This week’s Famitsu had some interesting news: one more go-round forPanel de Pon. For those of you unfamiliar with the name, chances are you’ve taken a shot or two with the game;Ponis better known in America under wacky face-lift conversion aliases, likeTetris Attackon the SNES,Pokemon Puzzle Leagueon the GBC and N64, and most recently the Gameboy AdvanceDr. Mario / Puzzle Leaguecombo cart. It’s also one of the best puzzle games ever made.
Panel De Ponwill be hitting Japan on the DS in April, so in the mean time, let us join hands and pray for the following: that it be Nintendo WFC-ready, that it be brought to America within a matter of months, and that it not be slapped with some other game’s aesthetic style just to make it palatable. I might be so bold as to presume that the orientation of the screenshots means the game will be oriented book-style, likeHotel Dusk: Rm 215orBrain Age, and wouldn’t that just be dandy? We need more of themalternative orientationgames.
