Space adventure on the hand-held.

(From The Northern Echo)

Byline: Nigel Burton

BLUE DRAGON PLUS Platform: Nintendo DS, GBP29.99 IT'S no surprise that Nintendo's DS has become the home for Japanese role-playing games. After all, more than 25 million consoles have been sold in Japan.

The DS's massive popularity has led to a stampede of Japanese software companies eager to tap such a large audience.

That's why Square, Konami, Atlus and Level 5 have all brought forth fiendishly complex RPGs based on their most popular intellectual properties.

It's also why Blue Dragon Plus is a sequel to a title that appeared on a home console (the Xbox 360).

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