Polarium is a simple, stylish puzzle game designed to be played entirely with the Nintendo DS touch screen and a stylus. Use the stylus to draw a stroke, flipping black and white tiles to change and match their color. Three game modes and scores of puzzles will put your puzzle-solving abilities and stylus skills to the test. Challenge a friend to a duel over a wireless connection.
When you think of puzzle games, chances are you envision a "falling block" style game in the vein of Tetris. Given the countless variants on the Russian masterpiece's formula, though, it's understandable why you would narrow then genre down to that particular gameplay style. Polarium, however, doesn't fit into that mold. Instead of testing your reflexes and ability to sort different colored/shaped objects, it tests your ability to analyze a puzzle and determine its solution. Read More »
Handheld systems are great for playing puzzle games on, and when you have a portable device with a unique feature like a touch screen, it's only a matter of before a puzzle game comes along that takes advantage of it. For Nintendo's DS, that game is Polarium. Read More »
Also known as: One-Line Puzzle, Hito Fude, Chokkan Hito Fude
Release Region: Japan
Release Date: December 2, 2004
Publisher: Nintendo
Also available on: Game Boy Advance
8 MB + 8KB EEPROM
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