Saying that there's an overabundance of puzzle games on the DS would be an understatement, but as is the usual case with Nintendo platforms, many of them are ports or remakes, barely scratching the surface of what the handheld has to offer. Built from the ground up for the DS's touch screen, Puchi Puchi Virus is an incredibly zany and entertaining puzzler. However, while the mechanics of the puzzles aren't worth ignoring, the actual accolades should go to the writers and localization team, not the designers.

The Puchi Puchi Virus has turned all of the world's humans into monsters and it's up to the player to turn them back. Instead of simply giving players a level, the game is separated into patients, each of which has a goal to complete. The objectives are usually nothing more than achieving a certain point value, but does a lot to break the game away from more traditional puzzle titles. Also on its side is the lack of falling block or switching gems, meaning that, out of the box, Puchi Puchi Virus should be worth paying attention to for anyone tired of Tetris and Bejeweled clones.