What is happening at N-Puzzle

Every genre now has a short explanation behind the info icon.

Updated sales figures, and 70 games have them for the first time. "Music on Nintendo Music" now also counts the original if a re-release has the same music. Plus some fixes based on your reports. Thanks!

Discord bot: /setup now lets the server choose which game to start with. More games can be added right after.

New categories: ESRB age rating, publisher, the studio's home country, add-on required and music on Nintendo Music. "Party" is now "Party & minigames", and dance games like Just Dance no longer count.

More than 3,300 games are new. Lots of game data was corrected too. Thanks for your reports!

The "On-Rail-Shooter" category is now called "On-Rails" and covers every game with a set path, with or without a gun. Fixed: games released for two platforms such as DS and 3DS now count for both. Thanks for your reports!

Twilight Princess now counts for "Has a remake", since the HD version adds new content like the Cave of Shadows and Hero Mode. Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! now counts as a Nintendo Switch Online game and can also be found as "Mr. Dream". Bionic Commando for the NES is new, and the Game Boy version now counts as its remake. Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, Pikmin Bloom and Pokémon Rumble Rush now count as first released in Australia, Pokémon Duel as first released in Japan. The Gargoyle’s Quest games now count for Ghosts ’n Goblins, since they are a spin-off of the series. The Ace Attorney games now only count for First-Person View, the two Investigations games for Top-Down View. Metal Max Returns is the remake of Metal Max and no longer has its own entry, so Metal Max now counts for "Has a remake" and "Virtual Console". Metal Max 2 also counts for "Has a remake" because of Metal Max 2: Reloaded. Assassin’s Creed II: Discovery now counts as a Platformer. More game data was fixed after your reports too. Thanks!

When "Cross-Platform" meets a combo like DS/3DS, a note in the input window explains what you need.

Unlimited Hard and ??? have "TGA Nominated" groups again, now as a Special.

Fixed: after the clock change, your streak broke even though you had played the day before. Affected streaks are restored once.

??? and Unlimited Hard are trickier: well-known games show up more often as decoys. The game you know no longer wins by default. Also fixed: after the clock change, your streak broke even though you had played the day before. Affected streaks are restored once.

Cloud backup now also works with Discord instead of Google. If you use both, you can link the accounts in the cloud backup area and keep one shared backup. With a Discord sign-in, the Discord bot is linked on every device right away, once you have tapped "Play now" in your server. Also fixed: on days with a community puzzle, points and Discord results were not always right.

N-Puzzle is now on seven channels: a daily post about the puzzles on Bluesky, Threads, Tumblr and Mastodon, plus videos on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok. All channels now sit as logos below the games, on the homepage and at the bottom of every page.

The daily puzzle and Unlimited Easy now only use genres with clear edges as groups, like Racing, Fighting or Rhythm. A wrong guess is calmer: the tiles shake briefly and the hint waits in its bar. Thanks for the feedback!

New: Nintendo Switch Sports Resort for Switch 2, now with scores. Nintendo Switch Sports now also counts for "In-Game Purchases or Paid DLC", Super Mario Bros. Wonder for "Has a remake". Shooter now has a hint explaining what counts, and the "In-Game Purchases or Paid DLC" hint explains the Switch 2 Editions. Also new: Boktai 3 (Shin Bokura no Taiyou: Gyakushuu no Sabata). The Trauma Center games now count as Visual Novel instead of Puzzle, and "Digital only" explains that Game-Key Cards count as physical. Cartoon Network now covers every game based on the channel’s own shows. Mario Golf for the Game Boy Color is new too. Avenging Spirit, Mole Mania and Revenge of the ’Gator now count as Nintendo Switch Online games, and more game data was fixed after your reports. Thanks!

Sales, rating and playtime groups are removed from Unlimited Hard and ??? due to balancing issues.

NintenDoku now has a dark mode. The moon switch sits in the top bar next to the language button.

ConnecTendo is now in open beta: everyone can play. I am happy to get your feedback via the feedback form or on Discord.

Dark mode is now available everywhere: in every game and on every page. The moon switch sits at the top next to the language button, and your choice applies to the whole site. Also, the green dot on the home page now shows when ??? mode is still open in ConnecTendo or Perfect Game.

Perfect Game has a new design and a dark mode. The moon switch sits in the top bar next to the language button.

The daily puzzle is easier. Unlimited now has a switch for Easy and Hard.

Fixed the explanation after a wrong answer: if a game does not match the genre, series, platform or developer, it now says what is missing.

Perfect Game can now be played with the keyboard alone: the number keys pick a card, the arrow keys move between cards and Enter goes to the next round.

New: the color wheel. Press and hold a tile (right-click on a computer) and tap a color segment to mark the tile in the color of a category. "Sort" above the board then puts each color in its own row. ConnecTendo can now also be played with the keyboard alone. I also tweaked the balance, so better-known games show up on the board. Hints now always give the most useful information, and "One away" is marked in gold on the board. The rewards have a new order.

After a puzzle, Play again and Overview flip in sooner. Donate, Discord and Feedback now flip along properly when switching between overview and game instead of sliding into view unflipped.

When the game needs more or less space, the buttons below it, the how-to and the rest of the page now glide smoothly into place instead of jumping.

In the stats, the "often first" badge now sits on the right of the "found" line and no longer drops to its own line on narrow phones.

In the profile, single years in the hardest finds now show as the year (e.g. 1994) instead of an internal ID.

The closed beta for the members of my Discord server begins. Dark mode testing starts today too.

N-Puzzle is now on Mastodon too: a NintenDoku post and a Perfect Game poll every day, with the answer the next day. For videos about the games, there is now also YouTube, Instagram and TikTok.

On your first visit, the how-to now appears after you confirm the storage notice instead of both at once. Below the game, the how-to now comes first and the news follow at the end.

New: 26 games that were only broadcast on the Satellaview, like BS The Legend of Zelda, and 62 pachinko and pachislot games for the Super Famicom. Plus Boogie, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon for WiiWare and the latest GBA additions to Nintendo Switch Online. Boxing games like Punch-Out!! now count as both Fighting and Sports, and the Last Bible games now belong to the Shin Megami Tensei franchise, plus fixes based on your reports. Baten Kaitos, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories and some Yu-Gi-Oh! and Pokémon card games now count as both Card Game and RPG, and Torna: The Golden Country as playable offline. Some franchises were merged (for example Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck under Looney Tunes), and 40 games that used to count as standalone now have their franchise, such as Fortune Street under Itadaki Street. The umbrella franchises DC Comics and Warner Bros. are gone, Batman, Superman and Justice League stay as their own franchises, and Beetlejuice now has its own. Thanks!

The "??? unlocked" window shows up again after you solve the daily. The downloadable result image is now sharper.

The collection reward window now opens without stuttering.

Over 470 new games, for example Wipeout 64, WinBack and more Virtual Boy games like Waterworld. Sports, racing, fighting, puzzle and pinball games without a story now count as Endless Game across the board, just like Mario Kart and Tetris. Puzzle games with a story like Puyo Puyo 7 no longer do, and the category hint now explains this in more detail. New in ??? mode: First Release Australia. Wrestling games now count as both Fighting and Sports across the board. "Has a Remake" is described more clearly. New versions that only add an easier mode or HD visuals no longer count, for example Tropical Freeze. Plus more accurate release dates and fixes based on your reports. Thanks!

Two new rating categories in ???: "Loved by Critics & Players" and "Disliked by Critics & Players". The collection sort menu now stays inside the window.

The same footer and back arrow in every game, a tidier game picker and an animated loading screen.

Faster loading, a new share image, new rewards in a new order and a short summary in the recap. The daily puzzle is better balanced, and ??? drops barely solvable fields. Google sync bug fixed. The Profile tab in the collection is clearer. Fixed a bug where the game search sometimes did not respond after loading. New Discord invite link and a nicer sort menu in the collection. After same-day updates the Discord bot shows the same points as the game again. ??? now shows up right after the Google sync instead of only after opening the end screen.

Fixed round order from easy to hard, an easier first round and faster loading.

The daily puzzle leans more on well-known games, the collection and its rewards have been reworked, the puzzle builder for streamers has a new look and a category search, and several bugs are fixed, including the points per field.

Discord bot with a new daily leaderboard for Perfect Game and more choice in the leaderboards. Plus more reliable reminders, Perfect Game can now be installed as an app, and several bugs are fixed.

In the NintenDoku Archive, genres and series are no longer wrongly marked as retired. In the recap, silver is reserved for second place again.

Discord bot: the daily leaderboard now lines up neatly from 4th place on. The bot page now shows how many results have been shared.

Over 110 new games, for example Bowser's Fury and New Super Luigi U. Turn-Based now includes board games like Mario Party, just as you voted on Discord. Plus clearer category names, exact release dates for over 80 games and fixes based on your reports. Thanks!

In the NintenDoku Archive, the calendar now runs from red to green to show the hardest and easiest days. Unchanged categories are no longer wrongly marked as adjusted. Share and Image have their icons back. Cult Classic and Critic Darling now show both scores and the required limits after you enter a game.

Discord bot: newly set up puzzle channels are read-only for members. With cloud backup, your latest Discord link now applies on all your devices. The notice about progress from another device no longer shows up for no reason.

Changed some design elements.

Games now rotate more evenly: the ones you saw recently come back much less often. This applies to the daily puzzle and to Unlimited.

Bug fixed: after reloading the page, games you had already entered could be entered a second time. Plus small improvements to Unlimited mode and the recap. Thanks for the report!

Big database expansion: over 1,300 new games since mid-September, for example Klonoa: Empire of Dreams and NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams. Plus scores and playtimes for about 150 games and lots of fixes based on your reports. Thanks!

The cloud backup with Google now carries your progress between phone and computer more reliably. When new progress arrives, a notice lets you refresh.

Puzzles switch up their categories much more often again. ??? mode drops a few categories that were too easy or nearly impossible. Plus small improvements to the search and after finishing a puzzle.

New: the NintenDoku Archive. It shows the categories and results of every past day. Also, ??? mode got a little trickier.

New page News and roadmap: recent changes, planned features and a vote on what comes next.

Game data fixed based on your reports. Red Steel 2 and Doki Doki Panic are new. Thanks!

N-Puzzle is now on Bluesky, Threads and Tumblr: a post about the new NintenDoku and Perfect Game puzzles every day.

Categories based on Metacritic scores now only appear in ??? mode. In the regular puzzle they were hard to solve without looking things up. Thanks for the feedback!

Official launch of the Discord bot: NintenDoku and Perfect Game every day in your own server, with results, leaderboards, recaps and reminders.

A new design for the start screen, a new collection reward (the three most named games in every category) and a daily puzzle that leans more on well-known games. Lesser-known titles still count.

The big database expansion begins: whole series such as Puyo Puyo, Crash Bandicoot and the Final Fantasy spin-offs are added.

Full release of Perfect Game: three rounds every day about which Nintendo game sold better, is more popular or was rated higher.

New recap in NintenDoku and Perfect Game: the community results of the previous day, compared with your own result.

Bug fixed: connection problems could show a different puzzle, now a notice lets you try again. Also, the order of search suggestions no longer gives away when a game was added.

New page Perfect Game in Numbers with how often players pick right. The collection now only counts games that can win a round, making it about a third smaller.

Perfect Game now shows three cards per round instead of six.

New page NintenDoku in Numbers: solve rates, score distribution and how often everyone lands on the same title.

“Paid DLC” is now called “In-Game Purchases” and covers every real-money offer. Games missing the data for a cell are marked in the search and no longer cost an attempt.

New pages About N-Puzzle and Contact, plus detailed guides below NintenDoku and Perfect Game.

Perfect Game launches as an alpha.

“More puzzles” now lets you switch directly between the games.

New categories in ??? mode: critics and players agree or disagree.

Unlimited mode with Easy and Hard. Also, the daily puzzle is now the same worldwide and starts every day at 6 am German time.

Games released in several versions, such as Pokémon Red and Blue or Fire Emblem Fates, now count as a single game.

NintenDoku launches with 600 games: a new grid every day, to be filled with matching Nintendo games.

n-puzzle.com goes online.