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Crave spells out new DS, PSP game

Spelling Challenges and More! due out this summer for $19.99; portable game to feature game show mode, word games.

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With the success of puzzle games like Sudoku and brain-teasing games such as Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day, publishers are looking to capitalize on gamers' new interest in their noggins. The next subject invading handhelds appears to be spelling, as Crave is getting set to test gamers' orthography.

The publisher has announced Spelling Challenges and More! for the DS and PlayStation Portable. The game is due out this summer and will retail for $19.99.

The game will feature a game show mode hosted by Mr. Niceguy, who will award prizes and cash for correct answers. Other modes include a variety of word games revolving around the 25,000 words in Spelling Challenges and More!'s memory.

It wouldn't be a proper spelling challenge without a little competition. Gamers can also try their hand at Ubisoft's Spelling Spree, due out in June on the DS and Wii.

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Very nice!

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i may get this i loved brain age i may like this i would like to see some screen shots so i can see how the touch screen works

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That game sounds awwesum

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I'll buy this for my kids. What else needs to be said.

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Dumb. ... Could you use that in a sentence please?

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Wow I thought Crave disbanded...or went out of buissnes....

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Crave has always been a steaming pile of crap. Nice to see they're not changing.

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I would not be surprised if these actually sell well. Parents will buy 'em if they're twenty bucks to give to their kids.

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Wow...

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c r a v e

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gosh ... NO WAY! N-O W-A-Y!

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Speeling spri ? no tanks il pas. ;-)

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I think I will pass, theses types of game never seem to interest me.

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Oh I'm sure this will sell, look how well Brain Age and Big Brain Academy did.

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Feel sorry for people who have English as second or beyond language...

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ChitoKiryoku: Or just parents who buy it for themselves, lol.

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I would rather have 'The Typing of the Dead' on DS.

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This will sell, seriously. Two groups of people will buy this: Parents for their kids (huge group) and people who own a DS and want to improve their spelling (not-so-huge group) Still, these games always seem to do well.

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I'm all over the spelling challenge game

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Is it just me, or is most everyone on here making sure to spell correctalificancilaraculary?

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Well, I've seen Ubisoft's title, and it's actually fun! Hard to believe a spelling game could be fun, but this one really is.

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Gasp! That sounds super dumb!

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This is the sort of thing parents will buy for their kids so the handheld can be Educational... and it will NEVER be played.

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I'll spell out your new game. S-U-C-K-S

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I wanna see Bookworm on the DS, love the game on the PC

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@Kravyn81 lol You hit the nail on the head there. I wonder sometimes if most GS readers know the difference between there, their and they're.

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Kravyn81 Said: "This is TERRIFIC news. I know most of the GS community here will benefit greatly from this product!" year itz troo peepul carnt spel proply arownd heer

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Spelling Challenges... Sudoku... Brain Age. Since when did gaming become so much like school? Maybe you went to a 'different' school but I wish my school was like this.

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lol, seriously? What makes them think they can sell this? Because Brain Age and similar games that have done well

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Mr. Niceguy...reminds me of Sol Badguy... *finds Guilty Gear and forgets about this game*

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lol, seriously? What makes them think they can sell this?

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Good luck selling this one, they're gonna need it!

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This is TERRIFIC news. I know most of the GS community here will benefit greatly from this product!

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HyperMetaDragon, um.... the article says that the game will retail for $19.99. While I do agree that this is game is adding to the pile of "games that can be found in every newspaper in the world" genre, its good that games now allow people who have never played games to.... well.... play games. Its about the fun.

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Spelling Challenges... Sudoku... Brain Age. Since when did gaming become so much like school?

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Wow, this is ridiculous...

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Uh. Pathetic. If I wanna do crosswords, I'll do them on paper. I'm not gonna waste $30-40 on a stupid kiddie game that's half as good as real crosswords.

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Wow, if this isn't going to be a cheesy game, I'll be damned.

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Mr.Niceguy? LOL

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Shut_Me_Up, "Forensics. S-U-C-K-M-Y-A-$-$. Forensics." Damn it you totally beat me to that reference, well played. This game sounds... weird though, who knows.

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Wonderful. Crave is making it. It's going to be horrible.

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This game is just what the DS needed.

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If this is online, I can beat anybody because I am an expert at Spelling! S-P-E-L-L-I-N-G.

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i be hopin this game be ofen the hook en stuf lol

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Include a multiplayer over wi-fi so we can compete online against other players.

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Crave sucks at making games C-R-A-V-E S-U-C-K-S!

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Forensics. S-U-C-K-M-Y-A-$-$. Forensics.

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Insane. I-N-S-A-N-E. Insane!

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Lame. L-A-M-E. Lame!

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Sweet! S-W-E-E-T. Sweet!

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