

They don’t have to match every move – instead they can freely rotate gems anywhere on the board, allowing increased strategic freedom to plan combinations, cascades and chains of various matches. In Bejeweled Twist, players rotate 2×2 blocks of gems in an effort to create a line of three or more gems of the same type.


Playing on either the DS, or on the Nintendo DSi™ system, this is the first game to allow for interoperable multiplayer gaming between these two platforms. Bejeweled Twist now features the ability to challenge and play other gamers over an ad-hoc wireless connection. Players link adjoining letter tiles to build words, complete each level and feed “Lex.” They’ll use Reward Tiles and spell Bonus Words to boost their score.īejeweled Twist was originally released to critical acclaim in October 2008 and these two new versions of Bejeweled Twist are the very first video game platform adaptations of this important franchise. With both new versions of Bookworm, players whet their appetite for spelling fun in PopCap’s hit word-puzzle game, an immersive title for word game aficionados of all ages and levels. The DS version offers all of the content that has made Bookworm so popular as well as entirely new gameplay not available anywhere else, including the multiplayer Bookworm Battle mode, 20 all-new Collectible Books, the ability to construct a library based on your game progress, and the all-new “Lex-Ray” – a fun new way for the game’s hero, “Lex,” to measure and track your growing spelling and vocabulary prowess. The DSiWare version of Bookworm includes the complete Classic mode and has been specifically tuned for dual-screen, vertical use.

Now, for the first time, Bookworm has been adapted for Nintendo DSiWare and Nintendo DS with an array of new features and modes that are exclusively available on DS. We’re following them up with enhanced and expanded, must-have retail versions for the DS that are the most full-featured installments of Bookworm and Bejeweled Twist we’ve ever created.”īookworm was originally released by PopCap in January of 2005 and has been ported and re-optimized for ten different platforms, boasting over 100 million downloads, and making it the world’s most popular digital word game. “This Fall, Nintendo DSi Shop will give consumers an immediate jolt of high quality fun and value with titles that feature more great gameplay content than any other downloadable titles available on this platform. “We’re bringing serious innovation to Bookworm and Bejeweled Twist – two of our most important game franchises – to deliver unique features and cool new multiplayer capabilities that have been specifically designed for the Nintendo systems,” said Ed Allard, vice president of strategic development at PopCap. Bookworm for DS will launch at retail on Decemand Bejeweled Twist for DS will be released at retail in Q1 of 2010. These new iterations of two of PopCap’s most successful franchises, mark PopCap’s entry into the DSiWare™ market, and its continued support of Nintendo DS™ with all-new, feature-rich versions, fully optimized for the Nintendo systems.īookworm will be available for the DSiWare service later this month, followed by Bejeweled Twist for DSiWare in mid-October. SEATTLE, Washington – Septem– PopCap Games, the leading developer and publisher of the world’s most widely played video games, today announced the upcoming launch of two major adaptations of Bookworm™ and two, first-ever video game platform adaptations of Bejeweled Twist™. PopCap’s First DSiWare Titles Deliver Unprecedented Depth and Fun for Nintendo’s Online Store DS Retail Installments Offer More Challenge and Feature-Rich GamePlay Than Ever
