Brave: Shaman Fact Sheet

by Chris Reaper at Jul 15, 2008 8:22pm

Name: Brave: Shaman’s Challenge
Publisher: SouthPeak Games
Developer: Collision Studios
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: Puzzle Action
Release Date: September 2008

Overview:
Brave: Shaman’s Challenge features a cast of intriguing characters, a richly developed game world, and more puzzles than you can shake a shaman’s stick at! Taking place in Native American lands, Brave: Shaman’s Challenge follows a young boy named Brave in his quest to protect everything he holds dear. As Brave progresses through his journey he encounters friends and mentors from the past, as well as a slew of new faces. He must master Shamanic Arts to gain new powers, and explore dangerous territories in order to fight off the evils that are rising up against him and his people.

Features:
• A robust story mode that features over 35 levels
• 3 different battle modes
o Versus Battles: Compete against the AI to see who will be the last one standing
o Energy Bar Battles: Deplete the enemy’s life bar before time runs out
o Time Attack: Beat the clock by collecting a target number of specific tiles
• Players use the touch screen to draw over 10 different spells, including Wildfire, which burns all nearby tiles converting them to fire tiles, and Zap, which uses lightning to destroy all tiles of the same kind
• Immersive control using the Nintendo DS stylus to change the position of blocks, as well as to slide them in different directions
• The game is played holding the Nintendo DS sideways, like a book to utilize the longer aspect of the screens