I have to be honest to you. I used to have a Neopets account. My nephews and nieces forced me to do so. But when Neopets went to the PSP and PS2 I did get copies of the game and gave it away to my Neopets influencers. They were adventure games that my nieces and nephews have already forgetten to this day.

Then Capcom was licensed to make a Neopets game for the Wii. But instead of making it an adventure game like the previous ones, they settled for a puzzle game. Thus Neopets Puzzle Adventure is born. The gameplay is a variation of Othello, or as most people know it as Reversi. Players would take turns and try to get the most space as possible.

What I don’t like about the game is its graphics. Though it’s style is taken straight out of the Neopets web site, there’s much improvement needed in the animation department. You could detect missing frames even in simple flip animations.

It would also be frustrating to play against the computer, even in the early parts of the game. The opponent AI is simply relentless and would show no mercy in beating you. Don’t look for a difficulty setting either, there’s none. My niece had a losing streak for the longest time until she got lucky and beat the computer at last.

Hardcore Neopets players would want this game for the ingame code for their internet account but other than that I don’t think I’ll recommend it, not even for casual players.