Posts Tagged ‘Puzzle’

DateSep 6, 2009
Groovin’ Blocks

Combining Tetris and techno, Groovin Blocks for the Nintendo Wii takes a fresh approach to the falling block puzzle genre.
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DateDec 18, 2008
Mortimer Beckett and the Secrets of the Spooky Manor

RealArcade, a long time contributor to casual PC gaming, is seeking to make a splash on Nintendo’s casual games sales monsters, the DS and the Wii. In Mortimer Beckett and the Secrets of the Spooky Manor, they port over one of their most popular online point and click adventures to the Wii successfully. Using [...]

DateDec 15, 2008
Rubik’s World

A collection of eight different puzzle games, Rubik’s World for Nintendo Wii plunges players into the world of the Cubie’s, the blocks used to build the iconic Rubik’s Cube. Rubik’s World eight very different are mostly puzzle-types, but there are a few which are a bit more relaxed and allow you to express your creativity [...]

DateDec 15, 2008
Cradle of Rome

Stylus-based puzzle games on Nintendo DS range from awesome to atrocious, so it’s refreshing to play one that nails the gameplay and makes the DS feel like the perfect puzzle playing machine. And while Cradle of Rome isn’t a perfect game, it is easily one of the better puzzle games on Nintendo DS and a [...]

DateDec 5, 2008
Elastomania DS

NintendoSpin recently received a preview build of Elastomania DS, a racing/puzzle hybrid game from Russian developer Mobirate. The preview build featured one level and six arenas, providing a good taste of what to expect from the title.
Elastomania DS has you steering a motorbike through an arena full of obstacles and dangerous falls. Your objective [...]

DateDec 5, 2008
Rubik’s World

More a collection of puzzle mini-games than a typical puzzle game, Rubik’s World for Nintendo DS allows players to enter the universe of the Cubie’s, the blocks used to build the iconic Rubik’s Cube. Rubik’s World consists of 8 very different modes, of which most are puzzle-types, while others are a bit more relaxed and [...]

DateNov 9, 2008
Pipe Mania

Pipe Mania, published by Empire Interactive, is a deceptively clever puzzle game centered around a very simple premise: You have to use different pipe pieces to connect two faucets without spilling any liquid (referred to as Flooze). As with any good puzzle game, the initial simplicity of the premise is expounded upon as the tiled [...]

DateNov 12, 2007
Super Collapse! 3

Super Collapse is a puzzle game, block-based but not like Tetris. Blocks do not fall from the sky. They rise from the ground one row at a time. To eliminate them, you have to tap on groups of three or more like colors. Simple, right? Yep. That’s all you need to know. Start playing.

Of course, [...]

DateNov 4, 2007
Mercury Meltdown Revolution

You may think the Wii was made for first-person shooters, but you are wrong. The Wii was actually made for tilt puzzle games, and we’ve had a pretty good run so far with Super Monkey Ball and Kororinpa. Mercury Meltdown is a little different from those, however. It uses the Wii remote in its sideways [...]

DateMay 8, 2007
Chew-Man-Fu (Virtual Console)

Like most of the TurboGrafx games showing up on the Virtual Console, Chew-Man-Fu is fairly obscure and probably not known to a lot of you. It’s an action/puzzle game with embarrassingly heavy doses of Chinese stereotyping. It hasn’t aged so well, either, having been originally released in 1990 and showcasing some rather plain graphics and [...]