See Crosswords DS in motion

Posted Apr 21st 2008 11:15AM by Candace Savino
Filed under: Video

You might be surprised to know that Crosswords DS is one of our most anticipated games. Supposing Nintendo offers this as a budget title (which is what online retailers are indicating), not much will stop us from picking it up. If you haven't been following news on this particular puzzle game, though, you can check out the gameplay video embedded above.

As we suspected, the anagram mode is almost exactly like Text Twist, which (to us) is Crosswords' main draw. Such a basic but awesome addition will make this the deepest crossword puzzle title to date. We also like how clean the interface looks, even if it is relatively simple.

Fortunately, the wait for the game won't be long. Those of us in North America can expect to see it in stores on May 5th.

Gallery: Crosswords DS

Tags: anagrams, crossword, crosswords, crosswords-ds, nintendo-software-technology, nts, nuevo-retro-games, puzzle, word-search

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

4-21-2008 @ 11:45AM

kaoleidescope said...

I played this for the first time yesterday (EU version), and it was kind of disappointing. I only tested out the normal one-player crossword function, so keep that in mind. However, in that space it can't hold a candle to New York Times Crosswords. In CrossworDS, you have to write slooowly for the system to recognize your script, and using the hint function reveals the entire word, not just one letter. Quite disappointing.

4-21-2008 @ 11:49AM

kaoleidescope said...

Wait, have I got my games mixed up? Just noticed that the game you've listed here is "Crossword DS", not "CrossworDS".

4-21-2008 @ 12:23PM

bluezy said...

The boxart says that, but the title is in fact Crosswords DS.

4-21-2008 @ 1:20PM

Brian said...

Wow, ugliest box art of the year?

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