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Steve Y · 09-27-2007, 12:20 PM

Hi Dave,

While not super-heavy on the word games, the Nintendo DS is the best pick-up-and-play portable console system for puzzle games. The DS is friendly to all ages and genders, and contains a wealth of great puzzle games (more coming). Not all of them are classics, but the following games can be counted upon for hours of enjoyment:

Picross DS
New York Times Crossword Puzzles (this has gotten good reviews)*
Brain Age 2 (containing word scrambles and sudoku)*
Tetris DS
Planet Puzzle League
Clubhouse Games*

I have marked the games that have word puzzles. There aren't nearly as many straight "word games" available for the system as for some PDAs (which often have small keyboards), but they do exist, and overall the DS is (IMO) "friendlier" to non-gamers than the (still great) Sony PSP. Also, it's cheaper, and the battery life is decent.

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Steve Y Member Join Date: May 2000 Local Time: 08:13 PM Local Date: 10-11-2008 Posts: 717	Re: Word & Puzzle games on portable system?games Hi Dave, While not super-heavy on the word games, the Nintendo DS is the best pick-up-and-play portable console system for puzzle games. The DS is friendly to all ages and genders, and contains a wealth of great puzzle games (more coming). Not all of them are classics, but the following games can be counted upon for hours of enjoyment: Picross DS New York Times Crossword Puzzles (this has gotten good reviews)* Brain Age 2 (containing word scrambles and sudoku)* Tetris DS Planet Puzzle League Clubhouse Games* I have marked the games that have word puzzles. There aren't nearly as many straight "word games" available for the system as for some PDAs (which often have small keyboards), but they do exist, and overall the DS is (IMO) "friendlier" to non-gamers than the (still great) Sony PSP. Also, it's cheaper, and the battery life is decent.