Bookworm

Short Description

Boost scores and advance faster with Bonus Words and Reward Tiles and save your high scores and track your progress with the Lex-Ray.
Form words from 20 themed book collections and unlock 18 rooms to build your customized libraries.
Flex your lexicon in three game modes ? classic, action and wireless multiplayer.
Pick up and play -- it's easy to start working wordy wonders in seconds.
Unlimited levels to keep you rising up the ranks in the Hall of Fame.

~~$16.28~~ $12.32

(as of 30/07/2010 09:58 - info)

Full Description

Have an appetite for words? Then join Lex the Bookworm in the hit word puzzle game created by PopCap for your Nintendo DS! Link letter tiles left, right, up and down to spell words and keep your bookworm smiling. Spell words to fill your bookshelves, unlock 20 themed folios, and build out 18 unique library rooms. Boost your score using Word of the Day then track your progress with the all-new Lex-Ray to see how big your Bookworm brain can be! Work wordy wonders in three game modes : Start with Classic for the most popular Bookworm experience. When you’re ready to test your skills, speed through the fast-paced Action mode. And if you want to compete with friends, match wits in Multiplayer mode. No matter which mode you like best, you’ll relax and tune up your brain every time you play!

Bookworm

5 Reviews

Deb says:
Posted July 29, 2010 at 12:00 am | Permalink

I was going to return because I didn’t realize it was for a Nintendo. But I went out and bought one and am really having fun with Bookworm.
S. Brosseau says:
Posted July 11, 2010 at 12:00 am | Permalink

This game had been popular on the PC for quite some time. the DS version somehow has improved upon this game. If you liked the PC version you will like this one even better. The classic game mode can last pretty long, maybe too long for a portable. it’s good game overall. The only drawback is you need more that one gamepak to enjoy ALL the features of multiplayer.
B. Caruso says:
Posted June 24, 2010 at 12:00 am | Permalink

A wonderful DS version of the popular online game. I found that this was an incredible vocabulary builder and a fun spelling game for my son (6 years old, has Asperger’s and a pretty extensive vocabulary for a 6 year old) and a fun word game on par with Scrabble, albeit it a solo (as we don’t have a 2nd DS) word game, without the annoying feature that I have found in digital Scrabble where common words aren’t recognized. My husband was familiar with the online version of BookWorm before we got the DS version and he described it as “like Scrabble if the set is on fire” and he did say that the DS version offers more of an educational twist offering up definitions during game play (but not in an invasive and annoying manner).

This is a fun game for adults and kids and it’s nice to have a game in common.
This is definitely going in our errand bag so we have something fun and educational and at times challenging, to keep us happy and occupied in doctors offices and keeping kiddo occupied during boring car rides to prevent the trying onslaught of “are we there yet?”

If you like Bananagrams or Scrabble, you will probably like Bookworm.
D_Strasse says:
Posted June 18, 2010 at 12:00 am | Permalink

…you’ll love this game.

Boggle, now that takes me back. I remeber my parents playing Boggle when I was a kid and this game very similar. In this case though, rather than simply making words from an available list of letters in a grid to rack up points, you have to string them together on the screen.

What can I say, you either like this kind of game or you don’t. Benefits of this version are:

*Unlockable books. Enter a word and unlock the book it is found in, thereby showing you the rest of the words in that book.
*Unlockable backgrounds. Fill out a bookcase and unlock “rooms” in separate libraries.
*Trackable statistics: Keep track of how many words you created of specific lengths, biggest point score, etc.
*Real time saving: Exit the game at any point without having to manually save progress.
*Definitions: Definitions of the words you spell are provided. It is a nice feature but I didn’t spend much time looking at them, especially if I had a burning letter on the board.

Nitpicks:
*No left hand option. I’m left handed and this is a more than a nitpick for me, and a real bummer. Sure, I could work around it but it seems to me like a major omission.
*No gameplay mode without burning tiles. For some people the pressure of having burning tiles even in the “classic” gameplay option might be unwelcome. I can see some people just wanting to leisurely make words all day long and that isn’t available.

All in all perfectly paced puzzler with hours of content for fans of this type of gameplay – you know who you are
R. Padilla says:
Posted May 27, 2010 at 12:00 am | Permalink

Book Worm is a basic and fun word game for Nintendo DS. If the DS is your only gaming system then it might be worth a look. However, if you can play games on a smartphone or other portable device, there are dozens of titles that are more fun and a lot cheaper (only a few dollars or in some cases free).

As for the game itself, the controls are fine and it’s easy to play. If word games are your thing then give it a shot. If you also game on Android, iPhone, or other mobile platforms, chances are that you can get a cheaper downloadable game that’s more entertaining.