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I picked up 101-in-1 Megamix Sports for the Nintendo DS back in 2010, a game developed by Nordcurrent. It was a typical release for the platform's later years, a compilation title designed to offer a huge variety of simple, quick experiences rather than one deep one. It fit right in with that era's love for minigame collections you could just jump into.

You control a small, stylized athlete on the touch screen, tapping and swiping to perform actions across a bizarre range of events, from archery and sprinting to more absurd challenges like pogo stick duels. The main objective is simply to try everything and get the highest score you can in each micro-game. The signature mechanics are the sheer volume of activities and the immediate, tactile controls that rely heavily on the DS's unique features. The pacing is frantic, with most events lasting less than a minute, and the difficulty can spike randomly from one event to the next. It feels like rummaging through a big box of sporting goods where half the items are broken in amusing ways.