I can't take anymore after the 6th frame and I reset my DS.ĭisappointed with Elf Bowling? No worries, this DS card contains the riveting sequel: Elves in Paradise. There's no way to quit a game! I'm forced to play through all 10 frames in order to get back to the menu and try the other 'game' (which is apparently a loosely-defined term in this instance). NOO! I let the DS sit open with the game running while I wrote a note down, and the elf pins once again started chanting 'elf, elf, baby.' Guess what song will be playing in my nightmares tonight? The only good thing to come from this game is that I suddenly have a craving to play Wii Sports bowling. This is worse than one of those idiotic games you see in Flash banner ads.

There's no music in the background, the animation is really disturbing, and they randomly stop singing - no, chanting - 'elf, elf baby' to giggle and make flatulence noises. What's the intro for Elf Bowling, you ask? Why, it's three elves singing 'elf, elf, baby.' EPIC FAIL. The four critics that did review Elf Bowling (the poor, poor souls) are all fairly consistent in stating that this game is the suck. Why it doesn't appear on the list is because it only contains four reviews and five are needed to appear on the grand tally. Yet Elf Bowling for the DS manages to do that 5 points better - err, worse - with a metascore of 12. According to the 'Index of Nintendo DS Game Reviews by Score' page, the worst-received game for the DS is Deal or No Deal with a metascore of 17. I've referenced the bottom of the list before.

Metacritic is a great tool to use when I determine the critics' reception of a game for this series. The company also published Metal Slug 7 in North America. It's difficult to comprehend the fact that the same resources which gave us the excellent and underrated Mercury Meltdown Revolution are also responsible for Elf Bowling 1 & 2. Notably but understandably missing is this game.

A quick scan of their products page shows a great diversity in games. Elf Bowling 1 & 2 shares the same developer and publisher: Ignition Entertainment.

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