Puzzle Series

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

Games in the DS Puzzle Series are:

• Vol. 1: JIGSAWPUZZLE, released March 23, 2006 in Japan[http://www.hudson.co.jp/corp/news/bn2006/060221.pdf Dssudoku] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070508025624/http://www.hudson.co.jp/corp/news/bn2006/060221.pdf |date=2007-05-08 }}
• Vol. 2: CROSSWORD, 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, released August 10, 2006 in Japan{{cite web |url=http://www.hudson.co.jp/corp/news/bn2006/060615_2.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2007-06-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070508004223/http://www.hudson.co.jp/corp/news/bn2006/060615_2.pdf |archive-date=2007-05-08 }}
• Vol. 5: SLITHERLINK, released November 16, 2006 in Japanhttp://www.hudson.co.jp/corp/news/bn2006/061115.pdf{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (an unofficial translation patch providing English menus is [http://gbatemp.net/threads/translation-puzzle-series-vol-5-slitherlink.364971/ now available])
• Vol. 6: ILLUST LOGIC, released November 16, 2006 in Japan
• Vol. 7: CROSSWORD 2, released November 16, 2006 in Japan
• Vol. 8: {{nihongo|NANKURO|ナンクロ|Nankuro|short for "Number Crossword"}}, released December 14, 2006 in Japan{{in lang|ja}} [http://www.hudson.co.jp/puzzle/nankuro/about.html パズルシリーズ Vol.8 ナンクロ | Puzzle Seriese Vol.8 NANKURO] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409225021/http://www.hudson.co.jp/puzzle/nankuro/about.html |date=2008-04-09 }}
• Vol. 9: SUDOKU 2 Deluxe, released December 21, 2006 in Japan[http://www.hudson.co.jp/corp/news/bn2006/061220.pdf Vol.921221DS]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• Vol. 10: HITORI, released March 8, 2007 in Japanhttp://www.hudson.co.jp/corp/news/bn2007/070306.pdf{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• Vol. 11: NURIKABE, released March 8, 2007 in Japan
• Vol. 12: AKARI, released March 8, 2007 in Japan
• Vol. 13: KANJI PUZZLE, released March 29, 2007 in Japan{{cite web |url=http://www.hudson.co.jp/corp/news/bn2007/070323_2.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2007-06-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070428220021/http://www.hudson.co.jp/corp/news/bn2007/070323_2.pdf#search='%E6%BC%A2%E5%AD%97%E3%83%91%E3%82%BA%E3%83%AB%20%EF%BD%84%EF%BD%93' |archive-date=2007-04-28 }}

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:

• {{nihongo|Illustlogic DS + Colorful Logic|イラストロジックDS+からふるロジック}}, released October 25 in Japan.[http://www.hudson.co.jp/corp/news/bn2007/071005.pdf DS+1DS+ 1025DS2]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• {{nihongo|Crossword DS + Sekai 1-Shuu Cross|クロスワードDS＋世界1周クロス}}, released on October 25 in Japan.
• {{nihongo|Jigsawpuzzle DS: DS de Meguru Sekai Isan no Tabi|ジグソーパズルＤＳ - ＤＳで巡る世界遺産の旅}}, released March 6, 2008 in Japan
• {{nihongo|Sudoku DS: Nikoli no Sudoku Ketteiban|数独ＤＳ ニコリのSUDOKU 決定版}}, released May 29, 2008 in Japan,[http://www.hudson.co.jp/corp/news/bn2008/080507.pdf Ds "Sudoku"]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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,{{cite web |url=http://www.hudson.co.jp/dsiw/jpn/list.html |title=KONAMI コナミ製品・サービス情報サイト |publisher=Hudson.co.jp |access-date=2018-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090910081129/http://www.hudson.co.jp/dsiw/jpn/list.html |archive-date=2009-09-10 |url-status=dead }} June 26, 2009 in Europe{{cite web |url=http://www.hudson.co.jp/dsiw/eur/list.html |title=KONAMI コナミ製品・サービス情報サイト |publisher=Hudson.co.jp |access-date=2018-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090910080708/http://www.hudson.co.jp/dsiw/eur/list.html |archive-date=2009-09-10 |url-status=dead }}
• 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{{cite web |url=http://www.hudson.co.jp/dsiw/usa/list.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130111194049/http://www.hudson.co.jp/dsiw/usa/list.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 11, 2013 |title=KONAMI コナミ製品・サービス情報サイト |publisher=Hudson.co.jp |access-date=2018-01-19 }}
• Illustlogic, adapted from Illustlogic DS + Colorful Logic, released April 15, 2009 in Japan
• {{nihongo|Illustlogic + Nihon no Mukashi Banashi|イラストロジック＋日本の昔話}}, adapted from Illustlogic DS + Colorful Logic, released September 30, 2009 in Japan
• Sudoku Sensei, adapted from ''Sudoku DS: Nikoli no Sudoku Ketteiban, released May 29, 2008 in Japan,{{Cite web |title=Online Sudoku Löser Tool |url=https://sudoku-löser.de |website=SudokuLöser.de |access-date=2025-04-18}}

Games in the Wii PUZZLE Series are:

• Vol. 1: SUDOKU, released March 21, 2007 in Japan.[http://www.hudson.co.jp/corp/news/bn2007/070312.pdf Vol.1 321] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314210247/http://www.hudson.co.jp/corp/news/bn2007/070312.pdf |date=2007-03-14 }} The game features a control scheme in which players use the Wii Remote to point and select a number and insert it into the space.
• Vol. 2: {{nihongo|Illustlogic + Colorful Logic|イラストロジック＋からふるロジック}}, released July 10, 2008 in Japan.http://www.hudson.co.jp/corp/news/bn2008/080709.pdf{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

A Crossword game, presumed to be branded as a Puzzle Series game,{{citation needed|date=July 2007}} was announced by Hudson at the Japanese Wii Preview event on September 14, 2006 with a projected release in March 2007,[http://www.hudsonentertainment.com/newsdetail.php?news_id=58 Hudson Entertainment - Video Games, Mobile Games, Ringtones, and More!] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928140326/http://www.hudsonentertainment.com/newsdetail.php?news_id=58 |date=2007-09-28 }} but was never released.

{{redirect|Jigsawpuzzle|physical jigsaw puzzles|Jigsaw puzzle}}

Puzzle Series features a Jigsawpuzzle sub-brand, which includes:

• {{nihongo|Jigsawpuzzle: Weekly Puppies Calendar Collection|ジグソーパズルこいぬめくり編|Jigsawpuzzle: Koinu Mekuri Hen}} and {{nihongo|Jigsawpuzzle: Weekly Kits Calendar Collection|ジグソーパズルこねこめくり編|Jigsawpuzzle: Koneko Mekuri Hen}}for the Nintendo DS (both released August 3, 2006 in Japan),http://www.hudson.co.jp/corp/news/bn2006/060728.pdf{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} based on the Mekuri calendar brand by Japanese company Comin.{{cite web |last=Gantayat |first=Anoop |url=http://ds.ign.com/articles/719/719258p1.html |title=Non-Game Flood - IGN |publisher=Ds.ign.com |date=2006-07-17 |access-date=2018-01-19 |archive-date=2012-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206204220/http://ds.ign.com/articles/719/719258p1.html |url-status=live }}
• {{nihongo|Jigsawpuzzle: Oden-kun|ジグソーパズル おでんくん}} (released October 26, 2006 in Japanhttp://www.hudson.co.jp/corp/news/bn2006/060927_2.pdf{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}) and {{nihongo|Jigsawpuzzle: Oden-kun 2|ジグソーパズル おでんくん}} (released March 29, 2007 in Japan[http://www.hudson.co.jp/corp/news/bn2007/070316.pdf 2 329DS(R)]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}) for the Nintendo DS based on the picture book franchise The Adventure of Oden-kun by author/illustrator Lily Franky.
• {{nihongo|Jigsawpuzzle: Kyo no Wanko|ジグソーパズル きょうのわんこ||"Dog of the Day"}} for the Wii, based on the "Kyo no Wanko" segment on the Japanese morning show Mezamashi TV. The game was released in Japan on July 26, 2007.{{in lang|ja}} [http://www.hudson.co.jp/puzzle/wanko/wanko.html ジグソーパズル きょうのわんこ 公式サイト] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090408192045/http://www.hudson.co.jp/puzzle/wanko/wanko.html |date=2009-04-08 }} 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.

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 {{nihongo|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}};{{cite web|url=http://www.hudson.jp/game/view.php?id=10061079 |title=KONAMI コナミ製品・サービス情報サイト |publisher=Hudson.jp |access-date=2018-01-19}} in Europe on June 9 as Sudoku – The Puzzle Game Collection;{{cite web |url=http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-3DS/Sudoku-The-Puzzle-Game-Collection-274897.html |title=Sudoku - The Puzzle Game Collection | Nintendo 3DS | Games |publisher=Nintendo |access-date=2018-01-19 |archive-date=2024-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308005945/https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-3DS-games/Sudoku-The-Puzzle-Game-Collection-274897.html |url-status=live }} and in America as Nikoli's Pencil Puzzle on October 25.{{cite web |url=http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/QEYbhSdu-haNUEWe7YeVs6DoPD8ZCrGu |title=Nikoli's Pencil Puzzle for Nintendo 3DS - Nintendo Game Details |publisher=Nintendo.com |access-date=2018-01-19 |archive-date=2018-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120124140/https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/QEYbhSdu-haNUEWe7YeVs6DoPD8ZCrGu |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.konami.com/article/KONAMI_ANNOUNCES_NIKOLI'S_PENCIL_PUZZLE_FOR_NINTENDO_3DS/242 |title=Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. |access-date=2012-11-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114200251/http://konami.com/article/KONAMI_ANNOUNCES_NIKOLI'S_PENCIL_PUZZLE_FOR_NINTENDO_3DS/242 |archive-date=2012-11-14 }}

• {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.hudson.co.jp/puzzle/ |date=* |title=Archived copies of the Hudson Soft puzzle site }} {{in lang|ja}}
• [http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/illust-logic-ds-colorful-logic-review Illustlogic DS + Colorful Logic review] at Eurogamer
• [http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/japanese-ds-roundup-review Puzzle Series Vol. 11: Nurikabe review] at Eurogamer
• [http://www.ntsc-uk.com/review.php?platform=nds&game=Nurikabe Puzzle Series Vol. 11: Nurikabe review] at NTSC-uk
• [http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/eurogamers-top-50-games-of-2007-20-11-article Eurogamer's Top 50 Games of 2007: 20-11] - lists Puzzle Series Vol. 5: Slitherlink as #16
• [http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/puzzle-series-vol-5-slitherlink-review Puzzle Series Vol. 5: Slitherlink review] at Eurogamer
• [http://worldofstuart.excellentcontent.com/dsrev/roundup3.htm Nintendo DS puzzle game reviews] by Stuart Campbell - includes reviews of some Puzzle Series games

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