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| New York Times Crosswords | 
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| From: Majesco Sales Inc.
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $22.47
New (7) Used (9) from $19.49
Avg. Customer Rating:  58 reviews
Sales Rank: 1605
Platform: Nintendo Ds
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.6
MPN: 01492
UPC: 096427014928
EAN: 0096427014928
ASIN: B000NDFFF4
Release Date: May 22, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Over 1,000 crossword puzzles -- use the Touch Screen & stylus to enter | | • | Play Puzzle Me Quick for a fast word fix | | • | Puzzle Week for extended play with progressive difficulty | | • | Try Challenge Mode, with adjustable time and difficulty settings | | • | Cooperative and competitive 2-player wireless |
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Product Description
The New York Times Crosswords makes a perfect pairing: The intellectual challenge of the New York Times crossword puzzles & the stylus control of the Nintendo DS. Write your answers into each puzzle with the stylus or use a Touch Screen keyboard to enter letters. Various modes of play will challenge even the most savvy wordplay enthusiasts.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 53 more reviews...
 A must-have for crossword fans June 3, 2007
31 out of 33 found this review helpful
It doesn't get much better than this. Not only do you get over 1000 New York Times crosswords, you also get a great interface and a variety of play modes.
For those who haven't tried Times crosswords before, there's a reason they're renowned-- fresh vocabulary and interesting clues. And don't be intimidated by their reputation. The difficulty varies depending on the day of the week and there are plenty of easier Monday and Tuesday puzzles for beginners as they work up to the later days of the week.
Besides a massive set of some of the best crosswords available, you get a great user interface too. The puzzles can be panned and zoomed, allowing you to fit either the entire grid or a small portion of it on the bottom screen. On the top screen, in large print, is the current clue and corresponding letter boxes. There are a number of ways to navigate around the puzzle using touch or button controls, making it easy to hop around. And best of all there's a small box on the touch screen for handwriting recognition (a pop-up keyboard is available too), allowing you to write in your answers with the stylus. The hand-writing recognition could be a little bit quicker, but other than that it functions beautifully.
There are plenty of play options too. You can pick out a crossword from any date among the several year span of puzzles in the game (roughly March 2004 to November 2006), you can play a Monday to Sunday week of randomly selected puzzles, and there are several wireless (not WFC internet) multiplayer options to play head-to-head or cooperatively with friends.
All in all this is a brilliantly executed and deep package of some of the best crossword puzzles on Earth. I consider it a must-have for any crossword fan.
Quite simply a perfect game June 14, 2007
17 out of 19 found this review helpful
The design of this game is perfect. It has the best handwriting recognition I have ever used. It is rare that I do not have a single recommendation on how to improve a game, but this is one such instance. I never thought doing a crossword electronically could be so intuitive. Even if you have only a passing interest in crosswords, this game is a must buy.
 Enjoyable and a must own for crossword fans June 21, 2007
12 out of 16 found this review helpful
The reknowned New York Times is known for it's challenging crossword puzzles, hence Majesco's attempt at bringing the same kind of experience to the dual screens of the DS. Surprisingly, it works very well, with nothing of the challenge being lost in translation from paper to the digital world. New York Times Crosswords features over a thousand crossword puzzles to come straight from the New York Times, and thankfully, Majesco has made a near flawless video game adaptation. Taking advantage of the DS' touch screen and stylus, New York Times Crosswords lets you use either a keyboard to type the letters or the stylus to draw, and surprisingly, the recognition of the touch screen is spot on. Being able to save a puzzle in progress, as well as the game saving your stats for the puzzles you've completed, is a great big plus as well. The only real downside for New York Times Crosswords is the fact that if you don't like crossword puzzles in real life, or keep up with current events, you won't get the maximum kind of enjoyment out of this as one can. Not to mention that once you get through the thousand puzzles contained here, there's no way to download any new puzzles (yet) and there's no Wi-Fi capability either. All that aside, New York Times Crosswords for the DS works surprisingly well, and for DS owners that consider themselves crossword puzzle buffs, this game is definitely worth picking up.
Amazing! May 27, 2007
10 out of 13 found this review helpful
This game is really incredible. Nearly three years worth of daily NYT puzzles for $30! The use of the stylus is very technologically advanced (you hand-write in all the letters). The only drawback is at times you will find yourself forced to adjust your handwriting slightly to something more uniform and normal. Before I got the hang of things, my capital H's all came out as A's. Not a big deal, but a little frustrating at first.
Really, this is a remarkable game for crossword fans. And these are pretty hard puzzles, too!
This game is a must have for any DS owner's library!!! June 8, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
What a perfect translation of the gold standard of Crossword Puzzles.
The New York Times Crossword puzzles are by far the best in the world and this game has over a thousand of them!
I've already taken it on a flight to Japan and it is a wonderful time killer.
The NY Times Crosswords are not easy, but if you are up to a challenge this game is just terrific.
It's a very stylized looking game and the use of the stylus for handwriting works perfectly.
There is also a keyboard for those with handwriting issues that would also come in handy.
I am recommending this game to all my friends and colleagues.
GREAT GAME!
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