 | Exit
Buy new: $19.99 / Used from: $9.94 In order to escape you will have to figure out the precise path using yours and your rescued character's precise abilities. Has clever and well-designed puzzles. One of my favorites. Similar to Toki Tori in the terms of puzzle solving techniques.
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 | Prism
Buy new: $19.99 / Used from: $8.99 It uses simple well-defined parts in increasingly complex arrangements. It's really an excellent logical challenge.
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 | Neves
Buy new: $79.99 / Used from: $18.99 ~*~ You are given a silhouette to fill with special shapes. Excellent for improving spatial visualization skills.
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 | Gravity
Buy used from: $26.29 ~*~ You have to construct objects to get the ball to hit the goal. It's a simple well-done physics puzzler.
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 | Mechanic Master
Buy new: $26.42 / Used from: $14.73 ~*~ Rube Goldberg lives!
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 | Brain Voyage
Buy new: $20.99 / Used from: $14.54 ~*~ Collection of mini-puzzlers, including variations of many classic thinking games.
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 | Honeycomb Beat
Buy new: $7.00 / Used from: $8.99 ~*~ Tile turning pattern game. Quite challenging on the later levels.
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 | Rubik's World
Buy new: $15.24 / Used from: $6.99 ~*~ Two of the mini games are really well done thinking puzzles that I greatly enjoyed solving.
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 | Polarium
Buy new: $7.89 / Used from: $4.74 ~*~ A simple idea elegantly employed. It and its sequel are worth getting if you like spatial-thinking puzzles.
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 | Polarium Advance
Buy new: $10.48 / Used from: $3.96 This is actually the SEQUEL to the DS version. I don't know why they did it that way, but this actually has three times the puzzles than the DS version and lets you change the colors.
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 | Denki Blocks
Buy used from: $6.78 ~*~ Don't be fooled by this game's cute graphics, this is the most challenging spatial logical reasoning puzzle game I have ever played. Do NOT get this game if you are easily discouraged.
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 | Chu Chu Rocket
Buy new: $48.98 / Used from: $6.75 Spiritual predecessor to Rubik's Puzzle Galaxy: Rush
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 | Steal Princess
Buy new: $33.58 / Used from: $17.61 Sequential step puzzler but with major RPG elements.
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 | Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Buy new: $24.82 / Used from: $16.50 ~*~ Excellent in every way. I intend to buy all eight sequels.
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 | Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box
Buy new: $29.82 / Used from: $24.50 |
 | Scribblenauts
Buy new: $27.96 / Used from: $24.50 Creativity as unbounded as any puzzle game ever made so far.
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 | Double Sequence: The Q-Virus Invasion
Buy new: $14.79 / Used from: $15.98 ~*~ Has a poorly designed interface but the actual spatial logic block moving game is quite a good challenge.
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 | Matchstick
Buy used from: $49.90 ~*~ Bare bones presentation, but if you like match puzzles it is still worth getting.
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 | Zendoku
Buy new: $19.73 / Used from: $8.00 sudoku but with non-numeric symbols
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 | Jumble Madness
Buy used from: $34.85 ~*~ Nearly as good as the paper
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 | Picross DS
Buy new: $74.69 / Used from: $16.44 Similar to Sudoko. Good relaxing logical reasoning challenge.
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 | Picross 3D
Buy new: $39.99 |
 | Chessmaster: The Art of Learning
Buy used from: $43.78 good for beginners and intermediates, plus has surprisingly-good mini-games.
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 | Fritz Chess
better for advanced players
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 | Mr Pants
Buy new: $16.85 / Used from: $11.70 |
 | Brain Challenge
Buy new: $134.89 / Used from: $28.89 IMO, the best of the brain training clones. There is also an excellent Wiiware version
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 | Big Brain Academy
Buy new: $59.99 / Used from: $13.99 |
 | Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day!
Buy new: $18.24 / Used from: $13.00 |
 | Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day
Buy new: $21.45 / Used from: $7.75 |
 | Brain Assist
Buy new: $12.79 / Used from: $8.49 ~*~ Quirky presentation with standard mini-games.
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 | Master Jin Jin's IQ Challenge
Buy new: $39.99 / Used from: $12.99 ~*~ Fun mini-games with challenging riddles.
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 | Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!
Buy new: $19.20 / Used from: $11.99 |
 | Think Logic Trainer
Buy new: $19.99 Not out yet, I'll update this after I try it.
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