One of the best puzzle games out there
Well I'm not sure, but Meteos is awesome. Simply put, one of the best DS games to date.
Puzzle games don't need a story, but Meteos has one, and it ain't bad either. An evil planet called Meteo is trying to destroy other planets by sending Meteos [or colored blocks] to them to destroy them. You take control and play the game to make sure these Meteos don't destroy the planets. How? Very simple; you slide your stylus verticaly [up and down] to match three or more Meteos of the same color / type [either horizontally or vertically] to make them propel back to space. Any Meteos above the ones you make fly will fly too, but the weight and gravity itself might drive them back to the planet's surface.
What's very creative and special about this is that every planet in Meteos [a total of more than 30] has different Meteos, music, sound effects, and gravitational laws! This makes every planet different from each other, greatly extending the replay value of the game.
So of course, you can make chains by calculating where falling blocks will land, but this is a little hard to explain if you don't play the game.
Single-player mode is very extensive and challenging. You can go on some sort of Mission Mode where you go from one planet to another until you reach Meteo. This level has five different difficulty levels. You can also play Time Attack, Marathon, or simple matches against CPU oponents, up to three.
Multiplayer is here too, and it's great! You can play single-card or multi-card with up to three of your friends. The only drag about this is that if three or more people are playing, the game slows down a bit, but not enough to make you not want to play multi.
Another very cool fact about this game is that it keeps track of many records. For example, you can see how many times you have turned on the system with the game on, how much time you've played, how many Meteos you have burned, etc. A very nice and interesting addition indeed.
The graphics are smooth and great-looking, the sound is simply top-notch, addictive and fun gameplay, great multiplayer and long-lasting game. You don't have it? What are you waiting for!