Rubik's World (Nintendo DS, 2008)

I’ve always had an interest in learning how it is that peope solve a rubik’s cube. Thanks this game and YouTube, I can at least solve a 2x2 and 3x3 cube.. well.. as long as I have my algorithm sheet. This N.DS title provides a little more than just a rubik’s cube to play with; it also has a few other toys and puzzles to work out for the Cubies’ contentment. By the way, a single Cubie is 1 of 26 on a 3x3 cube.. or 1 of 8 on a 2x2 cube.

Fit: “The goal in this game is to fit a group of safely through a series of walls before time runs out.” [4/5]

Create: “Show Cubies how things look in the real world.” [minor 2/5]

Color: “Help the Cubies reach each of the exit points in a level by coloring them and sending them off in the right direction.” [5/5]

Roll: Like the Color section of puzzles, this is a “help the Cubies reach each of the exit points”, but no colors are involved in this area, so the Cubies don’t get stuck together as is possible in Color. [5/5]

Switch: “Make combinations of five or more Cubies to set them free.” This is a combination of logic and speed. [4/5]

Compose: “Teach Cubies what music sounds like.” [minor 2/5]

Calculate: “Each turn, two math problems will be presented. The first represents the horizontal coordinate and the second the vertical.” With each set of problems, a little more of a picture is drawn. [3/5]

Rubik’s Cube: This is the “grand-daddy” of the game, the cube is the Cubies’ favorite game. In this section of the game: (1) You can go to learn how to solve a 3x3 cube. The game has a set of steps for you to follow, but I had problems following through them and they didn’t feel quite complete enough for me. (2) You can solve three sizes of cubes: 2x2, 3x3, 4x4. (3) You can also start with a solved cube and make rotations to match the “top face” to a given design. -- Note on 2 and 3: The interface for dealing with the cube and viewing the cube is ok, but takes some time to get used to. [3/5]

Multiplayer: Single-card with 3 games: (1) Switch, (2) Rubik’s Cube, and (3) Fit. [4/5]

Missing option in all parts of the game: Not using the stylus/touchscreen. All control in this game is done by touchscreen, so you can not use the direction pad or buttons in any way except “Start” for getting out of some of the areas.

In total, I found “Rubik’s World” to be an interesting set of different puzzle games. It spurred me enough to actually figure out how those “brilliant” people solve the hellish toy that frustrated me to no end as a kid. It was easily worth the $12 that I spent for it, but I probably wouldn’t spend more than $18. [4/5]

Super game, much better that th Wii version, more levels and puzzels and graphics. Son loves it. Rated E - no violence.

I went and won this game fron ebay. I played it a few times and mind you i ama 40 year old lady and was not really into the game that much. My daughter who is 17 enjoyed playing the game and every chance she got she played it. So i guess for the younger generation it is a really good game just for the older generation it was not to interesting . well for me anyways...

Hard to play, just plain dumb. hard to control, very confusing, none of the tips help. only make it harder,,, Suck big time,, thought it might be a cool puzzle game,, turns out i was wrong,,, only 11 bucks wrong, but wrong just the same..