Category: Action/Adventure

Title: Dragon’s Lair
Publisher: Destineer
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 11/18/2010
Overview:
A groundbreaking classic gets new life as Dragon’s Lair comes to DS. Dragon’s Lair shook up arcades with cartoon-style animation and a hero named Dirk who proved you could save the princess without taking your job too seriously. Control the valiant knight and survive a dangerous wizard’s castle as you try to save the princess from an evil dragon. Play the game in its original arcade form with remastered animations that have Dirk looking better than ever. Beginners can learn from a new move guide, while Watch Mode lets you enjoy the animation without playing the game.

Title: Crime Lab
Publisher: City Interactive
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 11/19/2010
Overview:
A young FBI agent opens a package and opens a mystery where life and death hang in the balance in this crime-solving puzzle saga. Nicole Bonnet is in for the challenge of her budding career when a serial killer, known for leaving playing cards by his victims, sends her a coded message. To stop him from striking again, she’ll need to go inside his mind and find the meaning behind the madness. Follow a twisting storyline that mixes adventure and puzzle-solving. Search for clues in 60 locations, gain insight in mini-games, and delve deeper into an elaborate Hidden Object Mode as you decode the dark mind of a twisted criminal.

Title: CSI: Unsolved!
Publisher: Ubisoft
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 11/22/2010
Overview:
Every crime leaves evidence behind. The only question is: are you smart enough to find it? Join the team at CSI in this game inspired by the long-running hit TV show. Play as your favorite CSIs and solve five mysteries created just for this game. Use the Stylus to dust for fingerprints, dig out hard-to-find clues, and more. Take your findings back to the lab and perform scientific analysis in mini-games where you’ll test for toxins, compare bullets, and perform other vital procedures. Interview suspects in the field or bring them down to the station for an interrogation in a relentless pursuit of truth.

Title: Tangled
Publisher: Disney Interactive
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 11/22/2010
Overview:
A damsel in distress becomes a damsel in action in this game inspired by the Disney animated film. Tangled reinvents the classic fairy tale by getting Rapunzel out of her tower and into an adventure with a swashbuckling hero named Flynn. Explore worlds inspired by the film as the two solve puzzles and overcome obstacles together. The 2D storybook adventure takes you to the Forest, Village, Rapunzel’s Tower, the Snuggle Duckling, and more. You’ll befriend and care for animals, get help from people you meet, play mini-games, and paint the Tower wall on your way to a happy ending.

Title: 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors
Publisher: Aksys
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 11/27/2010
Overview:
Nine people are locked behind nine doors, and you have nine hours to save them in this breathtaking interactive mystery. Junpei is a normal college student who wakes up to find himself trapped in a deadly game. Kidnapped along with eight others, he has only nine hours to save the strangers and himself from a watery grave. Explore different environments and solve puzzles based on logic, music composition, numerology, and more to open the nine doors and cheat death. The story will take you into the darkest depths of human relationships, where one wrong choice could result in the loss of someone you’re trying desperately to save.

Title: Tron: Evolution
Publisher: Disney Interactive
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 12/6/2010
Overview:
When a movie is set inside a video game, you know it’s only a matter of time before you can play it for yourself! Disappear into the digital void in this game that lets you experience the action-packed, high-tech world of Tron. Ride Light Cycles and use light discs as you journey across the Tron Grid. Battle enemies and solve puzzles to prevent power outages in Adventure Mode. Use strength, speed, and smarts to become a champion in Grid Games Mode. Compete against friends in arena battles or invite them to join a story-based adventure in Multiplayer. Hack the system to discover power-ups for your character, disc, and more.

Title: Yogi Bear
Publisher: D3P
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 12/7/2010
Overview:
Be sure and pack a pic-a-nic basket for this adventure based on the Yogi Bear live-action CG movie! It’s the 100th anniversary of Jellystone Park, and instead of throwing a huge celebration, some greedy developers want to close the park. Travel through Jellystone rescuing protected animals and working to keep the park open. Sneak through majestic levels using zip-lines, bungees, belly slides, and other moves to keep from being spotted by Ranger Smith and other humans. Collect items to build gadgets and shake or move objects to discover useful hidden items. You’ll need to be smarter than the average bear if you’re going to save your home!

Title: Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Osborne House
Publisher: THQ
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 1/5/2011
Overview:
Step behind the magnifying glass as Sherlock Holmes returns to solve another case on the Nintendo DS. Uncover a dark conspiracy set up by Professor Moriarty to overthrow the Queen. Use your wits to deduce over 40 thrilling brain-teasers. Not all puzzles may be so elementary. Visit 40 different locations including Buckingham Palace and the British Museum. Search every nook and cranny for clues and items to help you solve the mystery. You can also skip the adventure and go right into Puzzle Solving Mode to test your deduction and reasoning skills.

Title: Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Publisher: Capcom
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 1/11/2011
Overview:
Solve your own murder from beyond the grave in this interactive puzzle mystery from the creators of the Ace Attorney series. Play as the ghost of a man named Sissel, a murder victim with no memory of why his life was taken. You’ll need to alter the lives of over 30 characters, reshaping their destinies so you can solve the mystery behind yours. Use the Stylus to choose paths for Sissel. Manipulate objects to solve puzzles and change people’s lives. The game contains 15 stages, 25 areas, and one important catch: Sissel will leave the supernatural world at dawn, so you’ll have to work quickly.

Title: Plants vs. Zombies
Publisher: Pop Cap Games
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 1/17/2011
Overview:
Zombies are invading. And the last line of defense is…plants! Put down that chainsaw and fire up your green thumb to fend off the zombie apocalypse in this quirky, addictive adventure. Set up your defense by planting dozens of different plants, all with different anti-zombie powers. Beat back all kinds of bizarre zombies, including miners, football players, businessmen, and a bobsled team with peashooters, melon-pults, cherry bombs, and more. See how long you can last in Adventure, Survival, Puzzle, and Versus Modes, then take a break in the calm of the Zen Garden. Play 22 mini-games, create your own zombie with the Zombatar, and much more.

Title: Magical Zhu Zhu Princess: Carriages & Castles
Publisher: Activision
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 2/7/2011
Overview:
The Zhu Zhu world gets the royal treatment in this game that spins a charming tale featuring all-new Zhu Zhu pets and places. The Zhu Zhu Princess Snowcup needs help reaching the castle of Prince Dashington. It’s a good thing she’s ready for adventure! Snowcup will need to navigate more than 40 levels ripe for exploration. Sneak through tunnels, leap off jumps, slip down slides, and more. Share the adventure with Zhu Zhu characters like Patches, NumNums, Peachy, Pinky, Nugget, and other hamsters ready to dress up, play, and explore. You’ll be able to give your Zhu Zhus new accessories like fairy-tale ready carriages, magical castles, and more.

Title: Chronicles of Mystery: The Secret Tree of Life
Publisher: City Interactive
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 2/17/2011
Overview:
A taste of immortality lurks at the end of this epic mystery. Travel around the world and into the heart of legends in Chronicles of Mystery: The Tree of Life. Like many before her, young archaeologist Sylvie Leroux is fascinated by the Tree of Life. Anyone lucky enough to taste its fruit will gain eternal life. Search the world, from Cairo to Venice and beyond, solving puzzles, unraveling ancient riddles, and tracking down clues in an attempt to find the legendary tree. The mystery grows deeper and more more dangerous with every clue. With assassins hot on your tail, you’ll need to work fast to stay one step ahead.

Title: de Blob 2
Publisher: THQ
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 2/22/2011
Overview:
The world is your coloring book in this adventure that is packed with action and filled with color. de Blob returns to preserve a color-safe world as the battle against black and white continues! Comrade Black and the Inkies have hatched a new scheme to erase color from everything. Restore Prisma City to its vibrant form by using custom paints, patterns, and music in almost any way you can imagine. Use power-ups to squash enemies, smash through walls, and soar over skyscrapers, leaving a colorful trail of paint and destruction behind you. Complete new side-missions, fight bigger boss battles, and share the splatter with friends in new co-op multiplayer modes.

Title: Rango
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 2/28/2011
Overview:
Rango puts the wild in Wild West with this tale of an unlikely hero who unexpectedly finds himself becoming exactly what he has always dreamed of being. Rango the film follows a chameleon who would like nothing more than to be gunslinging hero…until bandits invade and he is actually forced to do it. Experience Rango’s life in the Old West in an adventure that picks up where the movie leaves off. Ride the backs of speeding roadrunners and bats, battle bad guys in frantic cowboy shootouts, and meet the crazy residents of the town of Dirt. It’s all in a day’s work for the lovable chameleon in the ten-gallon hat.

Title: Okamiden
Publisher: Capcom
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 3/17/2011
Overview:
Less of a game and more of a work of art, Okamiden is a masterpiece that lets you create a masterpiece of your own. The Okami franchise has made its mark with an innovative blend of artistic action gameplay and mythical storylines. The franchise gives DS owners their own canvas with this saga that follows the sun god Chibiterasu and his quest to restore color to the world. Use the Stylus as a Celestial Brush as you paint objects into existence, fend off enemies, and alter your environments. Experience a rich storyline based in Japanese folklore that comes to life with calligraphy, scroll paintings, and a vivid watercolor style.

Title: Monster Tale
Publisher: Majesco
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 3/22/2011
Overview:
A gang of vicious kids discover a secret world inhabited by monsters where they force the inhabitants of the Monster World to be their pets. As the children fulfill all their selfish desires, the Monster World begins to crumble. That is, until sweet little Ellie discovers this world and befriends a mysterious young monster named Chomp. Take care of Chomp on the bottom screen to feed him and gain new abilities while you explore the Monster World on the top screen. Call on Chomp at any time to help you in battle and he will rush to the top screen to fight by your side.

Title: Galactic Taz Ball
Publisher: WB Games
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 9/2/2010
Overview:
You have one world to save and two crazy ways to do it in this adventure starring two favorite Looney Tunes characters. Marvin the Martian is trying to make Mars more beautiful by stealing land from Earth, and he accidentally kidnapped Taz. Play as Taz and fire up a whirlwind of fun in a two-part game that takes full advantage of both DS screens. In the action-packed Overworld, get Taz spinning as fast as possible so you can take out any enemies and objects that get in your way. In the puzzle-based Underworld, you’ll guide Taz through a wild maze of gizmos and machines to help him save the day. 

Title: Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Publisher: WB Games
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 9/4/2010
Overview:
For this crime-fighting adventure, Batman was kind enough to bring along some friends! The Caped Crusader teams up with some of his superhero buddies in this game based on the Batman: The Brave and the Bold TV show. Fight crime in a variety of locations usings Batman’s trademark weapons, including batarangs and other gadgets from his utility belt. Fight side-by-side with Robin, Green Lantern, Blue Beetle, and Hawkman, or call in instant help from drop-in characters like Aquaman and The Flash. Fight villains from the DC Universe and solve puzzles in play that shows you what it’s like to be a superhero.

Title: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
Publisher: Activision
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 9/7/2010
Overview:
Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man has a little more turf to cover in this epic that follows four incarnations of the web-slinger through four different dimensions. Search for pieces of a tablet scattered across four worlds, playing as a different version of the wall-crawler in each one. Lurk in the shadows of 1930s New York City as Spider-Man Noir. Fast-forward to 2099 and play as Future Spider-Man. Navigate Marvel’s Ultimate Universe as Ultimate Spider-Man. And swing through the familiar ink-on-paper-style world of the Amazing Spider-Man. Each version of Spidey has a unique look and unique skills, and each dimension features its own set of powerful foes just waiting to welcome him.

Title: Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 9/11/2010
Overview:
Puzzle-solving mastermind Professor Layton faces his biggest challenge yet: solving a puzzle that is ten years in the future! When his apprentice Luke gets a letter from himself, sent from ten years in the future, Professor Layton is called to action. In ten years, London will be plunged into chaos, and the Professor is the only one who can put things back together. Solve over 165 puzzles that weave through a mystery storyline supplemented by hand-drawn animated sequences and voice acting. If you’re stuck and the three subtle hints the game provides don’t help you, you can get an added boost from a new superhint feature.