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Last E3, Nintendo announced Nintendo Crossword (temporary name). Most of the other games Nintendo announced got release dates with the exception of Mario Kart Wii (also temporary titled). However, Nintendo hasn’t mentioned anything beyond the initial announcement of the project. No new screenshots, no magazine previews, not even a final name for the game. When the game was announced it was the first of its kind (OK… first for North America, Hudson released a Nintendo DS Crossword game back in ’06), but now Nintendo Crossword faces competition from NY Times Crosswords an USA Today Crosswords, a GameStop exclusive. Did Nintendo Crossword get a “Project H.A.M.M.E.R.?” More importantly, is Nintendo Crossword still appealing or should Nintendo of America spend their time working on something else like Archaic Sealed Heat?
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2 Responses to “Lost and Found: Nintendo Crossword”
January 27th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
I have to second the Icupnimpn2, the NYT puzzles are quite difficult and extremely well written.
The interface leaves a little something to be desired though. Why is it that only Nintendo seems capable of designing a good, clean casual game interface? The NYT puzzle uses earth colors everywhere and looks muddy as anything — a crossword puzzle is supposed to be black-on-white, not off-white on muted orange!
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January 14th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
I think their time is better spent elsewhere. The NY Times game is pretty hardcore and already has 1000 puzzles in it. I’m not sure about the USA Today game, but how many crosswords do we need? Although the NY Times game is really making me feel unintelligent. The puzzles are harder by far than the ones that grace my local daily paper. Maybe a kinder, friendlier Nintendo Crosswords would be fun.