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Jenga: Promising to have gamers sitting on the edge of their seats

Krunal | July 06, 2007 | Press Release | Wii DS 
Atari today announced that it will publish Jenga, based on the world famous wooden block tower building game. Designed to make the most of the innovative control systems on Wii and DS, the game will offer unpredictable, quick-paced, tactical play that combines suspense and risk-taking, where mounting anticipation comes to a crashing climax. Licensed by Pokonobe Associates and developed by Atomic Planet, Jenga for the Nintendo DS and Wii will ship in November 2007.

“Fans of the Jenga family of games will fall in love with this exciting brand all over again,” said Jeremiah Cohn, senior product manager, Atari, Inc. “We are thrilled to deliver this timeless and renowned game with new variations and surprises for the Nintendo DS and Wii.”

“We are very pleased that Atari is now bringing Jenga’s universal entertainment appeal to video gamers worldwide,” added Paul Eveloff of Pokonobe Associates. “This new platform will extend the opportunity to play Jenga to video gamers and generate exceptional new play experiences. Atari’s Jenga for the Nintendo DS and Wii takes the Edge-of-Your-Seat Fun™ and party game style brilliantly to video game players of all skill levels!”

Players of the Wii version can get physical with the Wii Remote™ and Nunchuk™ controllers as they battle to keep the Jenga tower from falling, while on the DS the touch screen provides equally intuitive control of the fast-paced action. Players will experience sophisticated physics, and a multitude of game-play options (single and multiplayer). The game will contain all the fun, intensity and challenge of the original boxed game with a wealth of exciting new enhancements, power-ups and twists that are possible only in the videogame world. Simple to learn and fun to play, Jenga promises great entertainment for all ages.

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    tidus04 | July 06, 2007
    OMG, how can they do something like this. I guess it is on Wii but still Jenga. *sigh*..

    Will be something to look out for when it comes out only to in my case probably laught at the idea.
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    gameboy613 | July 06, 2007
    This game is gonna raise my blood pressure because I'm going to be so stressed as the block tower is wobbling left and right xD. It's going to be fun slipping the blocks in with the Wii Remote.
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    bbb7002004 | July 06, 2007
    Jenga isn't even fun in real life, how is a video game version going to be any better? Thanks Atari, just what we need.
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      Final Blade | July 06, 2007
      Reminds you of runescape huh lol
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    Mario_1 | July 06, 2007
    Holy f---ing s---holes! A Jenga game? Awesome! I am at least renting this, definitely.

    And y'all heters need to stop frontin', hear?
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    JJBDude | July 06, 2007
    I know the Wii Mote is quite celever, has a great sense of sensativity and such but I really do not have faith in the fact that it will actually prove to be challenging.

    And then the DS version....
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    Shiney_Sneasel | July 06, 2007
    o jenga my least favorite bord game ever
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    Silver Mirror | July 06, 2007
    Wow (sarcasm) yet another hardcore game for the Wii (ends sarcasm)

    Seriously who comes up with games like this
    • 0 thumbs!
      tidus04 | July 07, 2007
      They dont really have any good ideas at the moment do they, I will so laught if this gets online play unlike some others that should have.
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    Shiney_Sneasel | July 07, 2007
    i hate jenga!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    black_wing79 | July 07, 2007
    aww cmon... Jenga was fun when you first tried it... although if it always falls at your turn, i can understand your frustration... happens to me all the time..
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    Oni | July 08, 2007
    [sarcasm]Ohh-Emm-Gee, I'm on the edge of my seat right now thinking about this game! Which way will the tower fall?! Which block should I take out!? [/sarcasm]

    XD Seriously though, Jenga? Hopefully, more future third-party titles with substance, like some games we have already seen for the Wii, will emerge.
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    White Mage | July 10, 2007
    Wow, now how am I gonna maneuver in this game? It's going to really keep me at the "edge of my seat".

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