Games Database
DS/DSi
Puzzle
| Viewed: | 2D Static screen | Genre: | Puzzle |
| Media: | Cartridge | Arcade origin: | No |
| Developer: | Destineer | Soft. Co.: | Destineer |
| Publishers: | Zushi Games
(GB) Funbox (GB) |
Released: | Unreleased - Complete
(GB) 17 Sept 2010 (GB) |
| Ratings: | PEGI 3+ | ||
| Accessories: | Wireless DS multi-card play | ||
| Features: | Wireless DS single card download play | ||
Summary
Scrabble and Mahjong meet to create a hard-to-resist puzzle sensation in WordJong DS, the best version of the popular casual puzzle game yet. WordJong moves to the DS having proved itself via downloadable and phone versions.
WordJong DS features simple, and familiar if you're a Mah-jong player, game-play mechanic: You use a set of lettered tiles to create words, clearing the board as you use tiles. Shoot for high-scoring words, earn bonus tiles, and work to clear the board with no leftover letters. WordJong DS uses the best features from both the web/downloadable and mobile phone versions including Daily Puzzle mode (using wildcards) with a menu system that emulates a calendar providing 700 layouts with high scores that you must hit. The mobile phone version's temple challenge mode is also used uses no wild cards, but bigger and bigger stacks of tiles to deal with. The DS-specific implementation also sets you in a one-on-one battle against the CPU. All of this comes with a big dictionary that doesn't treat you like a simpleton.
WordJong DS features simple, and familiar if you're a Mah-jong player, game-play mechanic: You use a set of lettered tiles to create words, clearing the board as you use tiles. Shoot for high-scoring words, earn bonus tiles, and work to clear the board with no leftover letters. WordJong DS uses the best features from both the web/downloadable and mobile phone versions including Daily Puzzle mode (using wildcards) with a menu system that emulates a calendar providing 700 layouts with high scores that you must hit. The mobile phone version's temple challenge mode is also used uses no wild cards, but bigger and bigger stacks of tiles to deal with. The DS-specific implementation also sets you in a one-on-one battle against the CPU. All of this comes with a big dictionary that doesn't treat you like a simpleton.