ESRB RATES SQUARE ENIX PUZZLER YOSUMIN FOR PC RELEASE
Very well spotted via Tiny Cartridge, the ESRB — everyone’s new favorite source of pre-release information — has rated a Windows PC version of Square Enix’s excellent puzzler Yosumin. Originally released as an import-only DS title, you may recall rumors spreading several weeks ago of an imminent Xbox Live Arcade port, but this is the first public indication that Square Enix is considering stateside release — though, it should be said, not a guarantee.
Either way, I now have a very good excuse to say here, you can prep yourself for the release by training on Square Enix’s Flash version (hosted grey-ly by thelostmd, click the first of the three menu options to start the game), but — fair warning from personal experience — it’s frighteningly easy to lose hours to the charms of its virus-esque polygons.
The gameplay itself is simple enough: your only task is to find any rectangle amongst the field where the same color shapes make up each of its four corners, at which point all the shapes inside will be converted to that color, collected, and replaced with a new set of randoms. While your score will be boosted by by finding ever wider rectangles within the field, each level ends when you’ve collected the requisite number of each color.
The ESRB notes, as the Xbox Live Arcade rumors did, that the official release will include both high score challenges and multiplayer modes — here’s to looking forward to updating more on that later this year.
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