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Anticipation (Europe)

NES / Famicom
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1988
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Anticipation adapts a Nintendo educational party game to NES with visual puzzles to guess. The version keeps the local multi up to four players concept in a playful educational formula. Pleasant for 8 bit family sessions, original in the Nintendo educational party concept.

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Category
Puzzle 1 player 3+
Description
Four-player guessing game in which you must name the picture being drawn before your rivals do, across varied themes. Published by Nintendo, released in 1988 in Europe. NES Satellite friendly and refereed by Mr Pencil. PAL NES cartridge.

Anticipation review

3/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Polished"
2/5
Music
★★★★★
"Decent"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
Gameplay
"Decent"
Fun
"Mild"
Addictiveness
"Light"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Average"
Technical info
💾0,04 MB 📅01/10/1988
Published by Nintendo

Anticipation (NES) price, value & rarity

Sought-after
Q1 loose
 $18 Q6 complete
 $68 Q10 new
 $1717 !
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Other versions
Anticipation
USA
01/10/1988
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Collector interest

Anticipation is one of the few party games developed in-house by Nintendo for the NES, built for the four-player NES Satellite and using a referee chip. Its boxed valuation spikes for a quiz title with little modern play appeal, reflecting poor survival of complete PAL copies rather than gameplay demand. The first-party Nintendo pedigree and the hardware tie to the Satellite carry the interest.

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