For a long while puzzle games haven't really come up with anything new solve but Art of Balance is a change to that. Originally released as a WiiWare game, the sequel by the name of Touch! makes it's way over to Nintendo's 3DS handheld to make use of the system Touch Screen and 3D effects.
There is now a playable demo of the game available for download so that you can play for about 10 minutes before you'll eventually go ahead and buy the full game on Eshop.
The gameplay is much different from your standard puzzle game, your goal is to move different shapes so that they can balance together for 3 seconds, when the shapes are balanced together you'll advance to the next level. If any shape falls into the water then you restart the level till you get it right.
You control your pieces with the stylus and you can flip them around with the L or R Buttons if you're using the stylus, you can use the Circle Pad and buttons on the system optionally but the Stylus can get the work done easier.
Many of the puzzles start out simply but however many require a few retries before you figure a right possible solution. You can complete the puzzles the way you like to do it as long as you make sure that you keep the pieces on the board. The game will change it up a bit with a stage where you need to form a tower and make it balance. This concept is very addictive and really fun cause you'll always find different ways of completing each challenging puzzle.
In the full game you'll be able to play through 200 Levels in 8 different worlds but in the demo you can only play 7 levels, you can select your levels in any order as you see fit and eventually you'll unlock other worlds to play.
The game designers did a great job of converting the game onto the 3DS. The Visuals feature a calm but basic feel and you can change the camera angle to 2 different settings if you wish. The graphics are great as well with the 3D on. The Soundtrack has a calm but decent techno beat and the sound effects are decent.
I honestly quite like the style and look of Art of Balance: Touch! even though I never played the original WiiWare version. If you looking for a change in puzzle games then Art of Balance is a unique change. If you haven't played on WiiWare before then you can get your hands on it's downloadable release on the 3DS.
Game Title: Art of Balance: Touch!
Platform: Nintendo 3DS Download
Genre: Puzzle
Developer: Shin'en Multimedia
Publisher: Shin'en Multimedia
Demo Released: October 18th 2012
Date of Full Game Release: May 24th 2012 (North America), June 7th 2012 (United Kingdom)
Age Rating: 3+ PEGI
Anthony Hayball (AQWBlaZer91)
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