Zendoku set to make us care about Sudoku again
by Kyle Orland 
{ Mar 20th 2007 at 6:30AM }
We'll admit it -- when we first saw Sudoku in our local paper, we were a little taken with the simple logic puzzle. When we found a decent touch-screen version included with our copy of Brain Age, we thought it was a nice little bonus. Now, however, when it seems everybody and their brother is trying to cash in with a video game version of the little time waster, we find it harder and harder to care about those little grids of numbers.
That was until we stumbled across the website for Zendoku, an Eidos-produced version of the familiar puzzle for the DS. Zendoku spices up the basic Sudoku gameplay with an RPG-style quest-mode, a two-player wireless battle mode (complete with blockable attacks) and super-deformed martial arts stereotype characters. Sounds a bit like Super Puzzle Fighter II: Turbo to us, and it looks like it has the same potential to spice up an overdone puzzle genre. We'll let you know if it does when it comes out June 1.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Psaakyrn @ Mar 20th 2007 10:53AM
Ok, this is getting silly. At this rate we'll have Tetris RPG, Puzzle Bobble RPG, Chess RPG, etc..
Shagittarius @ Mar 20th 2007 12:33PM
I'm still anxiously anticipating Chess 2.
Hmmmm....
Chess 2: The quickening
Chess 2: This time its personal
Chess 2: Checkmate!
Chess 2: Chesserer
Chess 2: Nerds in paradise
JodyAnthony @ Mar 20th 2007 1:03PM
Chess 2: The Chessinator
Chess 2: Judgement Day
Chess 2: Cruise Control
JodyAnthony @ Mar 20th 2007 1:03PM
Chess 2: Pawn Boogaloo
Shagittarius @ Mar 20th 2007 1:09PM
Chess 2: The Other Side
Chess 2: I know what you did last summer.
Chess 2: Band Camp.
JodyAnthony @ Mar 20th 2007 1:19PM
Chess 2: Chess Harder
Chess Hard With a Vengeance
Shagittarius @ Mar 20th 2007 2:04PM
Chess 2: Part Deux
Chess 2: First Blood
Chess 2: The World Warrior
Chess 2: Super Chess World
required @ Mar 20th 2007 2:18PM
Knowing nintendo we'll see a Super Dupererer Mario Suduko before we see Chess 2 Super Chess World
teitoku @ Mar 20th 2007 8:22PM
"Ok, this is getting silly. At this rate we'll have Tetris RPG, Puzzle Bobble RPG, Chess RPG, etc.."
So? They've been making these for at least fifteen years. Check out all the Puyo ones.