Wonder Connect - Jingle Bells is a free-to-play puzzle game from Xiuquanguoo. This sophisticated-looking block puzzle game features wood-themed pieces for a fun and seasonal matching experience. With over a hundred levels, different block patterns, and even more special effects to make the game more enjoyable, get ready for hours of fun.

As an app, Wonder Connect - Jingle Bells works well. It is optimized and runs with almost zero lags and virtually no game-crashing bugs. However, it also suffers from frequent and incessant ads, which are thankfully avoidable by playing the game offline, unlike Puzzle Idol or Christmas Match 3.

Match blocks and find combinations

At its core, Wonder Connect - Jingle Bells is different from a standard match 3 puzzle game. Here, you match pairs of similar icons. As you clear pairs of wooden cubes, spaces are made, allowing you to connect more blocks. You can’t connect blocks separated by another item in the middle. A fun part is its different designs and patterns: sports, playing cards, animals, and holiday icons.

Its visuals make it easy to mistake the game for something else. Unfortunately, it has no tutorial at the start, leaving you at the mercy of its 1:30 timer right off the start. However, once you get it, it becomes fun and intuitive. Aside from the time limit, the game actually has a slow difficulty progression. This makes it relaxing but can get dull for experienced players.

While too many ads have become an industry standard, this game takes a different approach. Unlike other games that put full screen ads between levels or rounds, this one shows ads before the round ends. This approach makes the ads both surprising and disruptive to the gameplay experience. These ads are too frequent too although it can give players a breather to know that the game can be played offline.

A fun game for the holidays

Although it is filled with annoying ads, Wonder Connect - Jingle Bells remains a fun and enjoyable experience because of a simple workaround that saves you a lot of time. Now, the game itself is fun and challenging, despite the lack of a tutorial at the start and the fixed time limit. There are a lot of gameplay possibilities made enjoyable by its wooden designs.