Kurikin Nano Island Story

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title= Kurikin Nano Island Story


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developer= MediaKite
publisher= Nintendo
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released= vgrelease|Japan|JP|May 24, 2007
genre= Console RPG
modes= Single player
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platforms= Nintendo DS
media= Nintendo DS Game Card
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"Kurikin Nano Island Story" (くりきん ナノアイランドストーリー) is a console RPG developed by MediaKite and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. It was released in Japan on May 24, 2007. There has been no word as to whether or not that it will be released anywhere else other than Japan.

Gameplay

You play as a student (either male or female) at Nano Academy, a school located on Nano Island. This island is home to an abundance of around 100 types of bacteria. You'll have to explore the island to collect them all. When one kind is found, the bacteria can be raised and then used in battle.

The game includes a story mode for single players. Each of the 24 chapters starts off by giving you a mission. With your goal all set, you head off on a search of the island to speak to people and gather information. As you advance through the missions, you'll end up getting in battle with rival bacteria. Unlike Pokémon and other monster battle RPGs, the battles in this game are group based. Rather than controlling a single bacteria, you control a group of the pixel-sized creatures in a face-off against a group of equally tiny foes.

Battle system

During a battle, the touch screen shows an overhead view of the entire battlefield, which takes on different shapes depending on the battle at hand. To control your bacteria group, you draw circles around the section that you want to move. Follow this with a straight line, and the bacteria move off in the intended direction. You can also blow into the microphone to scatter groups of bacteria that you've circled.

Depending on the type of battle, the goal in battle is to either destroy all of your opponent's bacteria or to have more bacteria than your opponent at the end of the time limit. Killing off all your rivals won't be as easy as it sounds, as the bacteria replicate over time. All the gameplay during battle appears to take place on the bottom screen. Meanwhile, the top screen shows a close-up view of the action, allowing you to get a closer look at the game's creature design. You're free to move a viewing window around the touch screen to get a full view of the action from the top screen.

References

External links

* [http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/a2kj/index.html?link=txt Official web site] (Japanese)
* [http://ds.ign.com/objects/899/899493.html IGN page]