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All newspaper crossword game endorsements are not created equal

Posted Jan 14th 2008 1:30PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Screens, Imports

Majesco was smart to license the New York Times name for their DS crossword game. The NYT is renowned for having both high standards of quality in its reporting, and also having good crossword puzzles. Thus, associating your game with that organization makes the game seem more intellectual and classy.

The Sun, on the other hand, is a tabloid best known for its topless women and anti-immigration stance. It's a less desirable association, we think, in terms of prestige. However, The Sun has the highest circulation of any daily English-language newspaper, so maybe it's not such a bad idea.

No, it's a pretty bad idea to tie your puzzle game to an insulting rag.

[Via DS-x2]

Matchstick puzzling hits Europe next year

Posted Dec 12th 2007 12:45PM by Chris Greenhough
Filed under: News, Video, Screens

Ignoring the fundamental silliness of paying $20 or more for a game that can be played with a fifty cent box of matches, we're actually quite looking forward to Matchstick Puzzles by DS. Which is a good thing, really, as publisher Mercury Games has just confirmed that its puzzler is on its way to Europe next February, for a wallet-pleasing budget price of £19.99 / €24.99.

No news on a U.S. version just yet, though a European release bodes well for those who bought a DS to rearrange little pieces of virtual wood. There's a video of the game in action past the jump, and the first English language screens in the gallery below.

Gallery: Matchstick Puzzles by DS

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Aquarium by DS is Zen gaming at its mellowest

Posted Nov 28th 2007 5:40PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: News, Video, Screens

For an aquarium game, Aquarium by DS has a nice suite of features. Containing over 30 species of fish, it gives you control over the type and number of fish in the tank, as well as food, temperature, water salinity, and decorative items. It even provides information about each species of fish, along with in-game information about each individual fish's physical and emotional state. So it's a pretty good aquarium game that actually gives you stuff to do. But it's still an aquarium game. The relative sedateness of the thing is, in fact, a selling point -- Aquarium by DS is part of the same Zen series as Paint by DS.

It's joined by Fantasy Aquarium by DS, which allows you to fill your tank with creatures that you would not be able to keep at home, like penguins, killer whales, and the noble platypus. Both games allow you to visit others' aquariums via Wi-Fi. But even with penguins and Internets, it's still looking at some stuff in a tank. The games come out in Europe in February, in case you will need calming down then.

Gallery: Aquarium by DS

Gallery: Fantasy Aquarium by DS

[Via GamesPress]

Find painting zen on the DS

Posted Jul 9th 2007 9:50AM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: News

Mercury Games is planning to release a series of Ertain's non-competitive DS games in the West as "Zen Games." The first game scheduled is something that recently popped up at the Renchi sale, in its Japanese incarnation as Kokoro wo Yasumeru Otona no Nurie DS. It'll be called Paint by DS here, and its user interface appears to have undergone a cosmetic makeover. Since it obviously has the same pictures, we assume that the minigames and puzzles are still there as well.

We were pretty interested in the Japanese version (as some of you seemed to be), so we're pleased to have the chance to check this out whenever it comes out in the US. It'll be out in Europe on the 24th of August.

[Via Game|Life]

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