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Great for beginners like me!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: June 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Okay, I admit it; I typically am awful at crossword puzzles. BUT, I was interested in trying and listened to the reviewers who stated this was a good way to build up your talent, and it is! You can start as a beginner with small puzzles and work your way up to larger puzzles, great fun!

There are 3 games:

Crosswords: Again, you can start with a small (4x4) puzzle and work your way up to larger puzzles. The smaller puzzles are fairly easy and you begin to familiarize yourself with how it works and how to get these things figured out. There is Easy and Medium, and you have to unlock modes above those two after frequent play.

Wordsearch: You are given a list of words and have to find them. Very classic, and very fun. Again, you're given easy or medium mode and have to unlock higher.

Anagrams: For those who like text twist on Yahoo! games, you'll love this. You're given 6 letters and have to create as many words as you can. You have to have over 50% of them before you can move on. More challenging then you would think!

Overall, a very fun game, and you can find yourself playing for just one puzzle or for hours on end.

A great educational game for kids (and grown-ups too)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: June 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

(Updated to 4 stars)

If you like "The New York Times" crossword puzzles, then you are over qualified. This game is not for you. But for the majority of the people, this is a very fun game! (By the way, there is a DS game called "The New York Times Crosswords" if that's what you prefer).
There are thousands of puzzles different levels of difficulty.
This is another brilliant game from Nintendo. Very educational. I bought it for my 7 year old and really loves it.
It is amazing how it can recognize your handwriting whether it is uppercase, lowercase and even longhand.

You can have 4 profiles so 4 people can play at different times.
There are 3 games to choose from. Crossword puzzle, Word Search and Anagrams.

1) Crossword puzzle has to be the main game of the three. You can start on "easy" or "medium" level. It gets harder as you progress. If you get stuck, there are hints or you can request a letter to fill in a box. Depending how you set the options.
2) Word search is a little tiny for the eyes but no less as fun.
3) Anagram is like an electronic "Boggle" game. You have to write as many words you can on a given set of letters. There seems to be something missing here. The only way you can finish this game is to find all the possible words. No hints like the one on crossword puzzle. So, it is likely that you get stuck because somehow there is always a word or 2 that you do not know or can not remember.

The game is played with a the stylus and DS on its side, like a little book. Left-handed option is available.

Crosswords DS

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Crosswords is a fun game. Makes you think and sure passes the time if you are waiting in a doctors office.

fun for all ages in faily

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

We took this to the beach and the whole family enjoyed the 3 different games offered on the Crosswords. Even my younger sister(27 yrs.) who never had a nintendo decided she wanted one just to have this game to pick up and play whenever. It has a pause and save so you can stop and play later.

VERY addicting and loads of fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 22, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is so much fun. I hate doing crossword puzzles, but love word search and now I love both of them! I think this game is awesome for kids. It really gets them thinking and just as good for adults!

Great Games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I really kie this game. Very challenging. I especially enjoy the anagrams. I am happy to see games for us older folks,

Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 19, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I enjoy doing crosswords and word searches and this game meets my expectations. The Anagrams can be a little difficult at times, but still makes the game fun.

Enjoyable And Easy To Play Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game strictly for the easier crosswords, but soon started dabbling with the other games - Wordsearch and Anagrams.

Much to my complete surprise I got hooked on the Wordsearch games and what makes it so surprising is that I never liked Wordsearch games before! In the magazines, I hated these things! But I really like this!

I find that the touch screen is more responsive and recognizes the letters easier than some of the other DS games that use this lettering on the touch screen.

I also like "The New York Times Crosswords" game, but this game is great if you just want to sit back, relax and play at an easier pace.

It's staying in my stash of games permanently.

Such a surprise!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I must say, I never would've bought this game if I hadn't played a demo downloaded from our Wii from the new Nintendo Channel. I hate playing crosswords in the newspaper because I always get to the end just to discover that I had a word wrong. Not so with this game! There is an option that you can turn on or off that will let you know if the letter you enter is correct. The touch screen is used very well is this game. As you can tell by the picture on the game, you hold the DS sideways like a book. You write the letters on the touch screen. Not only are there a thousand crossword puzzles to solve, there are word searches and anagrams too! I must admit some of the easy puzzles are literally so easy that it will take you seconds to complete. I haven't hit the hard crosswords yet, but I know when I do, it will be a challenge. Even if you don't like crossword puzzles, give this game a go. The $19.99 price tag makes it even more sweet.

Days, hours, months of fun!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 20 / 20
Date: May 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I have been having a GREAT time with this game - it has seemingly endless amounts of puzzles! The crossword puzzles recognize my handwriting a lot better than My Word Coach, solving is pretty easy and fun. So far I've only tried Easy and Medium settings, they're just barely hard enough to tickle your brain and very satisfying to try and beat your best puzzle-solving times. MUCH easier and less frustrating than the New York Times Crossword game. Word searches are a little harder, but fun too. Your eyes could go crazy staring at all those little letters after doing a few in a row but it's great to have the variety.

The only reason I give it a 4-star instead of 5 is that the anagrams seem to want you to figure out EVERY SINGLE possibility before moving on. I'd prefer if you could try and beat your highest number of words each time, leave it a little more open-ended. Still, this isn't that big a deal - the challenge will just make me even more of a Boggle champion in the long run.

I love the variety of having different sorts of puzzles available, and the fact that there are SO MANY to do makes this an amazingly great deal at only $20. I've been plugging away at it nearly every day for a week and have barely scratched the surface! If you like games like Brain Age and My Word Coach you'll really have fun with this.

Now I just wish Nintendo would make a Sudoku game with this many puzzles for such a good price!

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