I loved this when it had Pokemon it, way back when. Since then I’ve not been too in love, but thought I’d try the DS version anyway.

Not sure if it was worth bothering yet. Firstly, there’s a ton of Japanese. (I’m playing it off my R4 with the English patch installed and there’s still a ton of Japanese.) Secondly, well, there’s a nice Daily Practice section, but it gives you options, so I’m not sure how it can keep track of scores if you can play around with levels and difficulty settings. Thirdly, I tried a go of Avalanche mode and played for half an hour without any stress, at which point it just dropped a million blocks on me and killed me dead in seconds. Odd, confusing and annoying.

On the plus side, the stylus control works really well and with some experimentation I should be able to find a mode which balances fairness and difficulty.

Still wish there were Pokemon in it, though.