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MumboJumbo Releasing Console Titles

• Scribbled on December 19th, 2008 by casualgamerchick
• Filed in Casual Gaming, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, Press Release, Puzzle

MumboJumbo has announced the release of four new console titles, one title for the Nintendo Wii and three titles for the Nintendo DS. Luxor 3 will be heading to the Nintendo Wii and Slingo Quest, Polar Bowler and Build-a-lot will be heading to the Nintendo DS.

Luxor 3 is a marble shooter game where players have to match three of the same colors by shooting marbles into other marbles of the same color. Match three or more marbles in a row and the marbles will disappear. Luxor 3 offers more than 80 levels to entertain gamers and four different modes of play.

Slingo Quest is a game that combines bingo and slot machines into one game. Players can play through 60 different levels attempting to make money. Polar Bowler is a bowling game that takes place in the arctics with polar bears and  Build-a-lot is a house flipping simulation game. Players attempt to build houses and make them as good as possible to get the most money out of the houses via rent or by selling the house. All three games are available on the Nintendo DS.

Sounds like MumboJumbo has some great games coming to both of Nintendo’s platforms. All these games make great fits for the Nintendo devices they are being released for.

Click “Read more…” for the press release.

DALLAS (December 18, 2008) – MumboJumbo, a leading developer and publisher of casual games, has unveiled four new console titles this month at retail. The line up includes LUXOR™ 3 for the Wii™ system and Slingo Quest, Polar Bowler and Build-a-lot® for the Nintendo DS™ system.

LUXOR 3 is the second title MumboJumbo has launched for the Wii system. The Egyptian-themed marble-shooter game allows you to control the scarab shooter using the Wii Remote.  With more than 80 levels of game play, LUXOR 3 has four game modes, each challenging players to stop chains of advancing colored-spheres. LUXOR 3 is rated E for Everyone and is available at retailers nationwide for $29.99.

“We’re very excited to bring the popular LUXOR 3 game to Wii,” said MumboJumbo CEO Mark Cottam. “We wanted to give Wii fans the full LUXOR experience, while also bringing a number of popular casual games to the marketplace for Nintendo DS. These four new titles provide plenty of great content for the casual gamer on your holiday list!”

Also hitting retail shelves this month are three new titles for Nintendo DS. Slingo Quest is the hit funkitron® franchise that combines the classic games of slots and bingo. The game for the popular handheld console includes 60 levels and challenges players to spin a traditional 5-reel slot machine and make matches to create slingos. Slingo Quest is rated E for Everyone and is available at retail for $19.99.

Polar Bowler from Wild Tangent debuts on Nintendo DS this month as well. The popular Arctic bowling game lets players direct their inner-tubing polar pal down the icy lanes of Chill Pin Alley. Polar Bowler is rated E for Everyone is on sale for $19.99.

Rounding out the fourth quarter console line-up is Build-a-lot® for Nintendo DS. In the popular simulation game, players can build, renovate and upgrade neighborhoods for town mayors. The HipSoft title won this year’s Zeeby award for Most Innovative game and made numerous Top 10 lists for the PC version. Rated E for Everyone, Build-a-lot® will retail for $19.99.