Hands down the best puzzle game for the DS!

User Rating: 10 | Soul Bubbles DS
3 years in development and it shows!

You direct an air bubble full of souls through a dangerous maze by blowing, cutting, deflating, filling with water, heavy gas, light gas.

The game looks absolutely amazing and the physics of water- or gas-filled bubbles are highly realistic. This game doesn't look like your typical DS game - perhaps more like a PSP game.

The music is very relaxing and sounds a bit like wooden or metal chimes. The sound of water, wind and chimes, combined with the go-with-the-flow movement of the bubble has a strangely relaxing effect on the player. And even though there are lots of dangers to be overcome, Soul Bubbles never stresses you out or feels like work.

It's very easy to get into thanks to the excellent tutorials, which introduce you effortlessly to the physics-based gameplay as you go along. The game's 40 levels will keep you busy for some time, but chances are you'll play the missions back to back only to be left craving for more!

Overall, this game oozes class and deserves to be picked up, not least because it was designed by a small independent company, who were brave enough to think outside the box!