Boing! Docomodake DS

Boing! Docomodake DS

The Docomodake are peaceful people; they live their lives like you and me, go to school, leave home, and love nothing more than organising the annual festival for Docomodake Village, which is pretty impressive considering they appear to be nothing more than walking talking mushrooms. Read more

Mobile mascot turned inexplicable puzzle-solving platform hero

Boing! Docomodake is rarely a challenging experience, though the trial-and-error gameplay means you'll occasionally get stuck somewhere or lose a couple necessary minis and need to restart the stage. Docomodake doesn't really dig deep into narrative, either, and wouldn't stand out in our minds as one of the flashier offerings on the DS. But despite the straightforward approach and lack of truly brain-taxing scenarios, Boing! Docomodake remains an entirely pleasant and... Read more

When you first find out about Boing! Docomodake, there's an inevitable first question: what the heck is Docomodake? Once you realize that it's the mascot of a cell phone company in Japan, you start to wonder why there's an English version. Perhaps it was a risky move to localize something that English speakers will almost certainly know nothing about, but this game comes out of left field in many respects, and some gamers will appreciate that. Read more

Gamertell Review: Boing! Docomodake DS for DS

Boing! Docomodake DS isn’t absurdly challenging. It isn’t like Contra 4 . It also isn’t focused on beating up anything in Papa Docomodake’s path to make it through a level, like New Super Mario Bros. . It’s just a gentle, occasionally challenging, sometimes heartwarming adventure that will keep you entertained for a few evenings. If you know someone who’s never owned a game system before, and the DS is their first, or someone who’s a sucker for games... Read more

Puzzling how Japan loves their 'shrooms.

There are some really odd games out there. From the country that brought you Katamari Damacy comes... Boing! Docomodake! Really, what is it with the Japanese and video games and mushrooms ? How many games will (and already) involve them, and yet have nothing to do with cooking? While involving puzzles? How many puzzles can you do while 'shooming like crazy, mister... uhh, Japan ? Anyway, B!D is a puzzler that fits somewhere between Yoshi's Island and a kindergarten... Read more