Meteos

Lumines developer Q Entertainment drops another stellar puzzler - this time for the DS.

If you didn't get your fill of brightly colored falling blocks with Lumines, here comes another puzzle game that plays like Lumines on speed. It's brilliantly, addictively simple: use the stylus to pick up and move colored blocks vertically; line up at least three in a row to fuse the blocks, which ignites a rocket and propels the entire stack into the atmosphere. The soundtrack is fast and perhaps a little too heavy on the sound effects, but it adds to the breathless pace.

The best aspect of the game might be the way that satisfying play experiences come in bite-sized pieces. Playing through the story mode takes just fifteen minutes and leaves you with a sense of accomplishment...as well as some unlocked items and blocks (the "meteos" of the title) that will deepen your game the next time you play. Versus matches of up to four players are insanely competitive.

Meteos is a bit tough at first, but once you get the hang of it, it's hard to put it down. That's a good thing.

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