<s>
Age	B-Application
of	I-Application
Empires	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Age	I-Application
of	I-Application
Kings	I-Application
is	O
a	O
turn-based	O
strategy	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Backbone	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Majesco	O
Entertainment	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
handheld	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
console	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
derivative	O
of	O
the	O
Age	B-Application
of	I-Application
Empires	I-Application
series	O
,	O
other	O
games	O
of	O
which	O
are	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
turn-based	O
strategy	O
,	O
The	O
Age	O
of	O
Kings	O
incorporates	O
several	O
features	O
and	O
mechanics	O
commonly	O
associated	O
with	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
,	O
including	O
technology	O
advancement	O
and	O
resource	O
and	O
building	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Japanese	O
hero	O
is	O
Minamoto	O
no	O
Yoshitsune	O
;	O
the	O
Saracens	O
 '	O
hero	O
is	O
Saladin	O
;	O
the	O
Mongols	O
 '	O
hero	O
is	O
Genghis	B-Application
Khan	I-Application
;	O
the	O
Franks	O
 '	O
heroine	O
is	O
Joan	O
of	O
Arc	O
;	O
and	O
the	O
Britons	O
 '	O
hero	O
is	O
King	O
Richard	O
the	O
Lionheart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
usually	O
start	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
age	O
,	O
the	O
Dark	O
Age	O
,	O
and	O
progress	O
through	O
later	O
ages	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Feudal	O
,	O
Castle	O
and	O
Imperial	B-Application
ages	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiplayer	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
on	O
a	O
single	O
DS	B-Device
in	O
hotseat	O
mode	O
,	O
or	O
in	O
wireless	O
multi-card	O
mode	O
,	O
where	O
each	O
player	O
has	O
a	O
DS	B-Device
and	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
vast	O
majority	O
of	O
content	O
from	O
Age	B-Application
of	I-Application
Empires	I-Application
II	O
:	O
The	O
Age	O
of	O
Kings	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
DS	B-Device
,	O
in	O
what	O
Official	O
Nintendo	O
Magazine	O
described	O
as	O
a	O
huge	O
task	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sole	O
exception	O
was	O
said	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
political	O
scheming	O
in	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
,	O
though	O
there	O
was	O
still	O
some	O
contained	O
in	O
the	O
DS	B-Device
counterpart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Age	B-Application
of	I-Application
Empires	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Age	I-Application
of	I-Application
Kings	I-Application
has	O
received	O
an	O
average	O
score	O
of	O
80.0	O
%	O
at	O
GameRankings	O
(	O
based	O
on	O
45	O
reviews	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
average	O
score	O
of	O
80/100	O
at	O
Metacritic	O
(	O
based	O
on	O
38	O
reviews	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
