Puzzle Series
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Puzzle Series is a brand of puzzle video games by Hudson Soft
for the Nintendo DS
and Wii
game systems.
After March 2007, Nintendo DS puzzle games by Hudson stopped featuring the Puzzle Series branding. On October 5, 2007, Hudson announced a new puzzle series for the Nintendo DS
. The titles are:, released October 25 in Japan., released on October 25 in Japan., released March 6, 2008 in Japan, released May 29, 2008 in Japan,
A Crossword game, presumed to be branded as a Puzzle Series game, was announced by Hudson at the Japanese Wii Preview event on September 14, 2006 with a projected release in March 2007, but no information has been reported since, as of August 2008.
and for the Nintendo DS
(both released August 3, 2006 in Japan), based on the Mekuri calendar brand by Japanese company Comin. (released October 26, 2006 in Japan) and (released March 29, 2007 in Japan) for the Nintendo DS
based on the picture book
franchise The Adventure of Oden-kun by author/illustrator Lily Franky. for the Wii
, based on the "Kyo no Wanko" segment on the Japanese morning show
Mezamashi TV
. The game was released in Japan on July 26, 2007. For 1-4 players.
After March 2007, Nintendo DS jigsaw puzzle games by Hudson stopped featuring the Jigsawpuzzle branding.
Hudson Soft
, formally known as , is a majority-owned subsidiary of Konami Corporation is a Japanese electronic entertainment publisher headquartered in the Midtown Tower in Tokyo Midtown, Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, with an additional office in the Hudson Building in Sapporo. It was founded on May 18, 1973...
for the Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...
and Wii
Wii
The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...
game systems.
Titles
Games in the main Puzzle Series brand are collected as numbered volumes according to platform.DS Puzzle Series
Games in the DS Puzzle Series are:- Vol. 1: JIGSAWPUZZLEJigsaw puzzleA jigsaw puzzle is a tiling puzzle that requires the assembly of numerous small, often oddly shaped, interlocking and tessellating pieces.Each piece usually has a small part of a picture on it; when complete, a jigsaw puzzle produces a complete picture...
, released March 23, 2006 in Japan - Vol. 2: CROSSWORDCrosswordA crossword is a word puzzle that normally takes the form of a square or rectangular grid of white and shaded squares. The goal is to fill the white squares with letters, forming words or phrases, by solving clues which lead to the answers. In languages that are written left-to-right, the answer...
, released March 23, 2006 in Japan - Vol. 3: SUDOKU, released March 23, 2006 in Japan, later released as Sudoku GridmasterSudoku GridmasterSudoku Gridmaster is a Touch generations puzzle game for the Nintendo DS, released on March 23, 2006 in Japan, June 26, 2006 in the United States and October 27, 2006 in Europe. It was developed and published by Hudson Soft in Japan, and published by Nintendo in the rest of the world...
in North America and Sudoku Master in Europe - Vol. 4: KAKURO, released August 10, 2006 in Japan
- Vol. 5: SLITHERLINK, released November 16, 2006 in Japan
- Vol. 6: ILLUST LOGIC, released November 16, 2006 in Japan
- Vol. 7: CROSSWORD 2, released November 16, 2006 in Japan
- Vol. 8: , released December 14, 2006 in Japan
- Vol. 9: SUDOKU 2 Deluxe, released December 21, 2006 in Japan
- Vol. 10: HITORIHitoriHitori is a type of logic puzzle published by Nikoli.-Rules:Hitori is played with a grid of squares or cells, and each cell contains a number...
, released March 8, 2007 in Japan - Vol. 11: NURIKABENurikabeNurikabe is a binary determination puzzle named for an invisible wall in Japanese folklore that blocks roads and delays foot travel...
, released March 8, 2007 in Japan - Vol. 12: AKARILight UpLight Up , also called Akari, is a binary-determination logic puzzle published by Nikoli. As of 2011, three books consisting entirely of Light Up puzzles have been published by Nikoli.-Rules:...
, released March 8, 2007 in Japan - Vol. 13: KANJIKanjiKanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana , katakana , Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet...
PUZZLE, released March 29, 2007 in Japan
After March 2007, Nintendo DS puzzle games by Hudson stopped featuring the Puzzle Series branding. On October 5, 2007, Hudson announced a new puzzle series for the Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...
. The titles are:, released October 25 in Japan., released on October 25 in Japan., released March 6, 2008 in Japan, released May 29, 2008 in Japan,
DSiWare games
In 2009, Hudson began releasing DSiWare adaptations of some of its puzzle games:- Sudoku 50! (Sudoku Student in America), adapted from Sudoku DS: Nikoli no Sudoku Ketteiban, released March 18, 2009 in Japan, June 26, 2009 in Europe
- Sudoku 150! (Sudoku Master in America), adapted from Sudoku DS: Nikoli no Sudoku Ketteiban, released March 18, 2009 in Japan, June 29, 2009 in America
- Illustlogic, adapted from Illustlogic DS + Colorful Logic, released April 15, 2009 in Japan, adapted from Illustlogic DS + Colorful Logic, released September 30, 2009 in Japan
- Sudoku Sensei, adapted from Sudoku DS: Nikoli no Sudoku Ketteiban, released January 15, 2010 in Europe,
Wii PUZZLE Series
Games in the Wii PUZZLE Series are:- Vol. 1: SUDOKUSudokuis a logic-based, combinatorial number-placement puzzle. The objective is to fill a 9×9 grid with digits so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3×3 sub-grids that compose the grid contains all of the digits from 1 to 9...
, released March 21, 2007 in Japan
- The game features a control scheme in which players use the Wii RemoteWii RemoteThe , also known as the Wiimote, is the primary controller for Nintendo's Wii console. A main feature of the Wii Remote is its motion sensing capability, which allows the user to interact with and manipulate items on screen via gesture recognition and pointing through the use of accelerometer and...
to point and select a number and insert it into the space.- Vol. 2: , released July 10, 2008 in Japan
A Crossword game, presumed to be branded as a Puzzle Series game, was announced by Hudson at the Japanese Wii Preview event on September 14, 2006 with a projected release in March 2007, but no information has been reported since, as of August 2008.
Jigsawpuzzle
Puzzle Series features a Jigsawpuzzle sub-brand, which includes:and for the Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...
(both released August 3, 2006 in Japan), based on the Mekuri calendar brand by Japanese company Comin. (released October 26, 2006 in Japan) and (released March 29, 2007 in Japan) for the Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...
based on the picture book
Picture book
A picture book combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often aimed at young children. The images in picture books use a range of media such as oil paints, acrylics, watercolor and pencil.Two of the earliest books with something like the format picture books still retain now...
franchise The Adventure of Oden-kun by author/illustrator Lily Franky. for the Wii
Wii
The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...
, based on the "Kyo no Wanko" segment on the Japanese morning show
Breakfast television
Breakfast television or morning show , is a type of infotainment television program, broadcast live in the morning...
Mezamashi TV
Mezamashi TV
Mezamashi TV is a Japanese news magazine show broadcast every weekday on Fuji TV from 5:25 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. but not on TV Oita because there is "ZIP!" produced and copyrighted by Nippon TV on TV Oita....
. The game was released in Japan on July 26, 2007. For 1-4 players.
After March 2007, Nintendo DS jigsaw puzzle games by Hudson stopped featuring the Jigsawpuzzle branding.
External links
- Illustlogic DS + Colorful Logic review at EurogamerEurogamerEurogamer is a Brighton-based website focused on video games news, reviews, previews and interviews. It is operated by Eurogamer Network Ltd., which was formed in 1999 by brothers Rupert and Nick Loman. Eurogamer has grown to become one of the most important European-based websites focused on...
- Puzzle Series Vol. 11: Nurikabe review at Eurogamer
- Puzzle Series Vol. 11: Nurikabe review at NTSC-uk
- Eurogamer's Top 50 Games of 2007: 20-11 - lists Puzzle Series Vol. 5: Slitherlink as #16
- Puzzle Series Vol. 5: Slitherlink review at Eurogamer
- Nintendo DS puzzle game reviews by Stuart Campbell - includes reviews of some Puzzle Series games