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Cartoon Violence: GamerDad made cartoony wrestlers kick and punch each other. Comic Mischief: GamerDad found movie clips and humor based on the film. If you're OK with your kids watching the movie, they'll be OK with this game. Nacho Libre is an off-beat comedy movie starring Jack Black, whose character is a cook at a Mexican orphanage. But he dreams of one day becoming a luchador, or masked wrestler. Now you can relive the wrestling action of the movie on your Nintendo DS. In the story mode, wrestle different characters using the A, B, X, and Y buttons to hit, grapple, and pin the opponent. Win matches and unlock wrestlers to play as in other modes. Sometimes you play stylus and touch screen mini-games based on scenes from the movie. Tap the screen to swat bees off of Nacho's friend, solve a sliding picture puzzle, or play some free-throw basketball. The mini-games aren't that interesting and some, like the basketball game, are downright unplayable. Nacho Libre uses photos and clips from the movie at every turn, and the Spanish guitar music makes everything seem authentic. During the wrestling segments, the visuals take a more cartoony, slapstick tone, but everything appears detailed and fluid either way. Players are expected to have already seen the movie, because navigating around the different areas in the story mode is confusing if you are not sure what comes next in the film. Play control seems decent enough, with plenty of special moves. Plus the game has a surprisingly robust multiplayer mode where gamers can challenge other people with a DS to wrestling matchesï¾—with or without multiple copies of the cartridge. However, Nacho Libre is a very short, basic, and uninteresting game unless you really liked the movie or are a wrestling game fan.  
Since they changed the wrestling segments to show more cartoony looking luchadores, the violence in the game doesn't seem as bad even though players are still hitting and throwing and tackling each other. With selectable difficulty, players of all skill levels can enjoy this game. Kids familiar with the rules of wrestling will have an easier time, though. Parents, if you're OK with your kids watching the Nacho Libre movie, they'll be OK with this game, too. But they'll probably get bored with it quickly unless they just really loved the film.
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