bit too simplistic -- the gameplay options are less than fantastic -- but if you give it at least thirty minutes, you'll be hooked.

Granted, this game won't last you a long time, so after that initial hurdle, you're likely to play it for five to ten minutes every other time you play it. There's not much to do. Just tap, tap, tap.

So, despite it being slightly shallow and, yes, pointless (ha ha), it's fun for quickshot gaming sessions. Pick it up (preferably for like $20) if you think you might enjoy this, because chances are, you will.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Very fun, but not enough lasting value, March 3, 2007

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N. Durham "Big Evil" (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Point Blank DS (Video Game)

Namco's light gun shooter Point Blank first gained notoriety on these shores when released on the PS1 way back in the day, and the novelty idea of shooting based mini-games seems like a great platform to make a great DS game. And it does, for a while anyway. Point Blank DS picks 40 mini-games from the series; all of which are emulated wonderfully. The most surprising aspect of Point Blank DS is how the light gun controls are translated using the touch screen and stylus. This factor would have made or broken the game, but Namco managed to get this right thankfully. Two player mode is fun to boot, but what stops Point Blank DS from being truly great is the fact that the mini-games don't offer much in terms of replay value. There's no reason to keep coming back once you complete the game, and many of the mini-games themselves aren't all that different from each other. Not to mention that, and maybe this is just me, but the game just isn't as fun overall without using a light gun. All in all, Point Blank DS offers some fun that DS owners can easily enjoy for quick bits of fun, but don't expect too much out of it.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Fun, No Thinking Required, January 7, 2008

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David Shaw "Gadget Geek" (Ewa Beach, HI) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Point Blank DS (Video Game)

This is a great game to unwind to, No thinking required. The whole thing about Brain training is, well a load of BS.

I purchased this for my non-gamer wife, and she loves it. Other games she likes are Brain Age, Picross, and WarioWare: Touched.

This is a pure, fast paced, shooter. It has 4 levels of difficulty from Practice to Insane, and would be great for fun lovers of any age. Easy to pick up, hard to put down.