JoWooD has announced that it has entered a partnership with Tivola Publishing to bring Inkheart to the Nintendo DS. Based on the Hollywood movie starring Brandon Fraser, the game will release in conjunction with the movie during the fourth quarter of 2008.
Inkheart is the first installment in the Inkheart trilogy, written by Cornelia Funke and successfully published in 23 languages. In addition to the novels, audio books and tabletop games based on the franchise are sold.
WP: "It's hard to imagine that a game about great writing come to life could feature stiff, bland characters with completely wooden and unnatural dialogue and no compelling action. Instead of instilling an interesting in literature, Inkheart makes boring fiction writhe and suffer on the Nintendo DS' two tiny screens."
Snackbar Games writes: "Inkheart for the DS is attempting to capture the magic of the movie based on the book (about a book), but the problem is that a video game, especially one with such terrible graphics, isn't an appropriate medium to do so".
Gamernode writes: "Books and movies don't often translate into magnificent videogames, and Inkheart is no exception. This DS adventure will not be winning any GN Nodie Awards this year, yet still maintains a few redeeming qualities and will appeal to less experienced gamers."
