Nervous Brickdown
{{Short description|2007 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Nervous Brickdown
|image = Nervous Brickdown Coverart.png
|caption = North American cover art
|developer = Arkedo Studio
|publisher = {{vgrelease|WW|Eidos Interactive|JP|Success}}
|designer = Aurélien Regard
|engine =
|released = {{vgrelease|NA|June 26, 2007|EU|September 7, 2007|AUS|October 12, 2007|JP|January 24, 2008}}
|genre = Breakout clone
|modes = Single-player, two players
|platforms = Nintendo DS
}}
Nervous Brickdown {{ref|JPN|JPN}} is a Breakout clone video game developed by the French team Arkedo Studio and published by Eidos Interactive for Nintendo DS in 2007.
Game modes
The game features three different modes: Arcade, which is a succession of levels set in 10 different worlds; Multi, which allows up to two players to play the game together, and Shuffle, which chooses five levels randomly for the player to play.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
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| MC = 70/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/nervous-brickdown/ |title=Nervous Brickdown |website=Metacritic |publisher=Fandom |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220163310/https://www.metacritic.com/game/nervous-brickdown/ |archivedate=December 20, 2023 |url-status=live |accessdate=December 20, 2023}}
| 1UP = C{{cite web |last=Suttner |first=Nick |date=July 2, 2007 |url=http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3160745 |title=Nervous Brickdown |website=1Up.com |publisher=Ziff Davis |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105085145/http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3160745 |archivedate=January 5, 2010 |url-status=dead |accessdate=October 20, 2017}}
| EuroG = 6/10{{cite web |last=Lyon |first=James |date=September 26, 2007 |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/r-dsroundup-2609 |title=DS Roundup |website=Eurogamer |publisher=Gamer Network |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205034743/https://www.eurogamer.net/r-dsroundup-2609 |archivedate=February 5, 2023 |url-status=live |accessdate=December 20, 2023}}
| GSpot = 7.5/10{{cite web |last=Davis |first=Ryan |date=July 17, 2007 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/nervous-brickdown-review/1900-6175235/ |title=Nervous Brickdown Review |website=GameSpot |publisher=Fandom |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131080624/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/nervous-brickdown-review/1900-6175235/ |archivedate=January 31, 2023 |url-status=live |accessdate=December 20, 2023}}
| GSpy = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |last=Joynt |first=Patrick |date=June 25, 2007 |url=http://ds.gamespy.com/nintendo-ds/nervous-brickdown/799311p1.html |title=GameSpy: Nervous Brickdown |website=GameSpy |publisher=IGN Entertainment |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070628011141/http://ds.gamespy.com/nintendo-ds/nervous-brickdown/799311p1.html |archivedate=June 28, 2007 |url-status=dead |accessdate=October 20, 2017}}
| IGN = 7.9/10{{cite web |last=Harris |first=Craig |date=June 29, 2007 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/06/30/nervous-brickdown-review |title=Nervous Brickdown Review |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531054651/https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/06/30/nervous-brickdown-review |archivedate=May 31, 2023 |url-status=live |accessdate=December 20, 2023}}
| NP = 7/10{{cite magazine |title=Nervous Brickdown |magazine=Nintendo Power |publisher=Nintendo of America |volume=219 |date=September 2007 |page=89}}
| PG = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last=Jordan |first=Jon |date=October 16, 2007 |url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/nervous-brickdown/nervous-brickdown/ |title=Nervous Brickdown |website=Pocket Gamer |publisher=Steel Media Ltd |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226030702/https://www.pocketgamer.com/nervous-brickdown/nervous-brickdown/ |archivedate=December 26, 2022 |url-status=live |accessdate=December 20, 2023}}
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The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, where the game was ported and published by Success on January 24, 2008,{{citation needed|date=October 2017}} Famitsu gave it a score of two eights, one seven, and one six for a total of 29 out of 40.
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Notes
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:{{note|JPN}} Known in Japan as {{nihongo|SuperLite 2500 Brickdown: Block Kuzushi no France Kakumei ya~a~!|SuperLite2500 BRICKDOWN ブロックくずしのフランス革命やぁ～！|Suupaa Raito Ni Sen Go Hyaku Burikkydaun Burokku Kuzushi no Furansu Kakumei yaaaa!|SuperLite 2500 Brickdown: Revolutionary Block Destruction From France!}}
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References
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External links
- [http://www.arkedo.com/ Arkedo website] {{in lang|fr}}
- [http://www.geekzone.fr/ipb/index.php?showtopic=35357 An interview conducted by a French video game journalist during the development of Nervous Brickdown] (French)
- {{moby game|id=/35154/nervous-brickdown/}}
- [https://www.success-corp.co.jp/software/sl2500/brickdown/index2.html Official website (Japanese)]
{{Arkedo Studio}}
Category:Eidos Interactive games
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:Nintendo DS-only games
Category:Success (company) games
Category:Video games developed in France
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