Neopets Puzzle Adventure gets October release window

by Zack Stern { Oct 6th 2008 at 9:00AM }

When we raved about the Othello-based, Neopets Puzzle Adventure, we couldn't scrub away the sadness of endorsing something built on a Tomagotchi-knock-off. We name-dropped how it's being developed by Infinite Interactive, creators of Puzzle Quest, but that wasn't enough. We shivered for weeks.

Capcom let us know that the PC and DS versions are due by the end of October, while a Wii edition is coming later. So you'll soon be able to share our love of the puzzler (and self-loathing). Check out our original impressions again for the full details.

Tags: capcom, infinite-interactive, neopets, neopets-puzzle-adventure, nintendo, puzzle-quest

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

jimmygotsmack @ Oct 6th 2008 9:29AM

So you play as gimp monkey named steve?

Patient J @ Oct 6th 2008 9:34AM

Is that a bondage monkey?

Dash @ Oct 6th 2008 9:38AM

You know, Neopets has 241 million registered characters (even with repeats, still many millions users), and you can easily find 25 to 30 thousand people online at anytime. When you think about it, it has more users then WoW (albeit free and not so good). basically because they decided to make a product directed to children that has quality and some MMO elements (the level grinding is, in fact, more time-consuming then WoW).

It is a good fit for the DS and Wii. A franchise incredibly popular among children, pokemon like creatures, and a gameplay that even the hardcores (including the joystiq staff, that raved about it) can agree works. This will either be a best-seller or a Zack and Wiki situation all over again (Z&W is better of course, but poor sales never the less)