Nikoli's Pencil Puzzle

aka: Sudoku to 3-Tsu no Puzzle: Nikoli no Puzzle Variety, Sudoku: The Puzzle Game Collection

Moby ID: 80598

Released

June 2, 2011 on Nintendo 3DS

Credits

28 people

Publishers

Hudson Soft Company, Ltd.

Developers

Natsume Co., Ltd.

Moby Score: n/a
Critics: 64% (2)
Collected By: 2 players

Genre: Puzzle
Perspective: Top-down
Misc: Licensed

ESRB Rating: Everyone

Business Model: Commercial
Media Type: Nintendo 3DS Game Card
Input Devices Supported/Optional: Stylus
Number of Offline Players: 1 Player

Description official description

'Nikoli's Pencil Puzzle' is a collection of 600 puzzles including Sudoku, Bridges, Boxes and Museum types.

Players mainly use the stylus to work out the several puzzles available or can even use the control pad to move the cursor and select the various numbers on screen (such as Sudoku). Other in-game controls include using the Circle Pad to scroll across the game board, Y to undo your last move and the Start button to bring up the Pause Menu filled with a variety of game options.

The game also utilises hints for players in case they get stuck, but these can only be obtained by spending Play Coins for each hint bought within the Pause Menu.

There are 3 save files to save in-game progress and also includes the option to save the current puzzle at any time.

Spellings

数独と3つのパズル~ニコリのパズルバラエティ~ - Japanese spelling

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Credits (Nintendo 3DS version)

28 People (24 developers, 4 thanks) · View all

Very Special Thanks to	Maki Kaji (The Godfather of Sudoku)
Senior Producer	Makoto Kawaguchi
Producer	Kazufumi Shimizu
Technical Supervisor	Hideki Sahashi
Sound Producer	Osamu Narita
Sound Director	Shohei Bando
Sound Designer	Shinya Watabe
Sound Programmer	Kota Yada
Director	Atsushi Ishizuka Shinta Takamura
3D Designer	Hidenori Kanbara Tooru Takahashi Daisaku Hashino Yusuke Hara Mitsuru Katsube
2D Designer	Hidenori Kanbara Satoko Takemoto
Programmer	Takashi Nagai Naoki Miyabe Takafumi Nakamoto Yasuhiro Yoshikawa Haruhiko Shimizu
Special Thanks	Toshifumi Onishi Tadashi Kamei
Debug	Ikuya Igarashi
[ full credits ]

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Critics

Average score: 64% (based on 2 ratings)

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MobyGames ID: 80598

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Game added by Éiregamer94.

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Game added September 23, 2016. Last modified January 25, 2025.