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* ''[[Little Women]]'' - Louisa May Alcott
* ''[[Little Women]]'' - Louisa May Alcott
* ''[[Emma]]'' - Jane Austen
* ''[[Emma (novel)|Emma]]'' - Jane Austen
* ''[[Mansfield Park]]'' - Jane Austen
* ''[[Mansfield Park]]'' - Jane Austen
* ''[[Persuasion]]'' - Jane Austen
* ''[[Persuasion]]'' - Jane Austen
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* ''[[The Tenant of Wildfell Hall]]'' - Anne Brontë
* ''[[The Tenant of Wildfell Hall]]'' - Anne Brontë
* ''[[Jane Eyre]]'' - Charlotte Brontë
* ''[[Jane Eyre]]'' - Charlotte Brontë
* ''[[The Professor]]'' - Charlotte Brontë
* ''[[The Professor (novel)|The Professor]]'' - Charlotte Brontë
* ''[[Shirley]]'' - Charlotte Brontë
* ''[[Shirley (novel)|Shirley]]'' - Charlotte Brontë
* ''[[Villette]]'' - Charlotte Brontë
* ''[[Villette (novel)|Villette]]'' - Charlotte Brontë
* ''[[Wuthering Heights]]'' - Emily Brontë
* ''[[Wuthering Heights]]'' - Emily Brontë
* ''[[The Pilgrim's Progress]]'' - John Bunyan
* ''[[The Pilgrim's Progress]]'' - John Bunyan
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* ''[[Through the Looking-Glass]]'' - Lewis Carroll
* ''[[Through the Looking-Glass]]'' - Lewis Carroll
* ''[[The Moonstone]]'' - Wilkie Collins
* ''[[The Moonstone]]'' - Wilkie Collins
* ''[[The Woman in White]]'' - Wilkie Collins
* ''[[The Woman in White (novel)|The Woman in White]]'' - Wilkie Collins
* ''[[The Adventures of Pinocchio]]'' - Carlo Collodi
* ''[[The Adventures of Pinocchio]]'' - Carlo Collodi
* ''[[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]]'' - Arthur Conan Doyle
* ''[[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]]'' - Arthur Conan Doyle
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* ''[[Dombey and Son]]'' - Charles Dickens
* ''[[Dombey and Son]]'' - Charles Dickens
* ''[[Great Expectations]]'' - Charles Dickens
* ''[[Great Expectations]]'' - Charles Dickens
* ''[[Hard Times]]'' - Charles Dickens
* ''[[Hard Times (novel)|Hard Times]]'' - Charles Dickens
* ''[[Martin Chuzzlewit]]'' - Charles Dickens
* ''[[Martin Chuzzlewit]]'' - Charles Dickens
* ''[[Nicholas Nickleby]]'' - Charles Dickens
* ''[[Nicholas Nickleby]]'' - Charles Dickens
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* ''[[Tales of Mystery and Imagination]]'' - Edgar Allan Poe
* ''[[Tales of Mystery and Imagination]]'' - Edgar Allan Poe
* ''[[Ivanhoe]]'' - Sir Walter Scott
* ''[[Ivanhoe]]'' - Sir Walter Scott
* ''[[Rob Roy]]'' - Sir Walter Scott
* ''[[Rob Roy (novel)|Rob Roy]]'' - Sir Walter Scott
* ''[[Waverley]]'' - Sir Walter Scott
* ''[[Waverley (novel)|Waverley]]'' - Sir Walter Scott
* ''[[Black Beauty]]'' - Anna Sewell
* ''[[Black Beauty]]'' - Anna Sewell
* ''[[All's Well That Ends Well]]'' - William Shakespeare
* ''[[All's Well That Ends Well]]'' - William Shakespeare
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* ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' - William Shakespeare
* ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' - William Shakespeare
* ''[[The Winter's Tale]]'' - William Shakespeare
* ''[[The Winter's Tale]]'' - William Shakespeare
* ''[[Kidnapped]]'' - Robert Louis Stevenson
* ''[[Kidnapped (novel)|Kidnapped]]'' - Robert Louis Stevenson
* ''[[The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'' - Robert Louis Stevenson
* ''[[The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'' - Robert Louis Stevenson
* ''[[Treasure Island]]'' - Robert Louis Stevenson
* ''[[Treasure Island]]'' - Robert Louis Stevenson
* ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'' - Jonathan Swift
* ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'' - Jonathan Swift
* ''[[Vanity Fair]]'' - William Thackeray
* ''[[Vanity Fair (novel)|Vanity Fair]]'' - William Thackeray
* ''[[Barchester Towers]]'' - Anthony Trollope
* ''[[Barchester Towers]]'' - Anthony Trollope
* ''[[The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]'' - Mark Twain
* ''[[The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]'' - Mark Twain

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100 Classic Book Collection
Developer(s)Genius Sonority
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Director(s)Masayuki Kawamoto
Producer(s)Manabu Yamana
Designer(s)
  • Koji Noguchi
  • Mizuho Ishiyama
  • Shuhei Matsubara
Artist(s)
  • Ryo Koizumi
  • Harumi Mochizuki
  • Yasuo Inoue
Composer(s)
  • Mitsuhiro Kaneda
  • Kimihiro Abe
  • Noriyuki Kamikura
Platform(s)Nintendo DS
Release
  • JP: October 7, 2007
Genre(s)Educational

100 Classic Book Collection, known in North America as 100 Classic Books, is an e-book collection developed by Genius Sonority and published by Nintendo, which was released for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console. First released in Europe in December 2008, it was later released in Australia in January 2009, and in North America in June 2010. The game includes one hundred public domain works of literature.

Genius Sonority had previously released a similar collection of books in Japan, under the title DS Bungaku Zenshuu, in October 2007.[4][5] A smaller version of the collection consisting of 20 books, under the title Chotto DS Bungaku Zenshu: Sekai no Bungaku 20, was released in Japan as a downloadable DSiWare application in February 2009.[6][7]

Features

100 Classic Book Collection features one hundred books stored into the DS cartridge. Several of the works included are Othello by William Shakespeare, Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, and The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux. Additional free books were available to download via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection until the discontinuation of the service on May 20, 2014.[8][9]

The player is required to hold the DS like a book and is able to adjust the text size and change background music to listen to while reading.[8] A bookmark feature allows the player to mark their place in the book, as well as resume from that point on restart of the game. The game offers a search feature for books in a number of different ways, including genre, author, and length. Players can access introductions for the books and read about the authors.[8] An in-game quiz features asks players personality-related questions and recommends certain novels depending on the answers given. Players can send "trial versions" of the game to other DS users via the local Wi-Fi.[8]

Reception

100 Classic Book Collection debuted on UK sales charts at number 17 during its week of release, and moved up to number 8 the following week.[2][10]

The content was well received, but critics felt the DS was not a suitable platform. Prior to the advent of Kindle, The Guardian newspaper reviewed the game as part of the "minority fad" of e-readers, declaring it bland and impersonal but good value for money.[11] Eurogamer magazine criticised Nintendo for only using texts that were out of copyright and for not spending the extra for modern classics. It also found the text difficult to read due to the size of the screen, with unhelpful hyphenations, a low word number per page and distracting animations.[12] The Telegraph newspaper agreed that the game offered good value for money but also criticised the size of the screen.[13]

Included books (PAL version)

References

  1. ^ Kozanecki, James (January 19, 2009). "AU Shippin' Out January 19–23: Skate 2". GameSpot.com. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  2. ^ a b Jenkins, David (January 6, 2009). "UK Charts: Wii Play Is 2009's First Chart Topper". Gamasutra.co. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  3. ^ Cabral, Matt (February 24, 2010). "DSi XL Hits North America Next Month For $190". Kotaku.com. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  4. ^ Spencer (October 27, 2007). "Siliconera " Books on your DS? Hands on DS Bungaku Zenshuu". Siliconera.com. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  5. ^ ＤＳ文学全集. Nintendo.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  6. ^ Spencer (February 20, 2009). "Here Is Your Nintendo DSiWare Line Up For February". Siliconera.com. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  7. ^ "ちょっとDS文学全集 世界の文学20". Nintendo.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  8. ^ a b c d Riley, Adam (December 28, 2008). "100 Classic Book Collection (DS Novel) at C3 Reviews". Cubed3.com. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  9. ^ "Titles with additional downloadable content". Nintendo. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  10. ^ Jenkins, David (January 13, 2009). "UK Charts: Wii Fit Sprints Back To Number One". Gamasutra.com. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  11. ^ Anderiesz, Mike (January 6, 2009). "Guardian review". The Guardian. London.
  12. ^ Gibson, Ellie (February 9, 2009). "Eurogamer review".
  13. ^ Hoggins, Tom (January 6, 2009). "Telegraph review". The Daily Telegraph. London.
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