Anticipation is an original virtual board game developed by RARE for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Yes, an exclusive board game for the NES. I Googled it to make sure. This is a solely made to be played on the Nintendo Entertainment System. And what do you know? It’s not a bad game at all. It’s developed by RARE, so it was in good hands. Pretty simple and that is the key to its charm. You pick a token, roll the game’s dice, collect squares by winning the guessing game of that square. The player that collects all the colored squares advances to the next level board. It’s a race to get to the top. And each player has a chance to steal squares, if you’ve not guessed correctly. It’s really well balanced out, so no worries about falling behind the lead. The game can turn around on one miss of a player.
Just know, that you only need to press a button once to stop the drawing to guess. You don’t control the drawing, you are only signaling you know the answer to guess as fast as you can. You can lose your chance at guessing, by not pressing the button in time before the drawing is complete. It’s best to guess as soon as possible, because the timer to guess is always ticking from the start.
I had a lot of fun playing this. I did struggle a bit, because English is my second language, but I managed to still beat the computer opponent on the Easy mode. I absolutely recommend this game. Get your friends and family together, and have a great time. Even challenge it alone with the highest difficulty, with max three computer opponents. It’s fun and easy to get into. Another win from the original development team of RARE.