LOL (video game)

Infobox VG
title= LOL


caption= Japanese box art
developer= Route24
publisher= vgrelease|JP=skip|NA=Agetec|EU=Rising Star Games
distributor=
designer= Kenichi Nishi
composer= Hirofumi Taniguchi
series=
released= vgrelease|JP=July 19, 2007|NA=May 30, 2008|EU=July 4, 2008
genre= Question and answer
modes= Multiplayer
ratings= vgratings|CERO=A|ESRB=E (Everyone)
platforms= Nintendo DS
media= Nintendo DS Game Card
input=DS stylus

"LOL", known in Japan as "Archime DS" and in Europe as "Bakushow", is a Nintendo DS game by skip. It is based on the Japanese game of Oogiri and is implemented with a PictoChat like interface. The creators refer to it as a "comedy-training" game with the tagline of the game being "If you think this game is boring, you are boring." In North America, the game is only available for sale through Agetec's website.cite web | author=Hatfield, Daemon | date=July 9, 2008 | title=LOL Review: A little bit of game goes a long way. | url=http://www.ds.ign.com/articles/880/880206p1.html | work=IGN.com | accessdate=2008-09-01]

"LOL" was developed by a group of 5 people at Route24, headed by former skip Ltd. employee Kenichi Nishi. The game was made by the project staff members under a very low budget, without them being paid for it, apart from their regular jobs. [cite web | author=Snyders, Oliver | date=July 21, 2008 | title=Q's Hidden Genius: Reo Yonaga Speaks | url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3735/qs_hidden_genius_reo_yonaga_.php?page=4 | work=Gamasutra.com | accessdate=2008-09-02] Their goal was to make the game as simple as possible. [cite web | author=Riley, Adam | date=May 3, 2007 | title=Kenichi Nishi on Archime-DS | url=http://www.cubed3.com/news/7456 | work=Cubed3.com | accessdate=2008-09-01]

Gameplay

The game is multiplayer only, requiring between 2 and 4 players to participate. Although each player must have their own Nintendo DS, only one copy of the game is needed. In the game the host asks a question and the other players have to draw the thing that is asked. After all players have answered, each player votes on which answer or image is the funniest. [cite web | title=Archime-DS: How to Play | url=http://www.archime-ds.com/index_eng.php?m=howToPlay | work=Archime-DS.com | accessdate=2008-09-01] Each player has 3 votes and can also vote (once) for himself.

Reception

The game currently has a current rating of 59 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on 11 reviews. [cite web | title=LOL (ds: 2008) | url=http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ds/lol | work=Metacritic.com | accessdate=2008-09-01] IGN has rated "LOL" 7.5 out of 10. "Game Informer" gave the game a 1 out of 10. The game was awarded 80% by the Official Nintendo Magazine in Great Britain. [cite web | title=Bakushow | url=http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/game.php?id=10430 | work=Official Nintendo Magazine | accessdate=2008-09-29] One Norwegian newspaper was so dissapointed with the game that they gave it the lowest score available, and threw the game cartridge into a microwave oven, destroying it. [cite web | title=Dagbladet.no Bakushow review | url=http://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/2008/09/19/547323.html
work=dagbladet.no | accessdate=2008-09-19]

References

External links

* [http://www.agetec.com/LOLgame Official website] en icon
* [http://www.archime-ds.com/ Official website] ja icon
* [http://ds.ign.com/objects/899/899467.html IGN page]
* [http://www.eegra.com/pages/show/title/05_01_2008_Long_Review__Archime_DS/ Story about encounter with developers/Review for Archime DS]