NL:
"Word games are rather less common these days than in their most prolific period, but if you're going to build one the Wii U seems like prime real estate for doing so. uWordsmith takes advantage of the GamePad to create a simple yet snappy style of wordplay, but some setbacks make it less than letter perfect."
Oftentimes simple and creative ideas can grow into a largely successful franchise by taking these simple ideas and expanding on them. ChudChud Industries attempts to follow this formula by combing the common skill of spelling with reaction time in their title, uWordsmith. While the idea is sound in premise, is it able to hold up despite being a relatively small title on the eShop?
GA:
As long as I can remember, I've loved word games. Some of my earliest memories involve playing Scrabble with my parents and grandparents, and it's a genre I'm still really into today.
This is why I was oddly excited to play uWordsmith. I mean, what more could someone like me want? It's a word-based video game! It's not a true substitute for Scrabble, but any port in a storm and all that.
"I don’t know what to say. That was the first thought that popped into my head as I stared at the Gamepad in utter bewilderment as a bunch of random letters popped onto the small screen and a countdown began. I had no instructions, nor any idea what the game was even about. I just got through the main menu, pushed the top button (Arcade mode) and the “Easy” difficulty; suddenly I was greeted with a bunch of random letters and a timer counting down to some unknown fate."
Seems like a fair score. Anagrams can be fun for a while but this game doesn't have enough to make it challenging and it's woefully shallow to play. Anagrams aside, the game is a pile of shti.