Switching forms is handled far better on the DS: rather than having to cycle through available forms, you can just tap whatever form you want on the touch screen to transform into it. The control scheme is, for the most part, simplistic but effective. The worlds you visit are nicely divergent, too, and look significantly different from their Wii counterparts.
It looks great, and every character features unique animations and attack sequences. The graphics are done in the style of an SNES Donkey Kong Country game, with pixelized versions of rendered character models and pre-rendered backgrounds. Unfortunately, it’s also ridiculously short. The fighting isn’t much better, but the game sure looks beautiful. The DS version retains the core concept of switching alien forms to move through the environment, but does so as a 2D side-scroller.
Some of you may remember my recent review of the Wii version of Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks.