Custom Robo Arena is a science fiction action game for the Nintendo DS. Previous games in the series are Custom Robo and Custom Robo v2 for the N64, Custom Robo: Battle Revolution for the GameCube and Custom Robo GX for the Game Boy Advance. The player participates in Custom Robo tournaments and tries to earn money to buy parts in order to improve their robot and new robot frames.

The game features 2-player multiplayer with the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection including voice chat, Multi-Card play, and DS Download Play. Custom Robo Arena also sees the return of the "Rivals" list, a feature first seen in Metroid Prime Hunters. The DS' unique touch screen is also used to choose parts for the robot as well as clean it up after each battle ends. The new diorama mode allows you to pose your robot in front of a setting; this pose is shown to your opponent prior to a Wi-Fi battle. This is a new feature to the series and exclusive to the DS version.

GAMEPLAY HINTS

Easy money
Defeat Pete with a "Perfect" score will give you about $51.50 cash.

Hiykko Robo
Win the Great Robo Cup. Then, go to the Team No.1 Clubhouse. Talk to the boxes above the stairs to begin a battle. Defeat your opponent without using a combo that gets over 380 damage.

The Underground stage
After winning enough Grudge matches, go in front of the clubhouse and defeat your shadow self to get illegal parts and the Dark Commander Mark. Talk to the suspicious man in the southwest house in the Bayside area to access a secret passage to The Underground.

GLITCHES

Shrinking parts
At the end of the game, after purchasing the Pipit Robo, the Jameson Robo, all Amun parts, equip the Amun parts to Jameson, then Pipit, then Jameson again. The Amun gun and Amun bomb parts will have shrunk to the size a normal gun would be, instead of giant. They will look superdeformed on the Jameson robo.

Here is a gameplay trailer: