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Puzzle Quest devs train Neopets: Puzzle Adventure

By Tom Magrino, GameSpotPosted Jun 3, 2008 5:29 pm PT

Infinite Interactive teams with Capcom and Nickelodeon on Othello-style RPG on the Wii, DS, and PC this holiday.

Infinite Interactive's puzzle/role-playing game hybrid Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords was an unexpected hit that garnered a good deal of attention last year. However, as noted by Infinite Interactive CEO Steve Fawkner during this year's Game Developers Conference, the game very nearly didn't make it to market because publishers were leery of the project's unproven style of gameplay.

Pets of pets of pets... It's all very confusing.

Of course, success has now paved the way for duplication. Capcom said today that it has teamed up with Nickelodeon and Infinite Interactive on a Neopets-themed puzzle role-playing game. Titled Neopets: Puzzle Adventure, the game will be released on the Wii, Nintendo DS, and PC this holiday season.

Whereas Puzzle Quest--and its upcoming sequel, Puzzle Quest: Galactrix--draws its influence from Bejeweled's match-three-style gameplay, Puzzle Adventure follows the rules of Reversi (aka Othello, aka Go). After being assigned a color, players attempt to capture the majority of squares on a grid-like board by taking turns flipping one another's pieces.

Not merely a digital interpretation of the famed board game, Infinite Interactive would add its signature RPG twist. Players will be able to customize one of 12 Neopets, and then adventure on more than 150 quests through the Land of Neopia. The game also features an assortment of minigames, and players will also be able to collect bonus-conveying items and PetPets. The game will also feature cooperative and multiplayer matches.

According to Capcom, Neopets.com is "called the 'stickiest site on the web,' with its Tweener audience spending an average of three hours per week on the website." Ostensibly in an effort to make said site even stickier, Capcom hopes to tie in Neopets: Puzzle Adventure to this online portal by including the ability to earn codes in-game that can be redeemed for virtual Neopets swag through the site.

14 Comments

  • Darth_Tyrranus

    Posted Jun 5, 2008 10:51 am PT

    I agree with jkrukoff,
    the game Go has nothing to do with Reversi and Othello. This is just another case of Gamespot talking out of their butt again.

  • Arclight_Blue

    Posted Jun 5, 2008 3:42 am PT

    honey, Get the trash can....

  • okassar

    Posted Jun 4, 2008 1:42 pm PT

    LMAO LOOOLLLZZZZZZZZ....Neopets Puzzle Adventure wtf lol omg I can't stop laughing.Neopets hahahahhahahah.It's this retarded online game site for little kids.

  • jkrukoff

    Posted Jun 4, 2008 9:19 am PT

    Oh no, someone is wrong on the internet. Sure, reversi and othello are two names for the same game, but Go is completely different. The only thing they have in common is that the pieces are black and white, so if that's your criteria we can throw chess in as equivalent as well.

  • Dualmask

    Posted Jun 4, 2008 6:56 am PT

    Huh. Never heard of these Neopets...but a new iteration or clone of Puzzle Quest, especially by the guys who brought us Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo, can't be a bad thing.

  • chickenmonkey

    Posted Jun 4, 2008 6:39 am PT

    I know nothing about those ugly ugly neopets, but am still looking forward to this game. Puzzle Quest + Othello! Once I see some gameplay footage, I might just get it. Unless the neopets get too much in the way.

    In which case, blech.

  • nintendoboy16

    Posted Jun 4, 2008 6:10 am PT

    Wait a minute, I thought Sony had an exclusive license with Neopets after the two games made on the PS2 and PSP. Why is Capcom making them now for the Wii, DS, and PC?

  • Axe_336

    Posted Jun 3, 2008 11:31 pm PT

    My mom really likes Neopets, so she might get the PC version. I'd just like to congratulate Neopets on being second to Tamagochi in the field of previously existing virtual pet game to break into the console market.

  • speedjunkie4

    Posted Jun 3, 2008 8:56 pm PT

    yea that is smooth
    wii is being clogged with crap third-party games by devolpers trying to make a quick $20

  • Tranceplant

    Posted Jun 3, 2008 6:06 pm PT

    Neopets? Ugh... oh well.

  • Erickivan19

    Posted Jun 3, 2008 6:03 pm PT

    woot neopets

  • T3h_M3tal_Biggz

    Posted Jun 3, 2008 5:49 pm PT

    wow.. i think gaming has really become too commercial these days,one of these days i should just become a hermit, but wait they have types of games too?(rhetorical)

  • TAKE_IT_BACK

    Posted Jun 3, 2008 5:42 pm PT

    god i hate neopets

  • Wii_Fitness

    Posted Jun 3, 2008 5:41 pm PT

    wow just wow

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