Category: Arcade/Puzzle

Title: Puzzler Mind Gym 3D
Publisher: Ubisoft
Platform: 3DS
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 9/12/2011
Overview: Give your brain a daily workout in this game designed to stretch your smarts. Puzzler Mind Gym 3D is an entertaining way to stay sharp. Train your brain each day with four new puzzles covering four different categories: Visual, Numerical, Word, and Memory. Complete each puzzle to unlock that day’s Mind Gym Challenge in a specially designed 90-day program. Do the program from start to finish, browse the challenges you’d like to try, and add your favorites to your routine. Learn how the brain works and get helpful hints on how to keep it in top shape from the game’s creator, professor and neuroscientist Ian Robertson.

Title: Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions
Publisher: Namco
Platform: 3DS
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 7/26/2011
Overview: Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions takes two Hall of Fame-level arcade icons and puts a new 3D twist on the way you play. In Galaga 3D Impact, you’ll look out into space from your cockpit, blasting aliens in 3D. In Pac-Man Tilt, you’ll control the action with the 3DS motion and gyro sensors. But instead of moving Pac-Man, you’ll rotate the boards around him (you might even notice the yellow hero has sprouted some arms and legs for this adventure). Dimensions also contains bonus games, including Pac-Man Championship Edition, Galaga Legions, and original arcade versions of each classic. It’s an irresistible mash-up of classic franchises and interactive 3D play.

Title: Lumines: Electronic Symphony
Publisher: Ubisoft
Platform: PS Vita
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 2/13/2012
Overview: Lumines is known for taking the average puzzle challenge and turning it into a mezmerising puzzle-solving event. The franchise finds a perfect home on the HD playground of the PS Vita with this free-flowing audio-visual experience that evolves as your playing time grows. Choose from classic D-pad controls, or move and rotate blocks with a few slick swipes of the Touch Screen. Test your skills in Stopwatch or Masters Mode, challenge a friend in Duel Mode, or sink all the way in to Journey Mode. Each time you play, the game spins a hypnotic backdrop powered by tracks from Kascade, the Chemical Brothers, the Safri Duo, and other leading electronic acts.

Title: Touch My Katamari
Publisher: Namco
Platform: PS Vita
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 2/14/2012
Overview: You’re the Prince of the Cosmos and lately, your dad’s been feeling a little unloved. Create a new batch of stars and remind everyone that the King is the awesomest dude in the universe as the quirky Katamari franchise gets rolling on PS Vita. Create stars by rolling a ball and picking up objects, and watch your ball grow in size as it rolls over more and more stuff. Navigate using the analog sticks or touch screen. In a new twist on play, you can change the size of your Katamari with a quick swipe of the rear touch pad. Squeeze through thin openings or glom onto your next object as a towering disc-shaped conqueror.

Title: PlayStation Move Heroes
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Platform: PS3
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 3/22/2011
Overview:
Some of the biggest names in the PlayStation universe get a chance to test drive the new toy in PlayStation Move Heroes. Six heroes from the PlayStation family unite for one gigantic adventure that comes to life with PlayStation Move. Join Rachet, Clank, Jak, Daxter, Sly Cooper, and Bentley, and dive into rebuilt and recharged Move-ready environments from each of the character’s worlds. Create your own dream team of heroes and battle a diabolical space villain duo that has stolen parts of each character’s home. Wield the power of incredible new weapons as you shoot, smash, and throw with motion controls on a solo adventure or in two-player co-op.

Title: Scene It? Bright Lights! Big Screen!
Publisher: WB Games
Platform: PS3
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 11/17/2009
Overview:
When it comes to movie knowledge, are you a hit or a flop? Find out with this interactive version of the popular Scene It? movie trivia game. Test your knowledge with thousands of new trivia questions covering the most recent Hollywood hits and classic films stretching back four decades. An improved single-player mode challenges you to find the right answers and find them fast. A freewheeling multiplayer mode offers a good-time social challenge led by a lively new host. Use 12 new avatars, solve new puzzle types, and play new mini-games as you prove how much you’ve seen on the big screen.

Title: Watchmen: The End is Nigh The Complete Experience
Publisher: WB Games
Platform: PS3
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 7/20/2009
Overview:
The ultimate Watchmen experience begins here! Disc One of this two-part game-movie hybrid features the Watchmen: The End Is Nigh two-part video game. Set before the passage of the hero-banning Keene Act (and well before the storyline of the movie), The End Is Nigh lets you experience the heyday of Rorschach and Nite Owl when the two heroes fought crime together. Explore the once-fruitful partnership of the two heroes and help find a missing girl. You’ll go deeper into the characters, rivalries, and backstory of the landmark graphic novel. And with Rorschach on the job, you can bet the combat is fierce and not for the squeamish.

Title: Katamari Forever
Publisher: Namco
Platform: PS3
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 9/22/2009
Overview:
You’re the Prince of All Cosmos. Your father has lost the stars (again), so he’s sent you to collect enough things to create new ones in this sequel to the truly unique Katarmari Damacy. To rebuild the stars, you’ll collect objects by rolling over them with a ball called a Katamari, which will collect anything it’s big enough to hold. Katamari Forever takes the smile-inducing play of the original and adds more of it, giving you a bigger landscape to roll on and more objects to pick up. At first, you’ll pick up tiny objects like thumb tacks, but keep rolling and eventually you’ll grab things as big as a skyscraper!

Title: Pinball Hall of Fame: Williams Collection
Publisher: Crave
Platform: PS3
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 9/21/2009
Overview:
Once upon a time, long before that PS3 took over your living room, the pinball machine was the pinnacle of gaming cool. Each machine offered a new blizzard of sights, sounds, and a theme no quarter in your pocket could resist. And no one scored more hits with their designs than the Williams brand. Pinball Hall of Fame: Williams Collection rolls out ten of most popular tables the company ever made. Experience the lights, sound effects, and designs that filled arcades in the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s. This awesome pinball package includes faithful re-creations of the Williams Funhouse, Pinbot, Space Shuttle, Taxi, Gorgar, Black Knight, Sorcerer, Whirlwind, Jive Time, and Firepower machines.

Title: Disney Sing It: Pop Hits
Publisher: Disney Interactive
Platform: PS3
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 10/5/2009
Overview:
Grab your mic and get ready to jam along with all you favorite artists! All of Disney’s best are here, including Miley Cyrus, the Jonas Brothers, and Jesse McCartney. Also included are Radio Disney stand-bys like Coldplay, Duffy, OneRepublic, and Maroon 5. The visual interface is simple to read, so even those completely unfamiliar with the style will be crooning along. Tiffany Thornton is even on the sidelines to help you with the basics of the game, as well as how to riff and harmonize. You can build your own 10-song set list, or try out the new Sing It Encore Mode and listen back to your performance. There’s even Diva Mode, where you can square off against a friend!

Title: Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection
Publisher: Sega
Platform: PS3
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 2/11/2009
Overview:
One of video gaming’s most beloved old-school consoles makes a comeback with Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection! The speedy blue hedgehog headlines this collection of 40 greatest hits from the Sega Genesis, making this the largest Genesis collection released to date. It features a classic 2D style enhanced for hi-def screens, multiplayer modes, unlockable content, and more. The extensive game roster includes Sonic 1-3, Golden Axe 1-3, Streets of Rage 1-3, Phantasy Star II-IV, Altered Beast, Kid Chameleon, Ristar, Shining Force 1-2, Shinobi III, and many others.

Title: Hail to the Chimp
Publisher: Gamecock Media Group
Platform: PS3
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 7/2/2008
Overview:
Ever wondered who would win if a polar bear and a jellyfish went to battle against an armadillo and a yak? Here’s your chance to finally find out! Fight to rule the animal kingdom in this oddball party game. After the King of the Animals resigns in shame, a group of animals begins an all-out brawl to take the crown. Choose from ten characters, including Crackers the sneaky monkey and Ptolemy the powerful hippo – each with specific strengths, unique strategies, and an unchecked lust for power. Battles blend cooperation and competition in addictive and action-packed play across three modes: single-player, four-player local, and online head-to-head.

Title: Puzzle Chronicles
Publisher: Konami
Platform: PSP
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 2/1/2010
Overview:
Puzzle Chronicles pieces together entertaining characters, a fantasy world, and puzzle play to form a strategy-fueled, fun-filled action-RPG experience. Warlords run wild in the world of Etheria, and you are in the world’s wildest part. Explore forest, mountains, and dungeons as you battle evil overlords, crafty wizards, and legendary monsters. Combine special battle skills, powerful weapons, and magic armor to shape your puzzle-combat style. Your hero goes with you across every mode of play, so you can pick up new skills whether you are playing Single Player, Versus, Quick Battle, or five mini-games.

Title: Chameleon
Publisher: UFO Interactive
Platform: PSP
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 4/24/2008
Overview:
In this puzzle fanatics’ game, you match brightly colored hexagons on your playfield to make them disappear, but different tiles have different effects. Choose from one of four characters to represent you, each with unique abilities. Master the game with each to unlock a bonus ultimate character. No two games will ever be the same due to the random-puzzle generator. Multiple modes keep the action fresh and new, including King Mode, where you have to overtake your opponent, Goal Mode, where you must be the first to reach the flag, and Battle Mode, where you must use your colors to dominate the board. Two friends can fight it out with a single UMD, so get ready to get puzzlin’!

Title: SNK Arcade Classics Volume 1
Publisher: SNK
Platform: PSP
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 5/2/2008
Overview:
Talk about a sweet 16! Publisher SNK has rounded up 16 of its greatest hits and included them all in this extensive collection. Each game originally appeared on the classic NEOGEO system. With everything from sports to action to fighters, there’s something for everyone. The collection of classics includes: Art of Fighting, Baseball Stars 2, Burning Fight, Fatal Fury, KOF 94, King of the Monsters, Last Resort, Magician Lord, Metal Slug, Neo Turf Masters, Samurai Shodown, Sengoku, Shock Troopers, Super Sidekicks 3, Top Hunter, and World Heroes.

Title: Space Invaders Extreme
Publisher: Square Enix
Platform: PSP
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 6/18/2008
Overview:
When it comes to classic games, it’s hard to top Space Invaders. The all-time great celebrates the 30th anniversary of its release with Space Invaders Extreme, an anniversary gift sure to please fans of the original and players just getting their first taste of the action. The classic design returns, boosted with enhanced graphics and new background movies. Play is faster-paced and more intense, and the addition of new twists adds another layer of excitement. Go head-to-head in a new multiplayer mode, groove to an updated soundtrack, and watch the points really pile up with new mini-games.

Title: Cake Mania: Baker’s Challenge
Publisher: Destineer
Platform: PSP
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 8/28/2008
Overview:
When it comes to kitchen creativity, here’s your chance to take the cake! A culinary crisis becomes a recipe for success in this game that serves up a series of baking-business challenges. As the proprietor of Evans Bakery, you’ll take orders, bake and decorate cakes, then collect your hard-earned cash in dozens of fast-paced baking-based levels. Use your money to improve your kitchen with new ovens, cake decorations, and frosting machines. You’ll bake in five exotic locations, serve special seasonal cakes to Santa and Cupid, and more.

Title: Pipe Mania
Publisher: Empire Interactive
Platform: PSP
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 10/1/2008
Overview:
Almost 20 years after the flooze began flowing, Pipemania returns in this updated take on a puzzle classic. Pipemania debuted in 1989, quickly becoming one of the most popular puzzlers. It also introduced the world to flooze, the eerily fast fluid that flows through the Pipemania pipes. The challenge is to lay down pipes and keep the flooze moving without letting it overflow. Conquer 70 levels filled with characters (helpful and not), challenges, obstacles, and different types of flooze. Choose from game modes including Arcade, Bonus, World, Multiplayer, and a complete version of the original Classic, all of which can be played alone and in co-op or head-to-head multiplayer.

Title: LocoRoco 2
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Platform: PSP
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 2/12/2009
Overview:
The evil king Banmucho has returned with his race of Mojas, and you must take control of the Locorocos to save your planet! You’ll control the face of the world using the shoulder buttons of the PSP to tilt and roll your blob-like Locorocos around. All-new environments await you, including underwater and inside a gigantic penguin, where the angle will change depending on when the penguin decides to stand up! Several clever minigames will keep your interest up, including a kitschy 2D shooter, a rhythm minigame, and a whack-a-mole variant where you’ll hit little creatures as they pop out of the ground. It’s colorful, it’s cheerful, and it’ll keep you bouncing for hours!

Title: Scrabble
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: PSP
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 3/19/2009
Overview:
Now is your chance to become the Scrabble player you’ve always wanted to be! You’ll strengthen your vocabulary, pattern recognition, and strategy capabilities through fun training exercises. There are six different ways to practice. You’ll keep track of all your progress. A full dictionary is included, and the Scrabble Word Finder will find the best word in any situation when you need a helping hand. Then you can get even better by playing real games against the adaptable A.I. Once you’ve honed your skills, take on friends and family in any of three different modes – Classic, Speed, and the all-new Scrabble Slam!