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Art Style: PiCOPiCT / PiCTOBiTS / PiCTOPiCT

blocks abound and some form a smiley face
Plays somewhat like It's Mr Pants, but with more direct management of your blocks. Another game themed around NES games.
Release Date: January 28, 2009
Developer: Skip Ltd.
Platforms: DS
The top screen is a platformer, the bottom screen is a match three puzzle. Doing well in each gives you energy for the other. There's a lot of epic British gentleman humor.
Release Date: March 17, 2009
Developer: EA Tiburon
Platforms: DS

Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure

top screen with henry action and bottom screen with puzzle

Gomibako / Trash Panic

image pending featuring King Pluto from Trioncube
A physics-based puzzle game about sorting trash and not letting it overflow. There are different scoring systems based on how environmentally friendly (or not) you are.
Release Date: March 19, 2009
Developer: Japan Studio
Platforms: PS3
DSiWare version of one puzzle minigame from Nonono Puzzle Chalien. Not sure if there’s much different here yet or not, but it’s interesting all the same.
Release Date: April 1, 2009
Developer: Zener Works
Platforms: DS

Spin Six / KuruKuru Action: KuruPachi 6

A flower named Polly among many silhouettes, saying This old world just keeps spinning and spinning!

Qruton / Numblast

Oh no! Sempai's... Sempai's turned into a monkey!
Number block rotating game of some sort. Senpai gets turned into a monkey that spits out eggs.
Release Date: June 18, 2009
Developer: Japan Studio
Platforms: PS3, PSP
Puyo in another new setting with new apple character. You'll switch to giant Puyos and tiny Puyos from time to time.
Release Date: July 30, 2009
Developer: Sonic Team, h.a.n.d.
Platforms: DS, PSP, Wii

Puyo Puyo 7

baby ringo ultimate attack

0-D Beat Drop

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I put this one on the list ages ago but I don’t remember much about it. I haven’t played it. It looks cool. Music game
Release Date: November 11, 2009
Developer: Cyclone Zero, JAMS SOFT
Platforms: Xbox 360
Less doomed version of Jewelry Master with a bit of dating sim flavor.
Release Date: December 26, 2009
Developer: Arika
Platforms: Xbox 360

Jewelry Master Twinkle

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Tetris Dekaris / Giant

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What if the blocks were really big, and you didn't have much space for them? And what if all the music was performed by an idol group formed expressly for this game?
Release Date: December 2009
Developer: Sega
Platforms: Arcade

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