DS Fanswag: Pick up a professor-approved puzzle pack!

by Alisha Karabinus { Mar 17th 2008 at 9:45AM }

Need a couple of new games to play? DS Fanboy is here for you with another awesome prize pack. This time, we've got Professor Layton and the Curious Village ($29.99), along with Brain Challenge ($19.99). Could two games be any more similar, and yet different? You'll have to try to win them and find out! All you have to do is leave a comment below telling us about your favorite puzzle game of all time.

We've got some good news with this contest as well -- DS Fanboy giveaways are now open to Canadian readers (except for Quebec, sadly)! So if you're 18 or older, and a legal resident of the United States or Canada (minus Quebec), you're cleared to enter once per day between now and March 23. The giveaway will end that evening at 11:59 PM Eastern. We'll select one winner in a random drawing and announce the name of the lucky reader on Monday, March 24. Have questions? Check the official rules.

Tags: brain-challenge, contest, giveaway, professor-layton, puzzle

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 19)

GT @ Mar 17th 2008 9:52AM

Old School: Tetris. New School: Puzzle Quest and Bust a Move

bluezy @ Mar 17th 2008 9:56AM

Picross, it's ridiculously addicting, and i played it for months. Hell, i even made picross puzzles on scrap paper during drivers ed classes last summer.

MIke @ Mar 17th 2008 9:56AM

Dr. Robotniks Mean Bean Machine. The name speaks for itself.

ThekonamiMan @ Mar 17th 2008 9:56AM

My favorite puzzle game is also my first puzzle game, Tetris.
Whenever I play it always reminds me of when I got my Gameboy when I was a little kid.

Kane @ Mar 17th 2008 9:59AM

MY all time favorite puzzle game is Chess. But recently I have had a good time with Hexic.

Noah @ Mar 17th 2008 10:04AM

Yoshi Tetris for SNES is great with friends!

jesminya @ Mar 17th 2008 10:05AM

I think I have to go with Tetris as well. I don't really play any other puzzle games, but haven't played Tetris in a while either. Other than that, I might say Dr. Mario/Virus Buster.

TheCoats @ Mar 17th 2008 10:07AM

Best Puzzle Game?
Hmmm....hard question.......
Does Resident Evil Count?.....There is puzzles and its a great game.....If not im down with tetris

Craig @ Mar 17th 2008 10:13AM

I can't stop playing Picross...although my wife recently got me hooked on this new Sodoku thing everyone is talking about...just a fad

Roto13 @ Mar 17th 2008 10:14AM

Whoo Canada! Yay!

I'm a big fan of Tetris (specifically the DS version) but I think the puzzle game that kept me addicted for the longest was Meteos. A great twist on the Tetris Attack gameplay with an intriguing "soundtrack" was enough to keep me hooked for months.

Amanda @ Mar 17th 2008 10:15AM

I think my favorite puzzle game is Portal but I have yet to experience Layton so it may well change! XD

Foodie_Monster @ Mar 17th 2008 10:16AM

Why can't I participate from Argentina? No fair...

In any case, my most favorite puzzle games of all time HAVE to be all of the LucasArts graphic adventures of way back. Monkey Island, Grim Fandango, Day of the Tentacle, The Dig, Full Throttle, etc... Those were the days.

More traditional puzzlers that I really enjoy: Picross DS, Professor Layton and the Curious Village and Portal. Yes, Portal IS a puzzle game.

Kam @ Mar 17th 2008 10:20AM

I love Picross DS, too. BUT I'm really interested in Prof. Layton, so I really wish I win!

Jack @ Mar 17th 2008 10:21AM

Puzzle Quest!

blaked569 @ Mar 17th 2008 10:22AM

puyo puyo all the way

kevin @ Mar 17th 2008 10:28AM

I'll be lame and say Sudoku - starting the day with a puzzle is always a great way to get my brain working.

punkjediguy @ Mar 17th 2008 10:29AM

Donkey Kong for the original Game Boy is my favorite nostalgic puzzle game.

Zach Toups @ Mar 17th 2008 10:29AM

Going to have to go with Picross...it's just...great...
-Z

slothdog @ Mar 17th 2008 10:34AM

best puzzle game? gotta be tetris.

SamsMans @ Mar 17th 2008 10:38AM

Probably Tetris

Or maybe Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
Played forever and never caught her :(

DiddlyKong @ Mar 17th 2008 10:39AM

Tetris is my life.

Brandisis @ Mar 17th 2008 10:42AM

Have to go with Tetris on this one.

Swampgirl Inez @ Mar 17th 2008 10:43AM

I remember playing "Memory" when it was very young. But I cut my "gaming teeth" on the now-defunct Tengen Tetris.

True story: my local rental place had this version and I checked it out several times. For years, I complained I couldn't find it and don't like playing other versions. Just found out last year while watching a documentary that the Tengen version was pulled for copyright and licensing issues. I miss the little dancing guys and cool music. :(

Clandaith @ Mar 17th 2008 10:44AM

Cathedral is the best puzzle game. Imagine a flat tetris game.

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/7

Cristian R @ Mar 17th 2008 10:46AM

Sudoku is probably my favorite puzzle. I'm a sucker for number puzzles.

Donald @ Mar 17th 2008 10:46AM

#5: Tetris 2.

Rockel @ Mar 17th 2008 10:50AM

Tetris!

eugaet @ Mar 17th 2008 10:53AM

Tetris, of course.

Justin @ Mar 17th 2008 10:54AM

Tetris has always rocked the Casbah for me!

Vincent @ Mar 17th 2008 10:57AM

I'm going have to say "Chip's Challenge"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip%27s_Challenge

God, I loved this game, even though I swear one level was impossible to beat. (I think my dad and I got up to 189 or something. It was rediculous).

And if you want to call the Myst games puzzle games....

I have to say the 2nd one was my favorite: Riven (since its the only I ever beat on my own.)