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(DS) The New York Times Crosswords -- Sheer f**king brilliance!
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http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070131/nyw061.html?.v=80
EDISON, N.J., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crossword puzzle aficionados will soon have a new outlet as Majesco Entertainment Company (Nasdaq: COOL - News), an innovative provider of digital entertainment products and content, today announced The New York Times Crosswords for the Nintendo DS(TM). Developed by Budcat Creations, The New York Times Crosswords will challenge even the most savvy wordplay enthusiasts when it ships this spring.
"The challenging fun of The New York Times crossword puzzles combined with the stylus-based functionality of the Nintendo DS is a perfect pairing from our perspective," said Ken Gold, vice president of Marketing, Majesco. "Handwriting recognition lends authenticity to gameplay while wireless multiplayer offers social players a means to enjoy the game with other fans on the go. The New York Times Crosswords really is the ultimate game for passionate crossword puzzle lovers."
The New York Times Crosswords features more than 1,000 real crossword puzzles and the unique ability to write in answers with the stylus or use a Touch Screen keyboard to enter letters. Various modes of play include Puzzle Me Quick for a fast word fix; Puzzle Week for extended play with progressive difficulty; or Challenge mode with adjustable time and difficulty settings. In addition, the game includes both cooperative and competitive 2-player play so puzzle fanatics can work together or face off in wireless challenges.
For more information about Majesco's exciting line of products please visit www.majescoentertainment.com.
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I WILL NOT BE DOING 3DS FOR NWC THREAD. SOMEONE ELSE WILL HAVE TO TAKE OVER.
Spoiler contains Friend Codes. Won't you be my friend?
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Mario Kart Wii: 3136-6982-0286 Tetris Party: 2364 1569 4310
Guitar Hero: Metallica: 1032 7229 7191
TATSUNOKO VS CAPCOM: 1935-2070-9123
Nintendo DS:
Worms: Open Warfare 2: 1418-7870-1606 Space Bust-a-Move: 017398 403043
Scribblenauts: 1290-7509-5558
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Word. I'm kinda thinking I might get it.
Except me. I might still buy this though.
You were waiting for a crossword puzzle game as the DS' killer-app?
Someone tape this post to a brick and set it gently on the desk of a Majesco executive. Then stand around looking menacing until either someone implements the idea or you get forcibly removed from the building.
When I first read the thread title I thought it was going to be an obvious feature. I was surprised when I learned it wasn't.
I was just going to lime the first post, then Zack wrote the next post, it needed to be limed also.
Satans..... hints.....
I kind of raised my eyebrow at that too, but this game does sound fun.
It seems like a nice addition to that category of thinking games like Sudoku that you can play on the go.
Before clicking the thread, I totally thought that this is what it was going to be.
I dunno, 1,000 puzzles is nothing to scoff at, but downloading does seem like it would be obvious.
If nothing else it would help to keep the puzzles themselves current in terms of pop culture and certain trivia.
The cost, though. Besides bandwidth you'd have to pay some guy to transcode and upload it. The only way I can see it being economically feasible is if they sold it as a "Year Subscription". So you'd have to buy a new edition each year to continue getting the updates.
That is a good point, unless they could somehow enable you to get the new crossroad puzzle from the New York Times website itself somehow, but I don't know that something like that would be possible with the DS.
Don't judge me.
The bandwith would be absolutely negilable, I mean there'd be the file with the questions and the answers and a file which would state where in the grid the questions would sit, I can't envision the file being more that 50kbs and that is seriously streching it. And as far as a guy transcoding it, if they spend a few days on some software tools to help him out it would take him less than hour to do a crossword.
The other thing is that come people have the crossword puzzle as a bit of a social expierence, comparing answers at lunch time and what not, it would be nice to be able to do that each day.
Satans..... hints.....
I think Nintendo is conspiring to eliminate the print newspaper. First Wii News and Wii Weather, and now this. What's next, the Wii "Funnies"?
You can use the Wii Internet Channel for that.
Indeed, it's very true. You go to the NYT site, and it's $35 a year or so just to download individual daily puzzles. It's free, I believe, if you already have a NYT subscription.
That said, I'd gladly pay $35 a year or so for daily downloadable puzzles to the DS.
So they can do a sequel next year.
I want.
http://www.majescoentertainment.com/catalog/works/nyt_crosswords_ds.php
Note that the pop can and coffee cup are labelled "erase".
EDIT: On another note, this was as brilliant as the inclusion of Sudoku in Brain Age.
Two copies it is.
You know how Brain Training sold the DS to old people in Japan?
Yeah.
I'm sure some will willingly switch to the touch keyboard, but the target audience is going to want to write it down as normal.
May 15th in the States according to EBGames and Amazon.
The DS Web Browser has really good handwriting support, for letters at least. I think this will be fine.
All you'd have to do is put some advertising in with each crossword. "Todays crossword is brought to you by McDonalds" etc. Or after you've spent 10 minutes without putting in anything "Need some more mental stimulation? Grab a Coke" or whatever.
I mean it's not like it's hard to make crosswords.