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Magical StarsignSCORE: 59Magical Starsignon the NintendoDS is the biggestdisappointment thisreviewer has everreviewed. The roleplaying genre isnotorious for magicalcontent. MagicalStarsign is drowningin it. In fact the fightingsystem in thisgame revolves almostentirely aroundmagic. Players haveto use magic to completelittle tasks inthis hand held videogame. What makesthis disappointmentshocking is it came from Nintendo.Yes - Nintendo. They normallyhave a good image in the industry.Magical Starsign gives them abig black eye.The graphics in MagicalStarsign are too small. Thenthere is all the violence. Playerscan kick the enemies or launch amajor magical attack on them. Itis like that Harry Potter franchise,but on steroids. The ‘heroes’in Magical Starsign are animalpeople. This is not Solatorobokind of animals though. They lookmessed up in Magical Starsign.This DS game also has religioussymbols promoting religionsother than a personal relationshipwith Jesus Christ.It can be exhaustingto try and readthrough all of the jibberjabber in MagicalStarsign. Very littleof the story in MagicalStarsign madeany sense. Flyingto different planetswas just an excuse toreach another area.Following the queststhere to move the storylineline. Which isextremely unbelievable.Sadly MagicalStarsign is not muchfun of a story to play,let alone review. Itwas a chore to playand review this game.The musicis okay in MagicalStarsign, but someof the special effectsounds are annoying.Add into it thevarious false teachings,and you have arecipe for disaster.There are a fairamount of extras tounlock in MagicalStarsign. Up to sixplayers can playMagical Starsigntogether as long aseach of them have acopy of this game.The gameplay in Magical Starsign isinsanely complex. You have toworry about different elements,then different planets, and finallydifferent skills for the differentcharacters. Once you have allthat you can pummel your waythrough thousands of battles.These get old very quickly. Somepeople have actually fallenasleep while playing MagicalStarsign. They could not handlethe repetition and boring fights.The dependence on magicalpowers is another aspect of MagicalStarsign that is bothersome.The RPG Master finds it areal shame that Magical Starsignis as bad as it is. It did not needto rely on occultic content. It alsofeels like a game preaching itsreligious beliefs toa Christian nation totry and steer themaway from God. Thequirky characters,and strange universecan be left in thefailures of the videogame industry. Thereis no need for any sequelsto this franchiseever. This review alsoshows we are balancedhere at FamilyFriendly Gaming. Weare not fanboys ofNintendo or any othervideo game publisher.-RPG MasterPublisher: NintendoSystem: Nintendo DSRating: ‘E’ - Everyone{Comic Mischief, Mild Fantasy Violence}Graphics: 55%Sounds: 60%Replay/Extras: 80%Gameplay: 59%Family Friendly Factor: 41%Family Friendly Gaming 28