One surprising gem of the Nintendo Media Summit was Crosswords DS, Nintendo's most recent puzzle game. Not letting itself get overshadowed by all the other stuff at the convention, Crosswords DS managed to rack up favorable impressions from many a gaming site.IGN found the title to be "awesome," and was very impressed by the diversity in the game. Even though it's called Crosswords DS, there's more to it than crossword puzzles. The game also includes word searches and anagrams. According to the site, the controls are very intuitive, and even easier to understand because of the great interface.
Game|Life also enjoyed the software, finding the anagram mode to be even more addictive than the crosswords themselves. From what we can tell by Game|Life's comments, the anagram puzzles look almost identical to those in the online game Text Twist, which this blogger can confirm to be the computer equivalent of crack cocaine.
GoNintendo describes this title as a "must-have" if you like crosswords. RMC reported that the puzzles are challenging (although the ones shown in the gallery must be from the "easy" setting), so don't worry about a dumbed-down experience.
Also, don't be put off by the game's lame box art -- it seems like this title is definitely something to look forward to!
Read: IGN's impressions
Read: Game|Life's impressions
Read: GoNintendo's impressions
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
4-15-2008 @ 5:58PM
Macroy said...
I wasn't too keen on picking up ANOTHER crosswords game, but when you mentioned the prospect of portable Text Twist I could feel the money seeping from my bank account.
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4-16-2008 @ 11:54AM
foosnark said...
Ditto.
All that's required to make this the perfect word game is to throw some Bookworm Adventures into it.
4-16-2008 @ 12:31PM
eugaet said...
Same. I was thinking I was going to be able to avoid this title because I already have NYT. Not so.
4-16-2008 @ 1:59PM
hvnlysoldr said...
What's the game Nintendo Puzzle Collection that a lot of stickers have in Brawl?
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4-16-2008 @ 2:05PM
phanboy_iv said...
Oh great, another "simple game" like Clubhouse Games and Picross. It'll probably also be a masterpiece. There goes my spending money.
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