OK! Puzzle Stars

Moby ID: 80089

Description

Inspired by the British celebrity magazine franchise 'OK!', 'OK! Puzzle Stars' puts the player as the role of an Editor in Chief, who must solve a variety of puzzles in order to send 12 OK! magazines to the shops.

The game mainly utilises the Nintendo DS stylus for gameplay and includes puzzles like Wordsearches, Crosswords, Sudoku, Fitword and so on. The player is required to hold the Nintendo DS console sideways in order to play the game. The Start button is also used to pause a puzzle at any time and brings up the Pause Menu (which includes options to continue the puzzle, teach handwriting recognition to suit the player's handwriting mode, or to quit the puzzle).

Every issue in the game includes 16 puzzles to solve and for every 4 solved, the player must then solve a special puzzle called a 'Puzzle Star' (which rewards the player a cover item for the current issue). When all 4 cover item elements are achieved for one issue, the player moves onto the next until all 12 are complete.

For every puzzle complete, the player is awarded an OK! Scratch Card. Here players must use the Nintendo DS stylus to rub one out of 3 stars shown to win a certain number of Stars (which allow players to purchase hints in a difficult situation).

The game includes a variety of famous celebrity photographs throughout Bonus Puzzles (as well as the issue covers) and displays fascinating celebrity facts during the saving processes.

Credits (Nintendo DS version)

48 People (46 developers, 2 thanks) · View all

Programming
Lead Artist & Scripting
Artist
Lead Designers
Special Thanks
Music & Sound Effects
CEO
SVP Licensing
Executive Producer
Special Thanks
QA
  • Playsoft
Group Joint Managing Director
Group Sales Development Controller
International Director
Head of Enterprise
Group Legal Advisors
Intellectual Property Consultant
Syndication Manager
Project Manager
EMEA Managing & Executive Director
EMEA Chief Operating Officer
EMEA Sales Director
EMEA Marketing Director
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Trivia

Factual Error

One of the 'Did You Know?' facts during the save intervals states that Kirsten Dunst was to reprise her role as Mary-Jane Watson in the film 'The Amazing Spider-Man' due for release in 2011. However, the film took a completely new direction: The female lead was now Gwen Stacy (played by Emma Stone) and the film was eventually released in April 2012. Filming of 'The Amazing Spider-Man' began 8 months after this game's release. That's a disadvantage of show business, folks, anything can change at the last minute!

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Game added by Éiregamer94.

Game added August 7, 2016. Last modified April 13, 2023.