3DS Critic Reviews

Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move is a great game and excels in providing challenging and enjoyable puzzles

Characters aside, Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move is a very fun game, with a frantic pace and several deviations on the main puzzle type that serve to give you a pretty full package.

It can be as simple or as mind-bending as you want it to be; either way, you'll be satisfied for many hours on end...Plus, you've got to admit that the Minis are adorable. Creepy and possibly murderous, but adorable all the same.

The challenge level is spot-on and the individual stages are cleverly built. These are the hallmarks of great puzzle game design, and Minis on the Move demonstrates them handily.

I'll understand if you don't have a 3DS or if puzzle games aren't for you, but anyone with a classic sense of play can't deny the appeal of a brain-teaser. With so much content and puzzles that grow deeper and more complicated as you play, you need to get a move on and play Minis on the Move.

It's the fifth entry in this saga, but it still manages to be fresh and innovative. One of the best games available on the 3DS eShop.

Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move is a great addition to the series. The fact that it’s different than the usual side-scrolling games of the series is a plus as it keeps things fresh, and the level editor gives you the creativity to make your own levels if you get tired of the one-hundred eighty plus levels the game already offers.

Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move is a fun, frantic puzzle game that I really enjoyed.

Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move is a fresh take on a series that seemed routed in a certain style of design.

It’s not the system’s best puzzle game — that’s still probably Crashmo — but it is its most varied.