Planet Puzzle League
Planet Puzzle League is a Puzzle, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for Nintendo DS. The game offers a visual matching gameplay and it lets the player to identify the square blocks of different colors and must match them to clear the screen. By default, the game is played with the Nintendo DS unit, which enables the vertically oriented screen and its blocks to be shown massive, making it quite better for touch-screen gameplay. The blocks can be dragged horizontally using the stylus when the player is using a touchscreen. Lots of challenging levels are available and each level is crafted to test the matching skills of the player. The game increases the difficulty level as the player approaches to high stages and unlock power-ups and other boosters for the player to advance the game easily. With engaging gameplay, superb mechanics, and good music, Planet Puzzle League is a fascinating matching game to play.
#1 Lumines Live!
Lumines Live is a Puzzle video game offered by Q Entertainment and published by Microsoft Studios. The game has both Single-player and Multiplayer modes and it is released for Xbox 360 in 2006. In the series of Lumines, the number of this game is third and it comes with lots of prominent features, addictive gameplay, and cool graphics. The main objective is to rotate and align blocks of different colors to shape squares of the same color to clear the screen. Once a square of the same colored blocks has built it will be removed from the screen and the gaps will be covered by other blocks. The game ends when the blocks reach the top of the screen. There are several modes and the majority of modes are from the previous title, Lumines: Puzzle Fusion. There are several playable stages and each stage has a different to complete. Challenge, Puzzle, Time Attack, 2P Vs Mode, Vs CPU, etc. are prominent modes of the game. In Duel mode, the game lets players play against each other either locally or online. Unlike the previous title, the game enables the player to accumulate over one million points in a single session.
#2 Dr. Mario Online RX
Dr. Mario Online RX is a Puzzle, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed by Arika and published by Nintendo for WiiWare. Similar to the Dr. Mario games, the player needs to manipulate pills and smash the colored viruses in the level. It introduces a set of mini-games, known as Germ Buster and Virus Buster, which requires the use of the pointer feature of the Wii Remote to move the pills. The multiplayer mode is specially designed to support up to four players simultaneously. While playing the game, the player use Mii Characters or Dr. Mario to advance through the game. The majority of prominent features are borrowed from previous titles like the virus and speed levels. The player can play against a friend in only online mode. There are several modes available such as Online Mode, Single-player, Versus Mode, and more. With exciting gameplay, 2D graphics, and brilliant mechanics, Dr. Mario Online RX is a nice game to play and experience a blend of Tetris and character-development.
#3 Aurora Feint
Aurora Feint was a Role-playing and Single-player video game offered by Danielle Cassley for iOS. The game was released with Single-player gameplay which mixes the geometric shape manipulation of Tetris with the Role-playing game’s character-development. The mechanics of the game are focused on Panel de Pon released by Nintendo, and the game share some similarities in the series, including the following components such as the Smith, the Store, the Mine, and the Tower. In the Mine, the player should manipulate blocks into a set of three or more to gathers resources and crystals. However, in the stone, the player must spend the gathered resources and diamonds to obtain magicbooks and blueprints. The player must struggle to complete the diagrams by collecting a specific amount of resources with a set time, in the Smith. The game lets the player to complete the magicbooks by solving challenging puzzles within limited time in the Tower mode. With immersive gameplay, superb graphics, and cool mechanics, Aurora Feint is an excellent game to play.
#4 Arkedo Series: 02 SWAP!
Arkedo Series: 02 SWAP is a Single-player and Multiplayer Puzzle video game developed by Sanuk Games Sarl for PlayStation 3. The game takes the player in the colorful world and ask him to get ready for some serious old-school action. It offers a match-4 gameplay, in which the player must clear colored blocks before they touches the screen’s top. During the gameplay, the player can use combos, power blocks, bonus blocks, and time freezers to help him in getting through five challenging worlds each contains a set of levels to complete. The game supports both Single-player and Multiplayer mode and each mode offers the same game experience. It offers the similar gameplay to Tetris, but with bit different concept. It is more close to match-3 genre, instead of Tetris. To make the highest points, the player needs to make a connection between four same colored blocks and destroy them. If the player is too slow then the stacks will reach the top soon which cause the game end. During the gameplay, unique power-ups, boosters, blasters, and other types of elements can be used to clear the screen within no time.
#5 Elevators
Elevators is an Arcade, Platform, and Single-player video game with an emphasis on Action elements, developed and published by Wordworks Software. It offers the similar gameplay to that of Spy’s Demise, but introducing unique graphics and objectives to complete. The primary goal of the player is to reach the top of the building while gathering all sensitive information as well as the pots of gold. The player starts the game at the bottom of the screen and when he reaches the right side he can move one row up. Then the player needs to walk all the way to the left side and he will go up one row once again. While navigating the environment, the player has to avoid the elevators that continuously move up and down. There are several challenging levels and each level will test the player platforming skills till the end. The game increases the difficulty level and allow him to boost up his platforming skills to become the master.
#6 Arcade Crazy Climber
Arcade Crazy Climber is a Vertical Scrolling, Single-player and Two-player video game developed and published by Nichibutsu for Old Classic Platforms. The game about climbing buildings to reach the max height and complete the levels. In this game, the player takes on the role of the protagonist who is attempting to climb one of four sky-scrappers. The player can control the climber using two joysticks and beware from challenging obstacles that the player needs to avoid to survive. There are four buildings and each building has many windows that can be opened at any time and the player must avoid them, if the player come in contact with any window he will fall and the game ends. During the gameplay, the player will face off lots of challenging difficulties and overcome them all means victory. Some of these hurdles will be appeared at every level, while others make their appearance only in later stages. Arcade Crazy Climber offers exciting features such as 2D Graphics, Climbing Gameplay, Avoid Obstacles, and more.
#7 Poker Smash
Poker Smash is a Puzzle, Single-player and Online Multiplayer video game developed by Void Star Creations for Xbox 360, PC, and iOS. It offers an exciting gameplay, in which the game represents the player with a stack of face cards categorized in five columns. However, the stack will rise toward the top of the screen, with new cards being included at the bottom. In short, the ultimate goal is to line up three or more cards either in vertical or horizontal poker hands, including three of a kind, four of a kind, full house, and more. Creating an accurate hand will cause all of these cards to clear from the screen and any cards above of them will fall into the gaps left by these cleared cards. According to the gameplay rules, as legal hands are formed, the player wins poker chips. While playing the game, the player is able to move the cursor all across the screen using the Xbox 3600 controller’s left analog stick, while the right stick can be used to move the chosen card left or right.
#8 Elevator Action Deluxe
Elevator Action Deluxe is an Action, Shooting, and Single-player video game played from side-view, developed and published by Square Enix Co. Ltd for PlayStation 3. In the game, you have a chance to experience the life of a super spy with a tough mission of stealing the documents and scape. This isn’t the game you remember from the arcade era; it’s quite different. The game uses the HD graphics and lets you challenge your friends to compete against your in Multiplayer mode. There are many challenging levels, and each level introduces a bonus for the player to use and boost up his power to become the legendary super spy. While playing the game, the player needs to explore the stages from side view, attack enemies and kill them to avoid being captured and try to reach the targeted location to fulfill the requirements. The game increases the difficulty level as you approach the advance levels. With immersive gameplay, superb graphics, and cool mechanics, Elevator Action Deluxe is fascinating game to play.