Face Raiders

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Face Raiders is a built-in game for the Nintendo 3DS. It is reminiscent of the Game Boy Camera minigame Space Fever II, which requires the player to shoot enemies with a boss (human face) for every iteration of enemies and eventually the player's self (if associated photographs were registered) as the third boss.

Gameplay

Face Raiders utilizes the 3DS cameras, which are required to create enemies. In the first playthrough, only the inner camera can be used to take pictures of the players' faces. After their first playthrough, players may utilize the outer cameras to take pictures of other people's faces, or they can take another one of their own face by swapping the inner and the outer cameras. If desired, a player can even use a face from a photograph, even if it is online.

The objective of this game is to shoot down floating heads of whatever face picture is taken. The game uses the gyroscope and the outer cameras to play, which makes players shoot down faces while rotating their bodies. It also appears as if they are shooting faces in their current location. New levels can be opened after players complete a level; three levels are unlocked by this method. Each level has its own set of enemies with different attack patterns. Butterflies and bombs appear; butterflies restore HP while bombs give users a chance to blow up all enemies on the screen.

At the end of a level, a boss fight ensues. Players must exploit the weak point of a boss to defeat it. All bosses have different weak points and different methods of attacking. After the boss is defeated, the player completes the game.

Gallery

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  Logo

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  Gameplay of Face Raiders using Baby Luigi's head

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  The first boss using Luigi's head

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  The second boss using Wario's head

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  The third boss using the head of game show host Bob Barker

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  The final boss in Armor mode

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  The final boss using Mario's head