Nintendo should leave Mario and Zelda behind and give us a Kindle app
Recently, I went down another DS game-related rabbit hole while looking for a Kindle alternative. First, it was The Sims games, then Cooking Mama spin-offs, and now it’s a one-off title: HarperCollins 100 Classic Book Collection. Yes, you read that right, a Nintendo DS game that has one hundred instances of classic literature for you to read on your teeny, tiny handheld like it’s a little book. I have this TikTok by jjump4joy to thank - as soon as I saw it, I knew I needed to see if the game was real, and I needed to buy it. So I did, and then I thought, why on earth are there no e-reader apps or book collections for the Switch? The HarperCollins collection features classic titles from its catalog with everything from Jane Eyre to Oscar Wilde, to Shakespeare. There’s no Frankenstein, but you do get Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde for a good old sci-fi time. You can change the font size, and even pick some background music to accompany your reading. The Kindle could never. To read the books, simply open the game, scroll through the library menu, tap a book, and get going. You can just tap your screen to turn the page. You can bookmark pages to come back to, as well. Continue reading Nintendo should leave Mario and Zelda behind and give us a Kindle app MORE FROM POCKET TACTICS: The best Switch games, The best upcoming Switch games, The best Switch RPGs
Recently, I went down another DS game-related rabbit hole while looking for a Kindle alternative. First, it was The Sims games, then Cooking Mama spin-offs, and now it’s a one-off title: HarperCollins 100 Classic Book Collection.
Yes, you read that right, a Nintendo DS game that has one hundred instances of classic literature for you to read on your teeny, tiny handheld like it’s a little book. I have this TikTok by jjump4joy to thank - as soon as I saw it, I knew I needed to see if the game was real, and I needed to buy it. So I did, and then I thought, why on earth are there no e-reader apps or book collections for the Switch?
The HarperCollins collection features classic titles from its catalog with everything from Jane Eyre to Oscar Wilde, to Shakespeare. There’s no Frankenstein, but you do get Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde for a good old sci-fi time. You can change the font size, and even pick some background music to accompany your reading. The Kindle could never. To read the books, simply open the game, scroll through the library menu, tap a book, and get going. You can just tap your screen to turn the page. You can bookmark pages to come back to, as well.
MORE FROM POCKET TACTICS: The best Switch games, The best upcoming Switch games, The best Switch RPGs
