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Crazy Zen Codeword

It's codeword! The classic pen and paper puzzle. In this translation from paper to screen, animated highlights make it is easier to read the state of the board and autofill makes it much quicker to try out…

17 December 2021

Crazy Zen Codeword is a card & board game, released 17 December 2021 on Nintendo Switch.

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What Crazy Zen Codeword is

Crazy Zen Codeword was released in 2021. It is available on Nintendo Switch only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Engage in some serious brain training with classic and fast codeword play modes. In classic mode you will need to master the subtleties of classic pen-and-paper codeword gameplay to prevail. Fast mode is great as a simplified introduction to codewords or for when you want a quicker play session. With satisfying, instant feedback on every correct guess and less chance of getting seriously stuck! Are you up for the challenge? Expand your vocabulary - discover new words. Collect, study, and play about with them using a special Trophy Poems system. Share the poems you’ve created with your fridge magnet word collection!
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are educational and non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Crazy Zen Codeword launched on 17 December 2021, within three weeks of Halo Infinite, Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker, Solar Ash and GTFO. It arrived 4 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Halo Infinite, Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker, Solar Ash, GTFO.

Official trailer

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When did Crazy Zen Codeword come out?
Crazy Zen Codeword was released on 17 December 2021 for Nintendo Switch.

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