iCarly
Build a new iCarly web show on Nintendo DS. Carly, Sam, Freddie, and the rest of the crew discover that their latest show has disappeared just before airtime, leaving the player to help rebuild it from scratch. Rather than retelling a television episode, this handheld release uses an original storyline built around creating webisodes, completing fast minigame-style skits, and earning more tools for the next production.
Play the skits
The campaign moves through more than 80 short challenges presented as pieces of the show. Their objectives change quickly, so play can shift from timing and touch-screen accuracy to aiming, sorting, or reacting to a visual cue. The ESRB's exact Nintendo DS summary describes challenges such as chopping fruit on a conveyor belt, defending a pie from grabbing hands, spraying water at characters behind a couch, and using a mechanical claw on a character's face. The varied setups give the game the loose, prank-driven tone of the series while keeping each activity suited to a brief handheld session.
Completing challenges advances the production and awards Web-Cred. That in-game currency opens additional props, accessories, locations, and other show-building pieces. Progress therefore feeds back into the creative side of the game: playing skits expands the set of material available when assembling later webisodes instead of treating every challenge as an isolated score screen.
Create and customize webisodes
iCreate mode is the centerpiece. Players can remix webisodes by changing props, characters, color schemes, audio, introductions, outros, and other presentation elements. Familiar show ideas such as Random Dancing, Street Fishing, and iCrush It provide the starting point, but the customization tools let the finished segment look and sound different from the stock version. The result is a creative companion to the minigames rather than a conventional action adventure.
Nintendo DSi features
The cartridge is designed for the Nintendo DS family, but it is DSi-enhanced. On a Nintendo DSi, special features use the system's built-in camera and microphone to bring captured images, sounds, or surroundings into the experience. Those enhancements are not available on an original Nintendo DS or DS Lite, which lacks the DSi camera hardware; the core game remains the relevant content on those systems. No extra camera accessory is bundled or promised by this listing.
Current access and exact edition
This North American standard release is an offline cartridge game. No active online account, subscription, server, or Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service is required for the core campaign, challenges, Web-Cred progression, or iCreate tools. The publisher's multiplayer language for up to four people applies explicitly to the Wii version, so this Nintendo DS listing does not promise four-player play or an online mode without exact DS manual proof.
Activision published the game and Human Soft developed the Nintendo DS version. The exact title is rated E for Everyone with Comic Mischief. Contemporary exact-release sources disagree on the specific October 2009 day, so the supported customer-facing date is conservatively limited to October 2009 until an exact North American package or manual is read.
