Gamezebo writes: "Square Enix's Yosumin! began life in 2006 as a Web-based game in Japan that ran in Internet browsers. A year later an enhanced version was released for the Nintendo DS - again, only in Japan. But now this simple but addictive puzzler has finally been published in North America through several casual games portals.
There's no real narrative in Yosumin!, just a rapid succession of hundreds of stages-some of which are as short as a few seconds and others of which can stump players for half an hour or more-and a healthy helping of cutesy Japanese design (we're talking bright pink loading screens, kitschy emoticon-style playing pieces, and feverish music that could have been pilfered from a TV game show).
The object of each stage is to satisfy a set of target objectives before a timer bar runs out. That usually means clearing certain kinds or configurations of Yosumin-the name given the smiling playing pieces that appear in the game's square, black play area."
Steam’s deal of the day for September 19th is Yosumin!. Also the sale will end in 24 hours, hence the “deal of the day”, so you have until 1pm EST or 10am PST tomorrow to grab this deal. Below is a description on the game as well as some important information.
This week's "What They've Been Playing" features discussion on Tiger Words PGA Tour 10, Ski-Doo Snowmobile Challenge, BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, Overlord II, Yosumin!, Kodu Game Lab, and more! They follow that up with some gaming news including Universal winning the rights for an Asteroids film, Sony patenting PS2 emulation for the PS3, and Marvelous Entertainment possibly bringing their games to the X360 and PS3.
Square Enix have tried to add various elements to the game to keep it interesting, such as an endless mode or various treats that provide bonuses when selected. The problem is it just lacks replay factor. Granted, the first time might have you playing for hours, but once you've become too frustrated with it, you'll most likely never bother with it again. This casual game is cheap and cheerful, plus there's a free demo, but Yosumin! might not be worth it in the long run.
