Scrabble 2009 (DS)

I quite like a game of Scrabble every now and again, and when I got myself a DS Lite I decided it was a must-have addition to my newly formed games collection. I got it from Argos as part of a 2 for £30 deal, though I now see that quite a few shops have it on sale for only £10 including Play.com and Asda. Getting to grips with this game took a matter of minutes. I got straight into playing my first game of Scrabble against the computer players, and was able to work out most of controls immediately. I really love how easy it is to play this game. To lay down a word on the board, I just have to select my letter and drag it onto the square I want it to go on, ...  Read the complete review

This review is of the Nintendo game, Scrabble 2009, developed and published by Electronic Arts. The game is based on the board game of the same name, and this is a different version to Scrabble 2007, which was developed and published by Ubisoft. This DS game of course follows the traditional board game, where you have to place down tiles, each with a different letter on, to make words to score as many points as possible. Different areas of the board are worth different points, as are different tiles, so more complex and longer words tend to get more points. If you just want to play the traditional version of Scrabble on this game, then you can. You ...  Read the complete review

I enjoy playing Scrabble and other word games and I have previously owned the 2007 DS version of this popular board game, so when the 2009 edition was released boasting an updated format, enhanced AI and dictionary and fun new mini-games I just had to buy it. Once you have signed in and created your profile you are offered a choice of games to play: Scrabble Quick Game - This is sub divided into three mini games: The Classic quick game puts you in direct competition with up to three AI opponents of your choosing who have different Scrabble playing ability. The Tempest option introduces special cards which modify game play, for example ...  Read the complete review