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Puzzle Series is a series of puzzle video games by Hudson Soft.
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Puzzle Series is a series of puzzle video games by Hudson Soft.
Games in the main Puzzle Series brand are collected as numbered volumes according to platform.
Games in the DS Puzzle Series are:
On October 5, 2007, Hudson began to phase out the Puzzle Series brand, announcing a new puzzle series for the Nintendo DS. The titles are:
In 2009, Hudson began releasing DSiWare adaptations of some of its puzzle games:
Games in the Wii PUZZLE Series are:
A Crossword game, presumed to be branded as a Puzzle Series game,[ citation needed ] was announced by Hudson at the Japanese Wii Preview event on September 14, 2006 with a projected release in March 2007, [15] but was never released.
Puzzle Series features a Jigsawpuzzle sub-brand, which includes:
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. [8]
In 2011, Hudson released its final puzzle game, a Nintendo 3DS game collection of four Nikoli puzzles: Sudoku, Shikaku, Hashiwokakero and Light Up. It was released in Japan on June 2 as Sudoku to 3-Tsu no Puzzle: Nikoli no Puzzle Variety (数独と3つのパズル～ニコリのパズルバラエティ～, Sudoku and 3 Puzzles: Nikoli Puzzle Variety); [21] in Europe on June 9 as Sudoku – The Puzzle Game Collection; [22] and in America as Nikoli's Pencil Puzzle on October 25. [23] [24]
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