Clubhouse Games

"The Ultimate Card & Board Game Collection!"

Clubhouse Games for Nintendo DS is a brilliant collaboration of 42 individual games, including card games, board games, action games, and variety games. Many of the individual games included in Clubhouse Games have even been made as separate, stand-alone games, but why waste your money on those when Clubhouse has it all in one?

Among the card games, there are three different categories: Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced. The Basics include games like "Old Maid", "Memory Match", "Spit", and "I Doubt It," a cleaner version of the more-popularly known "Bull****." The Intermediate level includes "Blackjack", "Hearts", "Rummy", and "Seven Bridge," as well as a few others. Among the Advanced card games are "Five Card Draw" (poker), "Texas Hold 'Em", "Spades," and a few others as well. All the card games are controlled by poking the cards with your stylus and/or dragging cards with it, so the controls are simple. And don't be worried if you don't know how to play the card games because this game includes detailed instructions for every single game.

The Board games in Clubhouse are among some of the best and most popular board games of our time. They include "Checkers", "Chinese Checkers", "Connect Five", "Grid Attack" (which is similar to Battleship), "Backgammon", "Chess", and even a few others you might want to take the time to learn and play. Other games on Clubhouse are among favorites such as "Dominoes", "Bowling", "Darts", "Billiards", and "Solitaire". All of them very simple to play, using the stylus to drag, drop, throw, roll, toss, and hit your way to first place.

The great thing about Clubhouse Games is that it is a great single player game. You could pick up this game and play against the computer in any of the 42 great games it has to offer on one of three different difficulty settings, and I'd have a riot with it. There are enough games here to keep you satisfied for probably the entire generation.

BUT, let's just say you got bored and wanted to play against someone else. Bingo! Clubhouse Games includes Wi-Fi, and you are able to play many (though not all) of the games against people across the world! Bowling against 6 other people or playing a nice round of Billiards with some kid in Asia is really much more fun than it may sound typed out. Put it this way, Clubhouse Games is the type of game that you could be playing years from now. It has so much variety that it's replay value simply sky-rockets.

Not only is this game extremely fun, but it's also extremely easy to control. Everything is controlled by a drag, drop, tap, or swipe of the stylus. You can have the controls mastered in about 5 minutes, so there is no problem here.

Like I said before, if you don't know how to play some of the games, don't worry! It includes in-depth explanations about each game, so you won't have to avoid the games you are unfamiliar with. With it's long-lasting line-up of games, I would easily recommend Clubhouse Games to anyone with a DS, and at least half a brain.

Gameplay: 10/10
Graphics: 9/10
Sound: 7/10
Fun Factor: 10/10
Replay Value: 11/10

Rent or Buy: BUY. If you have a DS, you should own this game. Period.

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 01/02/07