Steel Diver Review - Fire! Lower! No Back! Full!

Steel Diver
3DS Game Card
3D
Players: 1-2 (Only 1 person needs a copy of the game. However you obviously need 2 3DS's...)

Steel Diver is a new franchise from Nintendo. You control a submarine and use the touch controls to dodge missiles and shoot enemies.

There are three modes. Mission, the main mode where your up against 7 levels with 3 different submarines. Time Trials, which are courses that you have to beat as fast as possible. The time trial levels are different from the mission levels. The mission levels also keeps track of how long it takes to beat each level. And Periscope mode which uses the 3DS gyro controls to aim missiles at enemy submarines.

You use the touch screen to make your submarine go higher or lower, left or right, and to shoot missiles or become undetectable by enemy missiles. Theres a voice inside a game saying stuff depending on what your doing (for example if your go back the voice will say back) these voices are cool for awhile but they can get rather annoying.

In the missions there will be submarines, giant enemy sea monsters, and even a volcano that gets in your way. The first five mission levels are unlocked at the start. To unlock mission 6 you'll have to beat all 5 missions with the 3 submarines that you have meaning that you must beat each level 3 times. To unlock the 7th and final mission you must beat mission 6 with all 3 submarines.

There is also a strategic local multiplayer mode. Unfortunately I'm not a big fan a strategic games so I haven't played this much. Not to mention the fact that I have no one to play it with. It will probably be fun for those who enjoy strategic games. You can also play against the CPU.

Overall Steel Diver is a fantastic game in my opinion. The Periscope mode is fun, the Time Trials are cool, and the mission mode gets challenging. Not to mention the fact that its fun to try to beat your high score.

However since there are only a few levels $40 does seem kinda steep for a game that is so light in content.. I'm glad I bought it at the 3DS launch but you might want to wait and try to find it for $20 or so.

4/5 eShop Stars
Hardcore
Single Player