Magnetica is a puzzle video game developed by Mitchell Corporation and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS, released as part of the Touch! It is based on Mitchell's 1998 arcade game Puzz Loop.

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The European version came packaged with the Nintendo DS Rumble Pak. The game was first revealed at Nintendo Japan's 2006 Conference. Extensive statistics are also kept for each player.

This feature is absent from the American release. Control is done by twisting the Wii Remote left or right to turn the marble cannon, and an ability to lob marbles over others has been added. Magnetica (known in Japanese as and in Europe as Actionloop) is a puzzle video game developed by Mitchell Corporation and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS, released as part of the Touch!

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The marbles disappear if player matches three or more marbles of the same type; marbles of the same color are magnetically attracted to each other over any length of wide open space, and allowing for chains of disappearances to occur. The game is over if any marble reaches a specific point, usually near the center of each level, but using the magnetic properties of the marbles can allow one to pull marbles away from this point. This feature is absent from the American release.

In the game, marbles roll down a twisted path toward the goal and the player must stop them by launching new marbles into the oncoming ones. The game was first revealed at Nintendo Japan's 2006 Conference. In addition to the main survival mode of play, the player can take part in a quest mode, where they must clear boards under certain conditions, and a puzzle mode, where a fixed arrangement of marbles around the board must be cleared using only the few marbles made available to the player.

Why Players Still Load It Up

Control is done by twisting the Wii Remote left or right to turn the marble cannon, and an ability to lob marbles over others has been added. The Japanese and European versions allows to unlock extra tile sets and new puzzles for Polarium Advance if a copy of that game is inserted on the GBA slot. Magnetica (known in Japanese as and in Europe as Actionloop) is a puzzle video game developed by Mitchell Corporation and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS, released as part of the Touch!

A version for WiiWare, titled in Japanese, Magnetica Twist in North America and Actionloop Twist in Europe and Australia, was released in 2008 for Japan on April 22, on June 6 in Europe, and on June 30 in North America. The Washington Post criticized the same console version's $35 price tag, which it said was a bit too much for a game that has nothing new to add. The WiiWare version of Magnetica supports up to four players simultaneously in either co-operative or competitive multiplayer modes, in addition to the ability to use the player's own Miis in the game.

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