Category: Puzzle Games

Puzzle Games

Super Monkey Ball 3D – 3DS

Platform:  Nintendo 3DS Release Date (NA):  March 27th, 2011 Developer:  Amusement Vision Publisher:  Sega Genre:  Puzzle, Party Game Nerd Rating:  6 out of 10     After my recent experience with Super Monkey Ball Jr., I decided to check out the copy of Super Monkey Ball 3D that I purchased for my son a while back.  It’s… Continue reading Super Monkey Ball 3D – 3DS

Super Monkey Ball Jr. – GBA

Platform:  Game Boy Advance Release Date (NA):  November 19th, 2002 Developers:  Realism, THQ, Sega Publisher:  THQ Genre:  Platformer, Puzzle, Party Game Nerd Rating:  5.5 out of 10     As the Super Monkey Ball franchise pervades the staff of Nerd Bacon, I couldn’t help but take a crack at Super Monkey Ball Jr. for the GBA when I saw… Continue reading Super Monkey Ball Jr. – GBA

Super Monkey Ball Deluxe – Xbox

The successful yet odd series, Super Monkey Ball, has it’s Xbox debut in this game titled Super Monkey Ball Deluxe. From tilting the Earth to roll your monkeys around to your own child coming from the future to save his own existence to playing the most inaccurate representation of baseball, you can find just about anything in this game – just not Dole banana stickers.

WarioWare: Twisted! – GBA

Platform:  Game Boy Advance Release Date (NA):  May 23rd, 2005 Developers:  Intelligent Systems, Nintendo Publisher:  Nintendo Genre:  Puzzle Nerd Rating:  8.5 out of 10     The WarioWare series of games doesn’t get much attention in the upper circles of gaming, which is surprising considering how unique the premise is.  WarioWare is perhaps the most novel take on… Continue reading WarioWare: Twisted! – GBA

Hotel Mario – CD-i

Platform:  Philips CD-i Release Date (NA):  1994 Developer:  Philips Fantasy Factory Publisher:  Philips Interactive Media Genre:  Puzzle, Platforming Nerd Rating:  3.5 out of 10       Well, here it is: the much hated, exceedingly notorious, widely panned, critically derided, universally shunned…Hotel Mario!  As Nerd Bacon approached its 700th article, NerdBerry and I were trying to figure out a… Continue reading Hotel Mario – CD-i

Crush – PSP

Platform: PlayStation Portable Developer: Zoe Mode Publisher: SEGA Release Date (NA): May 29, 2007 Genre: Puzzle, Platformer Nerd Rating: 7 out of 10 Reviewed by Nerdberry Insomnia is a bitch. What’s real? What’s sleep? It’s too hot yet it’s too cold. Why won’t my brain shut off? Now I’m angry that I can’t sleep. Maybe if… Continue reading Crush – PSP

Go! Sudoku – PSP

Platform: PlayStation Portable Developer: Sumo Digital Publisher: Ubisoft Release Date (NA): March 21, 2006 Genre: Puzzle Nerd Rating: 8 out of 10 Reviewed by Nerdberry Toss your pencil in the trash and designate your daily newspaper budget for a side of hashbrowns or a once-a-week Starbucks cappuccino. Why? Because you now have Go Sudoku, and… Continue reading Go! Sudoku – PSP

Layton Brothers: Mystery Room – iOS

Platform: iOS Developer: Level-5 and Matrix Software Publisher: Level-5 Release Date: June 27, 2013 Genre: Adventure, Puzzle Nerd Rating: 9/10 Reviewed by Princess Psych We’ve all had that moment. The moment when you finish a game in a series and you’re satisfied because that was one hell of an ending but you’re also sitting there freaking… Continue reading Layton Brothers: Mystery Room – iOS

Dr. Mario – Game Boy

Platform: Game Boy – VBA8 Emulator Developer: Nintendo R&D1 Publisher: Nintendo Release Date (NA): December 1st, 1990 Genre: Puzzle Nerd Rating: 9.5 out of 10 Reviewed by Dovahkyle In loving memory of Claudia Raymond 1926-2002 & Marguerite Anne 1937-2012 My grandparents were the first adults I knew that played video games. You wouldn’t know it by… Continue reading Dr. Mario – Game Boy

A-men – PC

Platform: PC Developer: Bloober Team Publisher: Bloober Team Release Date: January 25, 2014 (PC) Genre: Action, Puzzle, Strategy Nerd Rating: 8 out of 10 Reviewed by Malefico Pits full of spikes and mines. Merciless, body-pulping pounding devices. Game-ending falls. Numerous robotic enemies that take pleasure in bayoneting you to death. Items and ammo so scarce you’ll… Continue reading A-men – PC

Castlevania Puzzle: Encore of the Night – iOS

Platform: iOS Release Date (NA):  July 21st, 2010 Developer:  Konami Publisher:  Konami Genre:  Puzzle Nerd Rating:  7 out of 10 As my research into the Castlevania franchise continues, I continue to stumble across strange little titles like this one, Castlevania Puzzle: Encore of the Night.  Sounds like a total gimmick, right?  It’s easy to brush the game off as… Continue reading Castlevania Puzzle: Encore of the Night – iOS

Limbo – PC

Platform: PC Developers: Playdead Publishers: Playdead Release Date: July 21st 2010 Genre: Puzzle Nerd Rating: 7.5 Reviewed by: Babe Sauce If you’re looking for a puzzle game that is intellectually stimulating without forcing you to look for overly obscure cues you would have never thought existed, you’ve come to the right review. Limbo isn’t a particularly… Continue reading Limbo – PC

Secrets of Rǽtikon – PC (Alpha Access)

Platform: PC Developer: Broken Rules Interactive Media GmbH Publisher: Broken Rules Interactive Media GmbH Release Date: January 7, 2014 Genre: Adventure, exploration, puzzle ESRB Rating: N/A Nerd Rating: 6 out of 10 Reviewed by Malefico Important: This is an alpha-access title, not a finished product!!! Secrets of Rǽtikon (it’s a Latin extended B) is a great… Continue reading Secrets of Rǽtikon – PC (Alpha Access)

Mighty Switch Force! 2 – Nintendo 3DS

Punting babies to safety since 2013! Platform:  Nintendo 3DS Developer:  WayForward Technologies Publisher:  WayForward Technologies Release Date:  June 13, 2013 Genre:  Puzzle, Platforming Nerd Rating: 8/10 Reviewed by Gunsavior It’s hard to imagine a time when Way Forward Technologies wasn’t the darling of the hardcore gaming industry. Since producing the cult hit Shantae in 2001, they’ve… Continue reading Mighty Switch Force! 2 – Nintendo 3DS