Everyone seems to be saying "Mario" quite a bit, and I only half-disagree. Nintendo can keep trotting out the core Mario series as often as they'd like (seriously, one game per system is NOT "milking"), but I think ENOUGH IS ENOUGH with all the Mario "X" games. If Nintendo wants to branch out into sports games and party games, why can't they just let the gameplay sell itself? Why does Mario need to be spliced into every baseball, tennis, golf, and soccer game the company produces? Oversaturation cheapens the original product, which is why so many people are so sour on the Mario franchise these days.

Why would anyone miss the original Playstaion?

A.) I still have a PSX (in mothballs)

B.) Anyone who really loved the original Playstation to begin with would sure have at least a PS2 by now, thus rendering the original model completely redundant.

Picross IS a great puzzle game, but as addictive and challenging as it is, I didn't mention it because it doesn't have that hypnotic, zone-out quality that thetruly epicpuzzle games have (I'm not even going to say "Tetris," as we're all thinking it ;) ).

And I'm going to take back Tetris Attack, as I think Dr. Mario is probably my favorite puzzle game. I was all over that the second it was released on DSiWare.

Oh, and as for what you were saying about older puzzle games being better than the newer ones, I agree. The new puzzle games seem to recognize that they're just rehashing the same old puzzle games that we've been playing for years, so they throw all kinds of glitz, glamour, and wrinkles into the gameplay that ultimately just convolute the whole affair. Puzzle games need to be challenging, yet instantly-gratifying. They need to be deep enough to be addictive, yet simple enough that you can eventually just start playing on auto-pilot.

"Free" nunchuck?

The game that came with the nunchuck cost $15 more!

I think Next Level Games might be working on a new DK game because...well...Buy Punch-Out!!..

ChildOfGaming7

*arches eyebrow quizzically*

Sounds like I have to dig a little deeper into this game's secrets . . .

NES doesn't have any good games anymore outside the scope of the several hundred times magnifying glass that is nostalgia. Which is why I will say the only good game on NES is Super Mario Bros. 3, since it is the only one I hold any special delusions for.jedinat

Wow, that's cynical.

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I used to have it. It's the most popular puzzle franchise that I don't like. :)

jjtiebuckle

Yeah, Puyo Puyo Pop is reasonably popular (based on the surprising number of versions of the game available, not to mention clones like Kirby's Avalanche and Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine). I really don't care for the style or mechanics of the game, and you're right: Zoo Keeper takes a big ol' elephant poop all over it.

I've been trying to think of my favorite DS puzzler, if for no other reason than tocontribute to this thread in a constructive manner (sorry, TC!). Zoo Keeper is an excellent Bejeweled clone, but I think my favorite puzzle game right now is Tetris Attack (Planet Puzzle League & Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure).

I didn't especially like Meteos, either. :(

Madworld
Pikmin
Metroid Trilogy
deBlob

I was actually pleasantly surprised when I saw that this game sold so well. Too bad I can't say I helped at all, since I bought this game in June.

My guess, since this is such an old franchise, is that many of the people who bought this game had no idea what they were getting into

Your three options make me laugh. It's like going to a restaurant and asking the waiter "Should I have the prime rib, the grilled salmon, or an economy box of your to-go bags?"