''Puzzle Series'' is a series of puzzle video games by

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Titles

Games in the main ''Puzzle Series'' brand are collected as numbered volumes according to platform.

DS Puzzle Series

Games in the DS ''Puzzle Series'' are: * Vol. 1: '' JIGSAWPUZZLE'', released March 23, 2006 in JapanDssudoku
* Vol. 2: ''

CROSSWORD A crossword is a word puzzle that usually takes the form of a square or a rectangular grid of white- and black-shaded squares. The goal is to fill the white squares with letters, forming words or phrases, by solving clues which lead to the answ ...

'', released March 23, 2006 in Japan * Vol. 3: ''SUDOKU'', released March 23, 2006 in Japan, later released as '' Sudoku Gridmaster'' in North America and ''Sudoku Master'' in Europe * Vol. 4: ''

KAKURO Kakuro or Kakkuro or Kakoro ( ja, カックロ) is a kind of logic puzzle that is often referred to as a mathematical transliteration of the crossword. Kakuro puzzles are regular features in many math-and-logic puzzle publications across the worl ...

'', released August 10, 2006 in Japan * Vol. 5: ''

SLITHERLINK Slitherlink (also known as Fences, Takegaki, Loop the Loop, Loopy, Ouroboros, Suriza and Dotty Dilemma) is a logic puzzle developed by publisher Nikoli. Rules Slitherlink is played on a rectangular lattice of dots. Some of the squares formed by ...

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* Vol. 6: '' ILLUST LOGIC'', released November 16, 2006 in Japan * Vol. 7: ''CROSSWORD 2'', released November 16, 2006 in Japan * Vol. 8: , released December 14, 2006 in Japanパズルシリーズ Vol.8 ナンクロ , Puzzle Seriese Vol.8 NANKURO
* Vol. 9: ''SUDOKU 2 Deluxe'', released December 21, 2006 in JapanVol.921221DS
/ref> * Vol. 10: ''

HITORI Hitori (Japanese: "Alone" or "one person"; ''Hitori ni shite kure''; literally "leave me alone") is a type of logic puzzle published by Nikoli. Hitori is NP complete.{{citation, title=Games, Puzzles, and Computation, title-link=Games, Puzzles, ...

'', released March 8, 2007 in Japanhttp://www.hudson.co.jp/corp/news/bn2007/070306.pdf * Vol. 11: ''

NURIKABE The ''nurikabe'' (塗り壁 or 塗壁) is a ''yōkai'', or spirit, from Japanese folklore. Its name translates to "plaster wall", and it is said to manifest as an invisible wall that impedes or misdirects travelers walking at night. Sometimes re ...

'', released March 8, 2007 in Japan * Vol. 12: ''

AKARI Akari (ASTRO-F) was an infrared astronomy Infrared astronomy is a sub-discipline of astronomy which specializes in the observation and analysis of astronomical objects using infrared (IR) radiation. The wavelength of infrared light ranges f ...

'', released March 8, 2007 in Japan * Vol. 13: ''

KANJI are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...

PUZZLE'', released March 29, 2007 in Japan On October 5, 2007, Hudson began to phase out the ''Puzzle Series'' brand, announcing a new puzzle series for the

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. The titles are: * , released October 25 in Japan.DS+1DS+ 1025DS2
/ref> * , released on October 25 in Japan. * , released March 6, 2008 in Japan * , released May 29, 2008 in Japan,

DSiWare games

In 2009, Hudson began releasing DSiWare adaptations of some of its puzzle games: * ''Sudoku 50!'' (''Sudoku Student'' in America), adapted from ''Sudoku DS: Nikoli no Sudoku Ketteiban'', released March 18, 2009 in Japan, June 26, 2009 in Europe * ''Sudoku 150!'' (''Sudoku Master'' in America), adapted from ''Sudoku DS: Nikoli no Sudoku Ketteiban'', released March 18, 2009 in Japan, June 29, 2009 in America * ''Illustlogic'', adapted from ''Illustlogic DS + Colorful Logic'', released April 15, 2009 in Japan * , adapted from ''Illustlogic DS + Colorful Logic'', released September 30, 2009 in Japan * ''Sudoku Sensei'', adapted from ''Sudoku DS: Nikoli no Sudoku Ketteiban'', released January 15, 2010 in Europe,

Wii PUZZLE Series

Games in the Wii ''PUZZLE Series'' are: * Vol. 1: ''

SUDOKU Sudoku (; ja, 数独, sūdoku, digit-single; originally called Number Place) is a logic-based, combinatorial number-placement puzzle. In classic Sudoku, the objective is to fill a 9 × 9 grid with digits so that each column, each row ...

'', released March 21, 2007 in Japan.Vol.1 321
The game features a control scheme in which players use the

Wii Remote The Wii Remote, also known colloquially as the Wiimote, is the primary game controller for Nintendo's Wii home video game console. An essential capability of the Wii Remote is its motion sensing capability, which allows the user to interact with ...

to point and select a number and insert it into the space. * Vol. 2: , released July 10, 2008 in Japan. A ''Crossword'' game, presumed to be branded as a Puzzle Series game, was announced by Hudson at the Japanese ''Wii Preview'' event on September 14, 2006 with a projected release in March 2007,Hudson Entertainment - Video Games, Mobile Games, Ringtones, and More!
but was never released.

Jigsawpuzzle

''Puzzle Series'' features a ''Jigsawpuzzle'' sub-brand, which includes: * and for the

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franchise ''The Adventure of Oden-kun'' by author/illustrator

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, based on the " Kyo no Wanko" segment on the Japanese

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''. The game was released in Japan on July 26, 2007.ジグソーパズルきょうのわんこ公式サイト
For 1-4 players. Hudson stopped using ''Jigsawpuzzle'' branding for jigsaw puzzle games with the announcement of ''Jigsawpuzzle DS: DS de Meguru Sekai Isan no Tabi'' as part of a new puzzle series in October 2007.

3DS game

In 2011, Hudson released its final puzzle game, a

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game collection of four Nikoli puzzles: Sudoku,

Shikaku {{nihongo, Shikaku, 四角に切れ, shikaku ni kire (also anglicised as ''Divide by Squares'' or ''Divide by Box'') is a logic puzzle published by Nikoli. As of 2011, two books consisting entirely of Shikaku puzzles has been published by Nikoli. ...

Hashiwokakero ''Hashiwokakero'' (橋をかけろ ''Hashi o kakero''; lit. "build bridges!") is a type of logic puzzle published by Nikoli. It has also been published in English under the name ''Bridges'' or ''Chopsticks'' (based on a mistranslation: the ''ha ...

and Light Up. It was released in Japan on June 2 as ; in Europe on June 9 as ''Sudoku – The Puzzle Game Collection''; and in America as ''Nikoli's Pencil Puzzle'' on October 25.

References

External links

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''Illustlogic DS + Colorful Logic'' review
at

Eurogamer ''Eurogamer'' is a British video game journalism website launched in 1999 and owned by alongside formed company Gamer Network. Its editor-in-chief is Martin Robinson. Since 2008, it is known for the formerly eponymous games trade fair EGX ...

''Puzzle Series Vol. 11: Nurikabe'' review
at Eurogamer
''Puzzle Series Vol. 11: Nurikabe'' review
at NTSC-uk
Eurogamer's Top 50 Games of 2007: 20-11
- lists ''Puzzle Series Vol. 5: Slitherlink'' as #16
''Puzzle Series Vol. 5: Slitherlink'' review
at Eurogamer

by Stuart Campbell - includes reviews of some ''Puzzle Series'' games {{Konami franchises Hudson Soft games Konami franchises Nintendo DS games Nintendo DS-only games Puzzle video games Video game franchises Video games developed in Japan