It has a nice story line with a light hearted "Samhain" feel to it. Kids & grown ups can enjoy this game.

The turn based combat is unique & can take a few tries to get used to but is not overly complex. Mazes are revealed as you wander thru them & randomness of mobs popping up is nice.

Good, easy fun.

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I bought A Witch's Tale for Nintendo Dsi, I could not hardy put it down after that. This game is amazing for anyone who enjoys Alice in Wonderland, Grim Story Tales and more. The game is not hard at all, honestly I wish I did not play it so much because the game was over within a 60 hours of me opening the package. The only thing I will mention about this game is that you have to play the game twice! It has a alternate ending of the story line if you play the game twice. Trust me you will en-surely enjoy it!

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I had planned to get this game the day it was released, but there were so many bad reviews/pre-reviews that I decided to wait. The last cute game I "needed" was My World MyWay and that let me down in terms of gameplay.

I got this for X-mas and have not put it down!

The art is beautiful, the characters are all taken from fairy tales and twisted around.

There is an "Alice" who is a mysterious and never-seen queen. There are more Alice In Wonderland characters including a creepy rabbit with mysterious rhymes, a gorgeous Mad Hatter that is scary and fascinating - and also rude and cryptic (if only they had taken his exact image for the new AIW movie...), a march hare who is a boy with ears, and a cheshire cat who appears and disappears...

Liddell is the main character and heroine - she's adorable, selfish, and sarcastic. A character that would usually be a side kick to the sweet "save the world" type, but she is the one that accidently lets an evil witch loose in her quest for power and world domination. Now she has to fix it. Asisting her is vampire Loue who had the job of guarding the trapped witch but obviously fsiled...

The first level is a Candy Land-esque place combined with "The Nutcracker". Claira -her name is Gretel here- is the princess (and twin to sister Hansel who is princess of the next land - an ice land)

Along your way you collect cards - from a deck of cards, spell ingredients, healing items, and doll who can fight alongside you in your party of 3.

The worlds are fairly expansive and there are several things you need to do or collect to move ahead to blocked off areas. many of them are puzzles (push cake in the river to drain it) Very standard RPG, but the leveling up seems to go a lot faster.

My only complaint is that you have to return each time to the beginning o the level you started in to get to your main base where you can access the town that has the "healing inn" option.

Other worlds follow the fairy tail theme -Dorothy (WOZ)is princess of an advanced technology world, there is an aquatic world ruled by a mermaid princess, a desert world ruled by an Arabian princess, and a nature world ruled by a princess from a Japanese fairy tail- Kaguya.

I also recomend this if you liked Rhapsody (ps port), and I place this above other RPGs for the DS, including Atlus games MWMW and Steal Princess.(!!)

This also comes the closest to reminding me of Touch Detective & Touch Detective 2 1/2.

*note* This game was brought to America by NIS from Japan, so keep your eye on Japanese news for a sequel!

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I wasn't sure what to make of this game. Honestly. While the game itself is nothing to write home about(I'll get to that momentarily), there's something about the game that 'casts a spell' on you, pardon the pun. Everything from character designs to the animation and the music is, literally, captivating.

That being said, let me get down to the real meat of this review. What kills this game from reaching 'star' status is the fact that the gameplay itself feels unfocused. Like Legend of Zelda:Phantom Hourglass, the entire game is stylus-controlled. While Phantom Hourglass' controls were more precise, A Witch's Tale falls terribly short. Try tapping on things in the environment, Liddell only makes contact when the game decides to let you to. I could deal with that if it didn't happen quite as much.

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The story follows Liddel, a witch-in-training who's bored with what she's learning in school and wants to learn an all-powerful spell so that she can become the most powerful witch in the world. To that end, she goes looking for the spell at an old abandoned castle and ends up releasing the Eld Witch and waking up Louis, the vampire. And so for the rest of the game, Liddel and Louis are on a quest to reseal the Eld Witch by obtaining the seals from the 7 princesses ruling the 7 worlds.

Now, an interesting thing about this game is that the true and "happy" ending can only be obtained by completing the game twice. I also found that the story is revealed more fully when you play through the second time, with additional little tidbits that add immensely to the tale. And because of the way the fights are in this game, the second play through is actually quite fast and not as tedious as you would think. I highly recommend playing through that second time for the real ending, it truly makes a huge difference in how the story plays out. I really hope they make a sequel for this game, I'd love to see more about Liddel and her world.

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I found that this game had some good qualities. The story line was good, but I feel that it needs another game to follow it. I also felt that the graphics were somewhat amateurish and that it was lacking. The art work was the beautiful and the music complimented the game very well. I would have to say that if you like Zelda then this is the game for you.

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Alright if your into turn based games. Pretty challenging on the puzzles. Just a pain if your not into the all pen movements.

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A Witch's Tale for the Nintendo DS is a great game in my opinion & you don't have to be a kid to enjoy it! I love how the whole game is controlled by the stylus and wow! the art in this game is fantastic! Plus the music! (need to get the soundtrack!!) This game is perfect for the Halloween month! The characters in this game are mostly female, which is wonderful because there aren't many RPGs like this.

After you finish the game, there's more! That's all i'm gonna say!

The story is sweet & kind of sad. I hope NIS AMERICA will make A Witch's Tale 2!!

The only thing I wish they could've changed in this game is the Battle Mode. It's not that bad, but needs more excitement. This game can be easy at times, but it can be hard too! Trust me, it's defintely not 'really easy'. Hardcore gamers might not enjoy this, but for the casual, average, or the kind who just love the fun of a game will enjoy A Witch's Tale!

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I finally got my pre-order copy of this yesterday, and have so far spent about 6 hours with it.

You play as the witch, Liddell. You open a sealed Tome, letting out the Eld witch who was sealed there 1000 years before. Your job is to save the different lands from the witch with your magic. On your party, you get different magical dolls. You dolls can attack, use magic, etc, but the catch is you only have one pool of magic power. You also have a vampire helper, Loue. He doesn't help you during regular combat, but if you get in trouble you can use an item and he will come in and help.

Everything is done with the stylus. Movement can be a little strange at times, and didn't seem to follow what I was doing with the stylus (not a big deal, as movement doesn't need to be precise in this game). Combat it gets a little more frustrating, as you have to drag your attack to the circle that represents the enemy, but it liked to drop my action before I got there, making me repeat movements 5 or 6 times before I could attack. You start off with all the spells, and as you go through the game you get power-ups for different spells. When you use the powered up version it takes a whole lot more mp, and you have to trace the rune to make the spell go off.

The Pros:

Cute World Setting

Cute Monsters

The Cons:

Simplistic, slow battles

Really Easy

The plot is overly simplistic as well

Music and sound effects that get really annoying really fast.

Overall, I would recommend this game for kids, but as an adult this isn't really holding my attention

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Let me preface this by saying that I really wanted to like this game. Unfortunatly, it's far too easy and the innovations (ie battle system) get stale quickly. The worlds are also formulatic. The positive it that the worlds are beautiful and so is the music. Unfortunatly, this is not enough to save the game play, which just kills it. This game is meant for people just starting rpgs. If you have ever played something like zelda or the final fantasy series, then you will probably be bored too. I hate to say it, but I regret even buying this game and will probably sell it back. I'm at the 4th world and things have yet to improve.

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