100 Classic Books

by Nintendo

Product Features

• Download 10 additional books through Nintendo Wi-Fi connection.
• Contains 100 classic books from authors such as Austen, Dickens, and Shakespeare.
• Adjust text to small or large size to suit your reading preference.
• Search for books that match your mood or time constraints.
• Bookmark feature allows you to save your place in a book.

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B003B3V0MA
• Item Weight: 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: June 14, 2010
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,730 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #46 in Video Games > Nintendo DS > Simulation

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

100 Classic Books is the unique release from Nintendo that transforms the Nintendo DS family of handheld video game system into a library of timeless English literature. Compatible with DS, DS Lite and DSi models it is filled with 100 classic works from English literature, highlighted by works from authors such as William Shakespeare, Jules Verne, Jane Austen, Mark Twain and more. Additional features include the ability to adjust the size of text, place virtual bookmarks and even download new content via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service (broadband Internet connection required). A personal library on your DS. View larger. DS/DSi is Now an E-Reader A hundred classic tales of adventure, mystery, romance, and suspense, all in the palm of your hand. The system that already plays your favorite games now holds your favorite books. Featuring the works of the world's best-known authors, 100 Classic Books turns your portable game system into a portable library. It's as easy as reading a book. Just flip your Nintendo DS on its side, and your two screens become two pages. A simple swipe of the stylus flips the page. 100 Classic Books features two font sizes for ideal reading. Not sure what to read? Find a favorite with the visual bookshelf, or ask the book guide for a recommendation. By answering a few quick questions, you'll find the perfect selection of books—and maybe discover a hidden gem. Key Game Features Contains 100 classic books from authors such as Austen, Dickens, and Shakespeare. Adjust text to small or large size to suit your reading preference. Search for books that match your mood or time constraints. Bookmark feature allows you to save your place in a book. Download 10 additional books through Nintendo Wi-Fi connection. Additional Screenshots: 100+ timeless classics. View larger. Never lose your place View larger. Adjustable text. View larger. Book search functionality. View larger.

Product Description

A hundred classic tales of adventure, mystery, romance, and suspense, all in the palm of your hand! The system that already plays your favorite games now holds your favorite books! Featuring the works of the world's best-known authors, 100 Classic Books turns your portable game system into a portable library. It's as easy as reading a book. Just flip your Nintendo DS on its side, and your two screens become two pages. A simple swipe of the stylus flips the page. 100 Classic Books features two font sizes for ideal reading. Not sure what to read? Find a favorite with the visual bookshelf, or ask the book guide for a recommendation. By answering a few quick questions, you'll find the perfect selection of books—and maybe discover a hidden gem!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

421 of 424 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars List of 100 Books, June 16, 2010

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H. Brown "jbr3610" (ohio) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: 100 Classic Books (Video Game)

I bought this "game" yesterday for my 12 year old son. I don't feel I am able to review this with complete accuracy, as I havn't used it yet and can't attest to user friendliness. However, my son was up past midnight last night reading "The Wizard of Oz" and any device that can do that gets five stars in my book. As I am the first review, I will list the books followed by Author. I will admit there are a few here I haven't heard of, but what a steal at 20 bucks!
Little Women-Alcott; Emma, Pride and Predjudice-Austen; Wizard of Oz-Baum; Lorna Doone-Blackmore; Jane Eyre-C.Bronte; Wuthering Heights-E Bronte;Little Lord Fountlery,The Secret Garden-Burnett; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass-Carroll; Don Quixote-Cervantes; The Man Who Was Thursday, The Napolen of Notting Hill-Chesterson; The Awakening-Chopin; The Moonston, Woman in White-Collins; Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim-Conrad; The Deerslayer, The Last of the Mohicans-Cooper; The Red Badge of Courage-Crane; Molly Flanders, Robinson Carusoe-Defoe; Bleak House, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities-Dickens; The Brothers Karamazov, Crime and Punishment-Dostoyevsky; Sherlock Holmes, Hound of Baskervilles-Doyle; The Count of Monte Cristo, The Man in the Iron Mask-Dumas; Middlemarch, Silas Marner-Eliot; The Diary of A Nobody-Grossmith; Allan Quatermain, King Solomon's Mines-Haggard; Far From the Maddening Crowd, Tess of the D'Urbervilles-Hardy; The Scarlet Letter, Tanglewood Tales, A Wonder-Book-Hawthorne; The Four Million-O'Henry; The Odyssey-Homer; The Prisoner of Zender-Hope; The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables-Hugo; The Scketch Book-Irving; The Aspern Papers,The Turn of the Screw-James; The Jungle Book, Kim, The Man Who Would Be King-Kipling; The Phantom of the Opera-Leroux; The Call of the Wild, White Fang-London; The Princess and the Curdie, The Princess and the Goblin-Macdonald; The Prince-Machiavelli;Moby Dick-Melville; Utopia-More;Rights of Man-Paine; Tales of Mystery and Imagination-Poe; Ivanhoe, Waverly-Scott; Black Beauty-Sewell; king Lear, MacBeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Othello, The Moor Of Venice, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of The Shrew, The Tempest-Shakespeare; Frankenstein-Shelley; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Kidnapped-Stevenson; Dracula-Bram Stoker, Uncle Tom's Cabin-Stowe; Gulliver's Travels-Swift; Vanity Fair-Thackery; Walden-Thoreau; Anna Karenina, War and Peace-Tolstoy; Barchester Towers-Trollope; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, A Connecticut Yankee-Twain; Journey to the Center of the Earth, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea-Verne; The Time Machine-Wells; The Age of Innocence-Wharton, The Improtance of Being Ernest, The Picture of Dorian Gray-Wilde. I hope this helps!

84 of 84 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I can't wait to read it all, June 16, 2010

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Miss Kam (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: 100 Classic Books (Video Game)

I saw this on the computer a few weeks ago and couldn't wait for it to come out. My original plan was to buy the DS XL to have more reading area, but my DS Lite shows them just fine until I can afford the upgrade. I wish I could read more than 3-4 sentences at a time on my small screen before turning the "page." It's very user friendly. There's even a quiz to help you pick the age group, genre, author gender, time when it was written, and other criteria that you want. At the end the cute little owl on the screen suggests a book. The bookshelf is very nice, and there are plenty of ways to maneuver around the bookshelf, the menu, and the books themselves.
My only problem so far is that if you're reading, say, The Wizard of Oz, and want to start The Odyssey, it informs you that the bookmark in The Wizard of Oz will be lost. I like to read more than one book at a time, so that isn't good for me. However, I can read summaries of other books without losing my bookmark. The second time I turned on my DS, the first screen the game showed was, "would you like to continue from page 28 in The Wizard of Oz?" and yes or no, which is a great alternative to going through the menu to the bookmarked book. As the other reviewer stated, it's quite a steal at 20 bucks!

36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 100 classic books, June 19, 2010

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M. Gordon - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: 100 Classic Books (Video Game)

I give this a five star....... I like the books on it, easy to read and use....great grand daughter 8 is reading Alice in Wonderland...I am reading White Fang and I am 75....I find it easy to read and turn the pages......perfect for reading in bed or in the daytime while waiting for someone