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Ant Nation

The beloved childhood pastime of lazy Sundays spent with a magnifying glass and an ant farm finally arrives on the DS in this challenging and addictive strategy simulation that trains your ant minions - as…

20 8 October 2009

Ant Nation is a simulator developed by Kouyousha, released 8 October 2009 on Nintendo DS.

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What Ant Nation is

Ant Nation is a simulator game developed by Kouyousha and released in 2009. It was published by Konami. It is available on Nintendo DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The beloved childhood pastime of lazy Sundays spent with a magnifying glass and an ant farm finally arrives on the DS in this challenging and addictive strategy simulation that trains your ant minions - as well as your brain - through the use of the stylus. You must zap, tap, and manipulate your ants to make them tough enough to survive a variety of harsh environments and strong enough to defend the planet against evil alien robot insect invaders! It’s up to you to build the best Ant Nation!
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How it was received

Ant Nation holds a critic score of 20 out of 100. That places it above 1% of the 2,881 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 47 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Ant Nation launched on 8 October 2009, within three weeks of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, Bayonetta and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, Bayonetta, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat.

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When did Ant Nation come out?
Ant Nation was released on 8 October 2009 for Nintendo DS.

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