Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (NDS)

This is something a little different and while I personally don't believe that some of these games in this marathon are truly worthy of being the definitive game of all time, I thought there should be some recognition for this video game series.

So I present to you... the Lego Video Games marathon. (Note: These games will be reviewed on a Nintendo game console or handheld much like the definitive games)

So without any further ado, here is the first review for this particular game marathon.

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Game of the Day

Name: Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga

Released: 2007

Developer: Traveller's Tales

Platform: Nintendo DS

Nowadays, it's hard to ever think of a time where the combination of Lego, a particular franchise and a video game didn't exist. And while Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga wasn't their first attempt at this combination, it was one of their most successful. People had doubts how well this game would be received since Star Wars: The Original Trilogy had quite a mixed reception. But what did this game do that made it so successful? Basically overhaul the entire game and made it a fun experience and nowadays when major titles tend to aim for the dark and serious tones (some of which make for some compelling gameplay), having a fun game to enjoy is a good thing. But with this game it's more than that. It took the seriousness of the Star Wars saga and through the use of Lego, made it appeal to all ages without ridiculing the franchise (which is quite a fine line). They also managed to blend the action of the Star Wars movies with some puzzle elements to make for some compelling gameplay and there was some decent replay value and the use of the Star Wars soundtrack is great in this game. While there was still some flaws with the game (the graphics comes to mind), future instalments of the Lego video game series would rectify this. Nonetheless, it was still a good game overall and deserves to be today's game of the day.