Customer Reviews

Ben 10: Protector of Earth (Nintendo DS)

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

OK you only get 5 Aliens from the Omnitrix (it's playing up again) so really the game should be Ben-5, although Ben-10 is also ten years old. You start with Four Arms and Heatblast and unlock the next three [XLR8, Cannonbolt, and Wildvine apparently, so no Diamondhead, Ghostfreak, Wildmutt, Ripjaws or Stinkfly - if that means anything to you]. Your adversaries include Enoch, Kevin 11, the giant robot, the fungus plant from Camp fever, Hex, Ghostfreak, Dr. Animo, Six-Six, and Vilgax [the alien war-lord who wants the omnitrix to conquer the galaxy]. There are 14 levels across 5 USA locations. You have training levels, and other reviewers say there's a hard mode after you defeat Vilgax in easy. The game is largely a platform one and you whizz about the top screen as Ben, jumping from one alien form to another to defeat the array of bad guys coming towards you. The Omnitrix naturally loses power when you're in alien form so when the bar reaches zero you are stuck as 10 year old Ben until the Omnitrix [quickly] recharges - so it helps to chose alien forms wisely to pick the best for each combat or manoeuvre, e.g jump chasms.

So you often have to modify your strategy to defeat each bad guy as quickly as possible. There are alien upgrades when you succeed and you collect Sumo Slammer cards to unlock content/new alien forms. There is a two player co-op mode (with another mate/DS/game chip required). This Game seems popular with all pre-teen Ben 10 fans - some say as young as 6. There's a lot of bad alien biffing, but it doesn't come across as very violent as the characters are all quite small on the top screen [you zoom in and out a bit as Ben runs along]. The game feels similar to the classic Mario and Bart Simpson platform game franchises on the GameBoy/DS. It has a strong Ben-10 theme though, and I suspect the game is particularly boy friendly. My Nephew [8] loves it and has supplied this info - he is naturally a Ben-10 fan and finds the game easy enough to play without being dull [so it appears to be a 5* game for preteen kids]. That said my son [12] has just bought the game for himself and found it a bit tough initially to master the controls. This was until he realised you don't use the stylus to jump aliens/control the Omnitrix on the bottom screen, your right thumb does the job far quicker. The game uses the DS buttons a lot to control Ben. More importantly my son doesn't consider the game too childish for him at 12, and he finds some of the aliens take a time to defeat - plus he still has a soft spot for the classy Ben-10 cartoon series [as do I].

I reallly, really enjoyed this game. I like the idea that his watch is playing up again and can only turn into Four Arms and Heatblast, but Monsters have got some of the Omnitrix and when he defeats them he gets XLR8, Cannonbolt and Wildvine.

I have 20 DS games and my two brothers have a few and most of them are 5 Star, but I think this is the BEST!

I found it hard to begin with and I didn't understand how to play it, although I kept playing and it was brilliant!

my son has been absolutely glued to this since he received it! there are handy hints which appear on screen although to defeat some enemies you do have to figure it out yourself (only to be expected or it wouldn't be a challenge hey!?)highly recommemded for any young lad who loves Ben 10.
My boy says it's fantabulous!

This game is for Ben 10 fans only. Though sometimes a little on the difficult side my six year old is constantly playing. The game play and graphics are above average and all in all my son would recommend the game to other fans.

It's good good graphics and there are loads of different types of moves that you have to figure out yourself.
The bit that wasn't so good, was that you only get 5 of the 10 monsters and it's a very short game.

I got this game when I was 7 on my birthday. It starts off easy and then it gets hard. You press different buttons - B is for jumping, A is for throwing stones, and Y is for fighting. You put your stylus on the Omnatrix and then you press the centre of it to see what aliens you can turn into. Some baddies are really hard to fight. You fight baddies and you can change into different aliens. There is a little watch in the corner of the DS and when it goes down to the bottom of the screen you turn back into Ben 10, and when it goes up again to the top of the screen you can turn into aliens. There are good pictures and good places to explore. There is upgrades that you can buy things so when you get lots of points you click on 2 choices Buy and Not Buy. When you buy things you can fight better. I think other children would like this game, if they are about 9.

PS From Ben's Mum: Ben started this game off on his own and has never asked for any help with it, so it must be easy to get into and to follow the instructions. A great game for Ben 10 fans!

I got this game for my birthday and I was really excited. Ive got to level two already and im only 6yrs old. It is abit hard at times but I like playing it.

A lot of action. I'm 10 y o and I find it challenging. Great fun and you don't finish it in just one day. Really cool game that I recommend to all.

I bought this game for my 5 year old boy - after a lot of nagging. And he absolutely loves it.

Bought for a 9 year old's birthday. Can turn into different aliens and defeat baddies. Great fun with lots of adventures.