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Majesco to bring NY Times Crosswords DS
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TheGreatDave
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Inquisitor said:
That's it, BOUGHT. I've ordered from the eBay guy listed here
I don't like crossword puzzles (never have), but this looks pretty interesting. I would buy a Nintendo themed version (all the clues are about Nintendo and their games).
I think the sales could be pretty good since I can imagine a lot of casual gamers with DS's will enjoy this.
I think the sales could be pretty good since I can imagine a lot of casual gamers with DS's will enjoy this.
That reminds me of every single time I visit Gamestop to pick up a new game.Taxman said:
"Do you have a copy of Super Game DS?"
"Did you reserve it?"
"No."
"Ooh, I don't know if I got enough let me check. OMG I do have one extra! Better reserve next time, you may not be so lucky again!"
Repeat with every customer the rest of the day.
It's probably true with this game though. This is not one of those games you expect to sell a lot of copies, so I wouldn't be surprised if most stores didn't order that many copies. Stores will usually order small amounts of games that they don't expect to sell that many copies.
Mariah Carey
Member
Is the NYT promoting this at all? I'm sure a small, simple plug at the top of their puzzle section would mean a few thousand instant sales.
Inquisitor said:
video of said puzzle:
http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?r=1&type=wmv&id=20389
I love it. What's the game with the liscensed music where someone raps about playing playstation and the cube version had it dubbed out?
My favorite DS game since its release. I got Puzzle League but it's gotten about ten minutes of playtime from me since I've really been enjoying this
. I like Challenge mode the best, as sometimes I'm just in the mood for a Mon.-Tue puzzle to blow through. Also it's quite fun improving on your grades. Gives the puzzle a very frantic feel to it. Also a perfect commute game since you can easily finish the mon-tue puzzles in 10-15.
At first I thought I would use the keypad but I like how you can see more by using the writing (e.g., seeing the whole puzzle) and the character recognition is pretty decent.
(time to turn in my HC GAMER card)
At first I thought I would use the keypad but I like how you can see more by using the writing (e.g., seeing the whole puzzle) and the character recognition is pretty decent.
StopMakingSense
Member
Totally love this game. I do, however, have one MAJOR pet peeve. The ACT Imagine CODEC splash that only seems to refer to the immediately following ridiculously awful throwing up cat splash movie, followed up by the really generic crossword intro movie.
It's minor, but it bugs the hell out of me every time I play.
Also, the music has to be the most mind-numbingly boring music ever fashioned.
That said, best DS game ever.
I totally wish Nintendo snapped this up and made it a touch generations game and gave it the polish this awesome game deserves.
It's minor, but it bugs the hell out of me every time I play.
Also, the music has to be the most mind-numbingly boring music ever fashioned.
That said, best DS game ever.
I totally wish Nintendo snapped this up and made it a touch generations game and gave it the polish this awesome game deserves.
Cruceh said:
The late-week puzzles are murder. This is why I do Challenge Mode not Puzzle Week (which seems to be the "main" mode). I haven't done crosswords on any regular basis in about ten years and need to polish up on Mon-Wed. but I do notice I'm getting much better and faster.
I like this game a lot, but holy shit it's hard. I keep getting D-minused. And that's on the monday crosswords only. At least I got a D+ today! :lol
It could of course be because it's centered around American culture, history, organizations, famous people etc that I have no clue whatsoever about, being from Sweden and all.
Could also be because my English isn't exactly up to snuff, but I consider this game to be great training in that regard.
I keep getting D-minused. And that's on the monday crosswords only. At least I got a D+ today! :lolIt could of course be because it's centered around American culture, history, organizations, famous people etc that I have no clue whatsoever about, being from Sweden and all.
Could also be because my English isn't exactly up to snuff, but I consider this game to be great training in that regard.
dock UK said:
I don't think being from the UK would make it prohibitively difficult to do these; maybe if it was the TV Guide crossword, but NY Times crossword is pretty culturally broad. Heck, I've often gotten stumped for a while on British questions. I could definitely see how being from Sweden would make it quite hard, but not the UK imo. You could always try one online (but try a Mon. or Tue. one)- http://www.nytimes.com/ref/crosswords/classicpuz.html
I unlocked all 24 Brain Buster puzzles today, thanks to an interesting bug.
After completing the Sunday puzzle, you'll notice the next day is shown as "Brain Buster." Quit out and go to the challenge calendar, you'll see you've unlocked 1 puzzle. Go back into puzzle week and then quit again. You'll unlock another puzzle. Repeat.
Basically, once you finish Sunday in puzzle week, just keep quitting and coming back--eventually you'll unlock all 24 BB puzzles.
After completing the Sunday puzzle, you'll notice the next day is shown as "Brain Buster." Quit out and go to the challenge calendar, you'll see you've unlocked 1 puzzle. Go back into puzzle week and then quit again. You'll unlock another puzzle. Repeat.
Basically, once you finish Sunday in puzzle week, just keep quitting and coming back--eventually you'll unlock all 24 BB puzzles.
Inquisitor
Member
I'm down for the time thing. Sounds like fun. At work we do it with printed puzzles on occasion.
Yeah, I think hints, errors, etc. are all fine; like you said, it dings you on the time anyway.
If you guys haven't done it yet, let's do the Challenge Mode-->Year 1--->Monday, July 5 puzzle and the Monday July 12 puzzle (do either or both). Post your times by next Monday, July 9, 9 PM ET in spoiler tags.
Anyone else who wants to join in is more than welcome of course; I think it's better if each person just does their best and then looks at the times, but it really doesn't matter.
Happy puzzling (I'm far from a crossword expert so no worries on skill, this is more to add even more fun to the timed challenge mode).
If you guys haven't done it yet, let's do the Challenge Mode-->Year 1--->Monday, July 5 puzzle and the Monday July 12 puzzle (do either or both). Post your times by next Monday, July 9, 9 PM ET in spoiler tags.
Anyone else who wants to join in is more than welcome of course; I think it's better if each person just does their best and then looks at the times, but it really doesn't matter.
Happy puzzling (I'm far from a crossword expert so no worries on skill, this is more to add even more fun to the timed challenge mode).
Inquisitor
Member
Pro Tip: Make sure the timer is on.
I just did the first puzzle and had it turned off. Thought I made good time. Oh well. I'll do the second one later (with timer) and post my time by the due date.
I just did the first puzzle and had it turned off. Thought I made good time. Oh well. I'll do the second one later (with timer) and post my time by the due date.
Inquisitor said:Pro Tip: Make sure the timer is on.
I just did the first puzzle and had it turned off. Thought I made good time. Oh well. I'll do the second one later (with timer) and post my time by the due date.
Oh weird, I thought in Challenge mode it always told you your time at the end along with your grade.
I was playing this a few days ago and I have to give kudos to the developers: they did a great job on this game. I had thought that a game as simple as this would be impossible to screw up, but after playing some of the various Sudoku games on the DS, I can say assuredly that yes, it is very possible to screw up a simple game like this. Fortunately the developer did a great job making this interface intuitive.
Boy, do I suck at crosswords though.
Boy, do I suck at crosswords though.
Inquisitor
Member
July 12 puzzle time:
. Sure seemed faster to me! No hints or hint penalties. Had one error circled at the end, but I don't know if you take a penalty for that.
7:20
Inquisitor said:
Oh man, I saw your post on my Blackberry (where spoiler tags don't work) and I am absolutely in for some severe ownage. I mean, I'm pretty lackadaisical about the way I do the puzzles (and the OCR costs me a few minutes as well, but I like being able to see the whole puzzle) and I've never really done crosswords more than a couple of times a year before but even still there is very little chance I can approach that time. As far as the error, they make you go back and fix it right? I think that's the only "penalty" wrt that.
Anyway, here are my July 5 results:
Time: 20:23
Score: B
Hints Used: 0
Hint Penalty: 0
Errors: 0
Score: B
Hints Used: 0
Hint Penalty: 0
Errors: 0
July 12 Results
Note about one of the phrases:
Also, re the July 5th puzzle:
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If you guys want to do anymore beyond these two let me know, I'm going to do them some time anyway (Mon. and Tues. puzzles FTW!) and it's always fun to have times to compare against (or chase).
Time: 10:05
Score: A+
Hints Used: 0
Hint Penalty: 0
Errors: 0
Score: A+
Hints Used: 0
Hint Penalty: 0
Errors: 0
Note about one of the phrases:
The funny thing was, I'm French, and I probably stared at "TOUTDE_UITE" for a minute before figuring it out. I was getting paranoid as if I had screwed up the other words somehow before realizing the answer was sitting right there.
Also, re the July 5th puzzle:
the "anagram" one was great
If you guys want to do anymore beyond these two let me know, I'm going to do them some time anyway (Mon. and Tues. puzzles FTW!) and it's always fun to have times to compare against (or chase).
Inquisitor
Member
Good job on the 12th. I'm up for more, but I am sure as we move later in the week the times will increase exponentially. I'm not so hot with the foreign words they throw in there, but I've done enough puzzles to have a slight grasp of a few common Latin, French, and Spanish words. The one you mentioned, I had no idea.
I was wondering if anyone was going to try it with the OCR. I was using the keyboard and with the puzzle zoomed all the way out.
I'm going to give the later ones a try later and see how I do. Do you happen to know how much of a time penalty the hints cause? Some times it might be worth taking them rather than mulling it over for a few minutes.
I was wondering if anyone was going to try it with the OCR. I was using the keyboard and with the puzzle zoomed all the way out.
I'm going to give the later ones a try later and see how I do. Do you happen to know how much of a time penalty the hints cause? Some times it might be worth taking them rather than mulling it over for a few minutes.
Gamecocks625
Member
Man, you guys are doing well. It still takes me around 45 minutes to do a Monday or Tuesday puzzle.:lol
Inquisitor said:
I did the July 5 puzzle with OCR (as I had done every prior one). The great thing is that you can see the entire board at one time, which I find very useful especially with the difficult puzzle. The downside is that it takes quite a bit longer than the tap method, as I discovered. The OCR itself is pretty good, it just takes a while to draw out a letter, and if you scribble like I always do, it won't register. At least on the timed modes, tap is definitely the way to go. Casually, I'd probably rather use the OCR.
I agree that the later in the week puzzles are hard. I think Thurs.-Sat. are often completely and staggeringly ridiculous, but this may be because of my limited experience with crosswords.
I guess for now it makes sense to do July 6 and July 13 (Tue. puzzles) and then go from there if you and Jiro are still up for it. No deadline needed really, just post your stats whenever. Gamecocks, you should join in too.
Well, I my DS conked out while I was working on the July 6 puzzle but it had the benefit of making me realize that even the Tues. puzzles probably aren't well-suited for this so if you guys are still doing them, let's just do the next two Monday puzzles. I know I'll be tackling them on the plane this Saturday (and I'll probably kick back and do some Wed. puzzles as well at the leisurely pace that is my current top speed on those, with gloriously huge times and pity grades).
Gamecocks625
Member
Amazon has it for $20 now, and it's selling fairly well. Anyways, good price for a good "game."
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000NDFFF4/?tag=neogaf0e-20
EDIT: Maybe the price drop was temporary, seeing how it is back to $30.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000NDFFF4/?tag=neogaf0e-20
EDIT: Maybe the price drop was temporary, seeing how it is back to $30.
AdmiralViscen
Banned
Someone PLEASE point me to some other sale that's running so I can hit $25 and get free shipping.
edit: GALAXY QUEST
edit: GALAXY QUEST
Chairman Yang
if he talks about books, you better damn well listen
NYT Crosswords, since release, has been by far my most-played DS game. I completely sucked at first, but I've recently managed to pretty consistently get A-pluses on the Monday crosswords. I don't think I'll ever be great at the late-week ones, though--they're insane.
AdmiralViscen
Banned
Uh.. Can you save in Challenge Mode? I hit start, selected Save, and the top screen said "Game Saved." But I come back and my whole damn puzzle is cleared. I'm sure I picked the same day. What's the deal?