According to Nintendo, there are six categories of 'puzzler', including those who act on intuition and those who prefer to think things through in detail.
Starter-finishers who like to get through a problem in one sitting contrast with 'dippers' who might take hours or even days to find a solution, in short bursts of activity.
But it is the third pair of categories - social and secret puzzlers - where wireless communications could play the greatest role.
Secret puzzlers may want to switch off the external connectivity of a device such as the Nintendo DS, as they reportedly do not want others to know what they are working on.
Meanwhile, social puzzlers could benefit from multiplayer logic-solving, rather than crowding over a newspaper crossword, as they prefer to get help from others.
Puzzling could literally be given a new dimension with the release of the Nintendo 3DS, which offers a three-dimensional experience without the need for gaming glasses.
