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Ben 10: Protector of Earth (Nintendo DS) | 
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| From: D3 Publisher
Category: Video Games
New (23) Used (2) from £11.16
Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 122
Platform: Nintendo Ds
Rating: Universal, particularly children
Media: Video Game
Operating System: Nintendo DS
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.7 x 0.8
MPN: NRT P AWOP
EAN: 5060125481462
ASIN: B000QG8J7Y
Release Date: November 9, 2007
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Product Description
An inter-dimensional crisis threatens to swallow the Earth into limitless darkness and Ben Tennyson suddenly finds that his alien powers have been stolen!
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By Alec, 9 Years July 19, 2008
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I reallly, really enjoyed this game. I like the idea that his watch is playing up again and can only turn into Four Arms and Heatblast, but Monsters have got some of the Omnitrix and when he defeats them he gets XLR8, Cannonbolt and Wildvine.
I have 20 DS games and my two brothers have a few and most of them are 5 Star, but I think this is the BEST!
I found it hard to begin with and I didn't understand how to play it, although I kept playing and it was brilliant!
According to my nephew this is a great game - only prequisite you must like the Ben-10 cartoons June 22, 2008
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
OK you only get 5 Aliens from the Omnitrix (it's playing up again) so really the game should be Ben-5, although Ben-10 is also ten years old. You start with Four Arms and Heatblast and unlock the next three [XLR8, Cannonbolt, and Wildvine apparently, so no Diamondhead, Ghostfreak, Wildmutt, Ripjaws or Stinkfly - if that means anything to you]. Your adversaries include Enoch, Kevin 11, the giant robot, the fungus plant from Camp fever, Hex, Ghostfreak, Dr. Animo, Six-Six, and Vilgax [the alien war-lord who wants the omnitrix to conquer the galaxy]. There are 14 levels across 5 USA locations. You have training levels, and other reviewers say there's a hard mode after you defeat Vilgax in easy. The game is largely a platform one and you whizz about the top screen as Ben, jumping from one alien form to another to defeat the array of bad guys coming towards you. The Omnitrix naturally loses power when you're in alien form so when the bar reaches zero you are stuck as 10 year old Ben until the Omnitrix [quickly] recharges - so it helps to chose alien forms wisely to pick the best for each combat or manoeuvre, e.g jump chasms.
So you often have to modify your strategy to defeat each bad guy as quickly as possible. There are alien upgrades when you succeed and you collect Sumo Slammer cards to unlock content/new alien forms. There is a two player co-op mode (with another mate/DS/game chip required). This Game seems popular with all pre-teen Ben 10 fans - some say as young as 6. There's a lot of bad alien biffing, but it doesn't come across as very violent as the characters are all quite small on the top screen [you zoom in and out a bit as Ben runs along]. The game feels similar to the classic Mario and Bart Simpson platform game franchises on the GameBoy/DS. It has a strong Ben-10 theme though, and I suspect the game is particularly boy friendly. My Nephew [8] loves it and has supplied this info - he is naturally a Ben-10 fan and finds the game easy enough to play without being dull [so it appears to be a 5* game for preteen kids]. That said my son [12] has just bought the game for himself and found it a bit tough initially to master the controls. This was until he realised you don't use the stylus to jump aliens/control the Omnitrix on the bottom screen, your right thumb does the job far quicker. The game uses the DS buttons a lot to control Ben. More importantly my son doesn't consider the game too childish for him at 12, and he finds some of the aliens take a time to defeat - plus he still has a soft spot for the classy Ben-10 cartoon series [as do I].
would recommend this game January 4, 2008
34 out of 36 found this review helpful
my son has been absolutely glued to this since he received it! there are handy hints which appear on screen although to defeat some enemies you do have to figure it out yourself (only to be expected or it wouldn't be a challenge hey!?)highly recommemded for any young lad who loves Ben 10.
My boy says it's fantabulous!
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