Flipper Critters is a pinball style game with storyline, mini-games, puzzles, and quests. Sounds pretty promising, eh? I certainly thought so. I was looking forward to seeing what the game had to offer.

I’ll come right out and say it. Flipper Critters is definitely lacking in shininess. It looks like they tried to duplicate the art style in Animal Crossing and failed.

The controls for Flipper Critters are relatively simple. The L button or control pad controls the left flipper and the R button or the A, B, X, or Y button controls the right flipper. The stylus is also used to raise ramps, lower fences, remove obstacles, etc.

Flipper Critters can be downright frustrating. The “puzzle” aspect is figuring out how to accomplish the next quest objective. Most of the time I could only figure it out through trial and error, whacking the ball around and seeing what happened.
--Amy
http://weeklygeekshow.com/2007/11/review_flipper_critters_for_ni.php

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Product Description

Flipper Critters is a beautiful tale that combines fast-paced, traditional pinball action with a fun storyline where colorful characters must complete a series of missions to fulfill their quest to save a friend. The quirky characters travel through a variety of settings, from towering castles to the surface of the moon, in their quest to save a friend, poor Bull, who has a cold. During their adventures, the Flipper Critters interact with a reclusive sorceress and do battle with a towering giant, and even learn the secret of their own mysterious origins.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8578 in Video Games
• Brand: Ignition Entertainment
• Released on: 2007-10-09
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Platform: Nintendo DS
• Dimensions: .25 pounds

Features

• Fun, fast-paced and colorful pinball game play and vibrant 3D graphics for the Nintendo DS
• Makes use of both Nintendo DS screens to illustrate all aspects of the enchanting, three-dimensional world. All the expected pinball features are included: ramps, sinkholes, bumpers, jackpots, gates and goals - just in a different form.
• Story mode allows players to journey across a diverse land, encountering all sorts of creatures, climates and challenges - the player chooses which missions and objectives to take on next.
• Fun Mode allows players to play through levels unlocked from Story Mode to beat their high scores
• Fun mode allows players to play through levels unlocked in story mode