By Kevin Shirley
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Anyone here remember Nintendo Power? It was a magazine that was
in print for over two decades. If you’re wondering what a magazine is, it’s
basically a website made out of paper.
A couple years back, in an issue of that historic publication, I
read an interview with a designer by the name of Kotaro Uchikoshi. He was
talking about a piece of software for the Nintendo DS that he designed, called 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors.
He also made a couple of jokes poking fun at his wife. Usually, I would just
read these interviews to extract facts about the games discussed and the design
process. But, not only did I find solid information about this new game. I also
found the interview in itself to be pretty entertaining.
Last summer, I finally decided to order 999 off of Amazon. I put the game into my 3DS. I found myself
reading loads and loads of text punctuated by occasional puzzle segments, but
mostly a bunch of text.
I absolutely loved it.
