Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir (Nintendo DS)

Players can access the hidden pictures puzzles from either the Single or Multiplayer mode. In the more robust Single player mode, you can work through the puzzles as part of a mystery story or approach them randomly. In the story mode, you investigate people who knew the missing millionaire and scrutinize their environments for missing objects. The top screen will provide you a list of objects to find, while the bottom screen contains the picture which you study to locate and then tap on the missing objects so as to cross them off the list. Some of the clues can be tricky – when told to find "pepper," is it the spice or the veggie?

Even with this crime-solving disconnect, the game sustains your interest with many extras that add pizzazz. Ambient music accompanies the puzzles and appropriately sets a tone for the scene you are studying. High resolution graphics appear so it is easy to study the details. Plus the I Spy-type puzzles vary by adding gadgets and gimmicks. For example, sometimes your stylus turns into an X-ray machine allowing you to see inside another object. At other times, you must blow on the DS microphone to make something blocking your view move away. There are even mini-puzzles including jigsaws and find-the-differences.