Lightwood Games, known for their word puzzle mini-games, have just announced another title coming to a Nintendo system. In addition to Word Party, which is coming to Wii U next week, Word Puzzles by POWGI will be released on Nintendo 3DS later this year. The interesting part is that the game will have full amiibo support – i.e. every single amiibo will be supported. Scan an amiibo with your New 3DS or with the amiibo scanner for the older models and the game will generate a word puzzle based on that amiibo.
Read the full press release below:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 2nd November, 2015
Stoke-on-Trent, UK – Lightwood Games is excited to announce their next title on the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS. “Word Puzzles by POWGI” is expected later this year.
Word Puzzles by POWGI contains six different pen-and-paper style word puzzles which are solved using the stylus and intuitive touch-screen controls.
Featuring hundreds of expertly hand-crafted word puzzles, and with a firm focus on the content, it’s a no-fluff puzzle variety pack that’s ready to play whenever you are.
As well as solving the included puzzle content, players can unlock special, custom content by touching an amiibo. Each figure generates a unique personalised puzzle containing its nickname.
The puzzles included are:
• Word Maze – Like a wiggly word search! Find the words and solve the maze!
• Mixups – A fiendishly difficult anagram puzzle with three words all jumbled together!
• One Word – The word search puzzle where there’s only one word to find!
• Flowers – Plant pairs of letters around the flower to grow six words with a common middle!
• Circles – Three overlapping circles hide three connected words. Find the missing letter to unscramble them all!
• Crossovers – Crossword puzzles with only one letter missing, which come together to solve a clue!Word Games are Lightwood’s speciality. It is the developer behind Word Party, a series of competitive word puzzle mini-games, for Wii U, set for release in November. The firm has also worked on a number of other titles in collaboration with POWGI, and several mobile apps.
Word Search by POWGI was released on Nintendo 3DS and Wii U in April 2015. Word Search Party has been downloaded nearly two million times on iPhone and iPad.
POWGI – Puzzle On Word Games, Inc – is a puzzle content publisher based in Las Vegas, Nevada.
More examples of the puzzle types included in this game can be found at www.powgi.com.
Word Puzzles by POWGI will be available on the Nintendo eShop in US and Europe priced $9.99 / €9.99 / £7.99.
A free downloadable demo will also be available.
Fact Sheet
Release Date Late 2015
Product Page http://www.lightwoodgames.com/wpbp.php
Price GBP £7.99 / EUR €9.99 / USD $9.99
Age Rating ESRB E for Everyone; PEGI 3 (Provisional)
Several new games are launching this week on the European Wii U and 3DS eShops. If you’re interested in checking out what’s new in screenshot form, take a peak at the gallery below.
Monster Hunter items were recently added to Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer through SpotPass. Check out some footage of the content below.
This week’s Wii U/3DS-specific software sales are as follows:
Wii U
1. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
2. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
3. Splatoon – Nintendo
4. LEGO Dimensions – Warner Bros. Interactive
5. Skylanders SuperChargers – Activision
6. Yoshi’s Woolly World – Nintendo
7. Shovel Knight – Yacht Club Games
8. LEGO Jurassic World – Warner Bros. Interactive
9. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo
10. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo
3DS
1. Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – Nintendo
2. Zelda: Tri Force Heroes – Nintendo
3. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
4. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
6. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Nintendo
7. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo
8. LEGO Jurassic World – Warner Bros. Interactive
9. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
10. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
Source: Chart-Track
This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Retail
Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations – €29.99 / £24.99 / CHF 38.90
Hello Kitty Cruisers – €29.99 / £24.99 / CHF 38.90
The Peanuts Movie: Snoopy’s Grand Adventure – €29.99 / £29.99 / CHF 44.00
Wii U Download
Bike Rider UltraDX – WORLD TOUR – €6.99 / £4.99 / CHF 6.99
Electronic Super Joy – €7.99 / £6.99 / CHF 10.99
Wii U Virtual Console
Contra Advance The Alien Wars Ex – €6.99 / £6.29 / CHF 9.80
Medabots AX: Metabee Version – €6.99 / £6.29 / CHF 9.80
Medabots AX: Rokusho Version – €6.99 / £6.29 / CHF 9.80
Mega Man Battle Network 5 Team: Colonel – €6.99 / £6.29 / CHF 9.80
Mega Man Battle Network 5 Team: Protoman – €6.99 / £6.29 / CHF 9.80
3DS Retail
Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations – €29.99 / £24.99 / CHF 38.90
Chibi-Robo! Zip Lash – €29.99 / £24.99 / CHF 38.90
Gravity Falls – Legend of the Gnome Gemulets – €29.99 / £19.99 / CHF 34.99
Hello Kitty and the Apron of Magic: Rhythm Cooking – €29.99 / £24.99 / CHF 38.90
The Peanuts Movie: Snoopy’s Grand Adventure – €29.99 / £24.99 / CHF 36.00
3DS Download
Toki Tori 3D – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF 2.80
3DS Demos
Battleminer
The Legend of Dark Witch
Nintendo presents: New Style Boutique 2 – Fashion Forward Demo
3DS DLC
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker: Let the Demon Grow – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF 1.40
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker: Lost Demon Rescue – free
3DS Themes
Pokemon: Mega Mewtwo and BREAK Evolution – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF 2.80
Chibi-Robo and the Toys – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF 2.80
Peanuts Movie – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF 2.80
eShop Sales
Wii U
– 99Moves – €1.49 / £1.34 / CHF 2.10 until 03/12/2015, 23:59 UTC. Regular price €2.49 / £2.29 / CHF3.50
– Abyss – €1.49 / £1.34 / CHF 2.10 until 03/12/2015, 23:59 UTC. Regular price €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF 2.80
– Aqua Moto Racing 3D – €3.99 / £3.59 / CHF 5.59 until 12/11/2015, 22:59 UTC. Regular price €7.99 / £7.19 / CHF 11.19
– Nano Assault Neo – €7.49 / £6.70 / CHF 10.50 until 26/11/2015, 23:59 UTC. Regular price €9.99 / £8.99 / CHF 14.00
– Rock Zombie – €3.99 / £3.59 / CHF 5.60 until 03/12/2015, 22:59 UTC. Regular price €6.99 / £6.29 / CHF 9.80
– SDK Paint – €2.99 / £2.99 / CHF 3.99 until 11/11/2015, 23:59 UTC. Regular price €4.49 / £3.99 / CHF 5.99
3DS
– Siesta Fiesta – €0.99/ £0.99 / CHF 1.49 until 12/11/2015, 23:59 UTC. Regular price €4.49 / £3.99 / CHF 6.30
– Football Up 3D – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF 2.80 until 03/12/2015, 23:59 UTC. Regular price €2.99 / £2.36 / CHF 3.60
Source: Nintendo PR
Several new updates have come to Pokemon Shuffle today, including the mobile version. Here’s a roundup of everything that’s new:
– Dunsparce stage has begun (3DS version)
– New daily Pokemon have begun on Shuffle Mobile
– Kyogre stage has returned on Shuffle Mobile
– Mega Gardevoir challenge has begun on Pokemon Shuffle
– Rare Candy gift for Spooky Cup competitors is now live until until Dec. 16th on the Global Link
Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition came to the European Wii U eShop last week. For a look at the title, watch the video below.
Update: Entries are now closed! We’ll announce a winner this weekend, likely alongside our next Patreon update.
It’s been awhile since our last giveaway! I’ve sort of had my hands in about 100 different site-related things over the past few months, so they’ve been put on the back burner slightly. Finally though, we’re back with a giveaway pertaining to a game that just launched on the Wii U eShop: Octodad: Dadliest Catch.
In total, we’ve giving away six codes. We have three codes for North America, and another three for European Wii U owners.
The task is simple: tell us about your favorite unconventional game – given the kooky nature of Octodad – in the comments below. Also, please be sure to specify which region you’re entering for! We’ll let the giveaway run through Tuesday, and we’ll then announce the winners soon after, who will be chosen randomly.
Oh, another important thing. All of our $5+ Patreon members are automatically eligible for this giveaway. No comment is needed for them to enter.
I believe that’s all of the important stuff. Good luck, everyone!
Update (11/1): Bumping this to the top. Next weekend, we’ll be choosing our Super Mario Maker giveaway winner. It’s your last chance to enter!
Original (10/5): A few months ago, Nintendo Everything launched its Patreon page. And in August, we held our first giveaway on the site. Those who are pledging $5 or more are eligible for our Partreon giveaways.
We gave away a gold Mario amiibo in August. September’s giveaway was Kid Icarus: Uprising, and I’d like to announce that Glenn Davis is the winner of the game – congratulations! We’ll be in touch shortly to send your reward.
I’d also like to take a moment to announce our prize for October: Super Mario Maker. Just like all of our contests on Patreon, everyone is eligible regardless of their region. So long as you’re pledging $5 by the end of the month, you’ll be automatically entered.
We have a bunch of rewards on our Patreon page ranging from entry into our special Hall of Fame to sneak peeks at upcoming content. If you’re not interested in pledging, that’s totally okay. One thing that would help us immensely though is to ensure that adblock is disabled on Nintendo Everything. We’re not in the best financial situation at the moment!
