Though we've already spent the afternoon filling your plate with enough puzzle posts to feed you for the next week, we'd be remiss not to mention today's full-version release of WordUp!, one of the finest homebrew games to ever hit the Nintendo DS. WordUp! follows the footsteps of other stylus-driven puzzlers like Tetris and Zookeeper, combining accesibility and portability for an addictive mix.Linguaphiles will take great pleasure in connecting the game's adjoining letter blocks, spelling out words to clear chunks of the playfield. The top screen serves as a window to your inevitable doom, colorcasting the continuous stream of blocks piling on top of letters you've neglected. The game ends if you go too long without clipping a column, but you're presented with a satisfying record of your longest word, the number of words rubbed out, and which word was repeated most often.
In addition to its solid gameplay, developer Superpanic sweetened WordUp! with an unlockable arcade mode, three difficulty options, and an original and catchy soundtrack. Drop past the post break for more screenshots of this excellent game.
[Via Drunken Coders]
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4-11-2007 @ 12:08AM
Shanks said...
It looks like a colorized version of Wordtris for the original GameBoy. If I have Wordtris (and I do), what incentive do I have to buy this game? The soundtrack. If DS Fanboy can find a video of WordUp! (stupid title) being played, I'll give it a listen and make my decision then.
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4-11-2007 @ 1:49AM
ThatFuzzyBastard said...
Oh please, please let some publisher pick this up! My wife would love this game, and she will never work out homebrewing on her DS...
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4-11-2007 @ 8:02AM
RupeeClock said...
I think this actually used to be one of the free games available on my NTL: digital TV interactive services, and I loved it.
I might very well get this.
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4-11-2007 @ 9:12AM
dubajj said...
Shanks, the game is free. Theres your motivation.
There is no reason to not 'pick up this game'. ITS FREE!!
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4-11-2007 @ 2:25PM
Zachary Hinchliffe said...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgAy8jR7KRE
Gameplay video! =D
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4-11-2007 @ 3:33PM
ambient said...
Dudes, it totally looks like a cross of METEOS and Boggle, not Tetris and Boggle. Stick up for the DS IP's, yo!
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4-12-2007 @ 1:23AM
Shanks said...
You're right, dubajj, I missed that. I'm so used to handheld games that get any press whatsoever to come in an expensive plastic case. But I don't have any equipment needed to run homebrew apps, so for me WordUp! (still a stupid title) would have associated costs.
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