Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box

I love the effort the folks at Level-5 put in just to make sure that you can't pigeonhole the Professor Layton series as your typical puzzle games.

Take Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, for instance. Work your way through the puzzles and you'll know the game has enough brainteasers to occupy the curious-minded. Experience how the story unfolds and you'll appreciate how the game's role-playing elements bring its "detective mystery" conceit to life. Behold the game's animated cutscenes and musical score and you'll be amazed by the sheer quality of what is for all intents and purposes an anime befitting the Nintendo DS's (small) screen. Play the game from start to finish and, like its predecessor, it'll be impossible not to acknowledge that what you hold in your hands is a video game done right.

You'll come for the puzzles. You'll stay for the story. And you will have a smile on your face long after the credits roll -- just long enough before you start raring for more.