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Comic Mischief GamerDad saw pictures of cartoon characters doing silly things. Mild Suggestive Themes Some of the pictures are of shapely comic book superhero and anime styled women wearing tights and modest swimsuits. Use of Tobacco In one picture, one of the differences you can spot is a cigarette in a man's mouth that's missing from the other picture. In QuickSpot, for Nintendo DS, players see two similar pictures: one on the top DS screen and one on the bottom. It's up to the player to find differences in the bottom picture and quickly circle them with the stylus pen. It's exactly like those ﾑfind the difference' in two pictures you do in activity books and in the comics section of the newspaper. QuickSpot contains three single player modes. In Rapid Play, gamers must quickly find a difference in ten successive pictures within the time limit. Every ten levels, face off against a ﾑboss' challenge. In these challenges, you must do something extra before spotting the differences in the picture, like rubbing off the screen like a scratch off lottery ticket, or blow into the DS microphone to uncover a picture under a pile of leaves. After each level, the game rates your brain activity based on five categories. Do especially well in the exercises to earn medals for unlocking extra goodies and modes of play. In Focus Play, find ten differences in only one picture with no time limit to pressure you. And in Today's Fortune, spot a few quick picture differences to determine your future in categories like Health, Work, Romance, and Money.  QuickSpot also has some multiplayer modes, too. In Time Bomb, up to eight players pass around one DS like a hot potato, hoping that it won't explode on them while solving a puzzle. And in Scramble Mode, complete wirelessly against another with a DS as you try and mess up their screen by making things pixilated, foggy, or turning the screen into a black and white photo negative. Graphics vary from comic book art to crayon drawings in the pictures, but the visuals are still charming. Classic Namco game fans may even spot a few of their favorite characters, like Pac-Man or Katamari Damacy. Background music features music box style remixes of classical pieces, which gets a little annoying after a while and makes the volume control a godsend. While QuickSpot contains more than 200 pictures with several differences to spot in each one, repeated pictures still pop up a little too frequently. And the game is best in short bursts only--no long marathon gaming sessions here or else it'll be over before you know it. Even so, QuickSpot is a fantastic pick up and play game for casual and hardcore gamers alike. Control is easy to learn: if you can draw a circle, you can play this game. QuickSpot is very good at recognizing where and how you drew your circles, too. Best of all, QuickSpot is only 20 bucks suggested retail price.  
QuickSpot is an excellent game for any age, even kids. Children who like to do puzzles in their coloring and activity books will especially like this game. Reading skill isn't necessary, but helpful to read the text on the results screen. But if they can draw a circle, they can play just fine, even if some of the challenges later on can be a little tricky.
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