The Shrine

Alpha Bounce

http://ds.ign.com/articles/108/1085175p1.html

Basically, it's an RPG Arkanoid with thousands of levels for $5. I want

I am gonna buy it tonight I'll let you know

OK Zeus I've gotten a bit into it so far, and I have to say its pretty fun. You basicly explore a map field trying to gather powerups that are scattered about. The powerups can be anything from drones that will automaticly attack enemies on the screen, diffrent ball types that have diffrent specialitys, passive abilitys like the ability to move more than left to right, extentions to your paddle, and others. Controls are fairly solid, unfortunatly after playing probally 40 some stages so far I have not gotten any more story. The game seems huge though so it may just be a matter of time, I'll keep you updated.

Great, thanks Mac. I'll definitely keep an eye out for this when whenever I get a DSi/XL/3DS

For anyone on the fence, IGN certainly seems to think it's well worth your $5

http://ds.ign.com/articles/108/1085175p1.html

OK I have been playing for quite a bit now and am DEFIDNETLY enjoying it. The game is absoutly MASSIVE! I have probally cleared a good 200 stages, and I am nowhere NEAR to close to playing em all. The powerups are defidently getting better, and when you try to clear the planets to get new paddles (called envelopes in the game) you have to deal with some nasty stuff and equip yourself right. The worst so far was a planet with electronic defense systems that shot at me everytime my ball broke bricks, but by equiping a hacking drone and a ball that wors as if you have catch right off the start I was able to just dodge the first volley let my hacking drone disable the turrets and then continue clearing the stage as normal, but till I figured out I could use the hacking drone to disable the turrets those stages were a PAIN.