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Trebles all round as Sega throws Touch Darts onto DS

All the fun of the oche

Trebles all round as Sega throws Touch Darts onto DS
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Listen to any pundit and they'll tell you how their favourite sport is a thinking man's game. We've heard the view spouted about cricket, football, rugby, formula one... Of course, no one ever mentions chess.

Anyway, when it comes down the pinnacle of sporting mind-over-matter, it has to be darts; quite literally, due to the relative weight difference between the head and belly of the participants.

That's good enough reason for Sega to have some fun with Touch Darts, a game where the flick of your stylus promises to emulate the wrist action of a Barney van Barneveld or a Phil 'The Power' Taylor.

Indeed, the sport's interest in larger-than-characters will be further emulated in Touch Darts with the inclusion of outrageously extroverted cartoon avatars, although even with the promised 'healthy dash of artistic licence' we doubt there be an 'Andy Fordman, 25 bottles of lager' option.

Bizarre mini-games and head-to-head wireless multiplayer modes are promised, however.

Sharpening its arrows, Sega says Touch Darts is due to be released sometime this summer.

Jon Jordan
Jon Jordan
A Pocket Gamer co-founder, Jon can turn his hand to anything except hand turning. He is editor-at-large at PG.biz which means he can arrive anywhere in the world, acting like a slightly confused uncle looking for the way out. He likes letters, cameras, imaginary numbers and legumes.