CROSSWORDS PLUS Company: Nintendo Release: October 1, 2012 ESRB: E October 8, 2012 OK, I admit it, I'm a big crossword puzzle freak. Not only do I solve them, I also make them. So I was a little let down by the quality of the DS version. Hopefully Nintendo could try a little better. Well, they didn't. These crosswords are WAY TOO EASY for me. I can solve their medium 11x11 ones in less than 8 minutes. And get this, they have 4x4 crosswords. Who ever heard of a 4x4 crossword grid anyway?! They can't print those in newspapers or else people will complain. So I guess if you're new to crosswords, this is a good introduction to them, but if you're a crossword geek like I am, I guess it's a good start but hopefully something better will come along, like a USA Today collection or something. They finally got better letter drawing recognition software, it only messed up a few times. I'm guessing I have to do all of the easy crosswords before I can unlock the hard ones. Why not just let everyone get access to every crossword from the start so people like me don't have to waste time doing the super easy ones? Rating: 8/10