So what's available this week? Head on past the break for the details.
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Nintendo Channel goes light on the demos this week
So what's available this week? Head on past the break for the details.
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Nintendo Channel gets ripped with a manly demo (plus some others)
It's Monday, again. Usually, we'd frown and mope about all day, what with it being the beginning of another week of tirelessly blogging and all, but Mondays are turning into more of a celebration for us. We get new gaming content every week on this day!
Nintendo has updated the Everyone's Nintendo Channel on the Wii to include some sweet demos this week, so if you're in the mood for something new to play, you'll find it here. Aside from last week's demos, you'll also find several new ones. Head on past the break for the list of new demos available.
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Searching for more than words in Nintendo's latest demo offerings
Since things always look better in list form, check out the full list of demos available for download after the break.
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New, colorful demo this week on the Nintendo Channel
There's only one new demo available on the Wii's Nintendo Channel, but it's a title we've been wanting to try for a long time. If you guessed Space Invaders Extreme, well, we wish. It is the next best thing that Taito and Square Enix have to offer, though: Arkanoid DS. Should you happen to be unfamiliar with Arkanoid, we have to ask -- where have you been the last twenty years? In all seriousness, we're sure you've encountered this Taito classic in some form or other, which involves breaking blocks pong-style.We have our DS-Fanboy-branded scientific lab monkeys trying out the demo as we speak, so we'll be sure to deliver some impressions soon for those of you without Wiis.
The other games available are essentially the same from last week. Here they are in list form:
- Brain Age 2
- Brain Age
- Flash Focus
- Crosswords DS
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- Worms: Open Warfare 2
- High School Musical: Makin' the Cut!
- The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
- Arkanoid DS
New DS demos are the old DS demos
For those of you with a bad memory (or no desire to click links), the list of demos available has been placed past the break.
DS Fanboy Review: Crosswords DS
As a crossword lover, I naturally expected Crosswords DS to have the same appeal. Adding anagrams and word searches to the formula made the game seem even more delectable, and I gleefully anticipated being sucked into a puzzle-packed experience. As it turns out, though, this first-party title didn't meet my expectations -- in fact, it didn't even come close.
WRUP: Expand your vocabulary edition
For those of you not getting your down and across on, what will you be playing this weekend? One of the other new releases? Or, are you playing something older?
Gallery: Crosswords DS
See Crosswords DS in motion
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.
NMS08: Crosswords DS impressions
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!
Gallery: Crosswords DS
Read: IGN's impressions
Read: Game|Life's impressions
Read: GoNintendo's impressions
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