The Sudoku
the sudoku
Sudoku On The Go
Sudoku puzzles are proving to be highly addictive games requiring the most basic of skills: logic. People of all ages, sizes, gender, color, and shapes are finding the puzzles to be challenging and mentally stimulating. As proof, books, magazines, newspapers, and other printed materials featuring sudoku puzzles enjoy steady sales. The popularity of the game continues to push for new frontiers while expanding the puzzles’ market.
Speaking of new frontiers, Nintendo is releasing its new offering for Nintendo DS. Primarily targeting the gamers’ market and traveling enthusiasts, Nintendo launches Sudoku Gridmaster today, June 26th. In lieu of its launch, Nintendo tries to sustain the popularity of sudoku puzzles by declaring the summer of 2006 as the “summer of sudoku”.
Busy summer and holiday travel season is the inspiration behind the creation of Sudoku Gridmaster. Stocking up on puzzles, crosswords, and other printed games seems to be traditional occupation before getting in long car trips and flights. True enough, these games keep children from being bored and fussy, and adults from being cranky. The games also ease the monotony of idyllic summer and holiday weather. Sudoku puzzles continue to be popular choices among the many games. But concentrating on the puzzles as well as filling out the blank cells, prove to be a challenging process when done in a moving vehicle.
Sudoku Gridmaster, exclusively distributed by Nintendo DS, intends to relieve travelers and vacationers alike of this difficulty. The compact size of Nintendo DS allows ease of travel and portability as it fits perfectly in bags. It is also very light which makes it ideal for plane trips and lounging in the beach. Aside from these factors, the Sudoku Gridmaster includes 400 puzzle games plus the option to save game progress per level. Players are also able to customize the level of difficulty of the sudoku puzzles. In effect, children and adults can share and have their fill of sudoku by just altering the settings of the game. This eliminates the need to buy and bring separate puzzle books for kids and adults. Even children who do not like to play sudoku are lured by the brighter and newer Nintendo DS.
The touch-screen option of Nintendo DS also allows gamers to write, alter, and save answers. No more messing around with pencils and eraser for sudoku puzzles enthusiasts. Indeed, Sudoku Gridmaster proves to be a worthy counterpart to the traditional puzzles. It is also a great way to involve new audiences like hard core gamers or hesitant non-gamers in mental exercises and video games. Through the use of technology, the influence of sudoku is now reaching a wider market and audience. Still, conservative sudoku players are able to experience the game the way it is meant to be.
Sudoku Gridmaster allows four difficulty levels ranging from novices to expert and advanced players. Like the traditional sudoku puzzles, Sudoku Gridmaster uses logic and cognitive skill to successfully fill all grids with numbers. Nintendo also adds a touch of modern gaming to the classic game. By just touching a grid or box, players are able to highlight entire rows or columns. Aside from this, players are able to save a current game for future use.
As one of Nintendo’s cutting edge Touch Generations line, Sudoku Gridmaster successfully incorporates technology with tradition in enhancing sudoku puzzles experience. In addition, attractions of a modern gaming device and a traditional puzzle draw attention and interest from otherwise greatly varying groups. In conclusion, Sudoku Gridmaster benefit not only travelers but gamers and enthusiasts of sudoku puzzles as well.
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How does one go about solving a Sudoku cube?
I can’t seem to get it. And I can’t find anything to help me get it. It’s like a rubiks cube but it has the sudoku numbers instead.
WARNING
this guide only works if your cube has ALL centers as 5′s. Sorry for lengthy guide if this is not your case, I have warned you.
Hmm, if you know the process of solving a regular cube using the layer-by-layer method.
I used to own a sudoku cube, and it really wasn’t sudoku where you had to avoid every line, just get 1 of each number on each side, (which I thought sorta ruined the point) but it had a 5 on each center so it would have been impossible…
Now, for the first side, remember the even numbers, 2-4-8-6, find those EDGE PIECES (have 2 numbers on them) and position them on the top side so that they run counter clock wise. Make sure you have those pieces that also have another 2 on them. Now, fill in your corner piece, so the ones you need to find are….
1-1-3
3-3-1
5-3-1
7-3-1
Remember, as these are from memory, I’m only 25% sure these are the right numbers. Insert them appropriatly so that the face should roughly look like
3_2_1
1 l 1-2-3 l
2 l 6-5-4 l
3 l 7-8-9 l or something along these lines.
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Now, middle layer, this will put the center thats in front of you either to the middle layer left or right the algorithm is….
(right)
D’- R’- D- R-D-F-D’-F’
or
(left)
D-L-D’-L’- D’-F’-D-F
I’m realizing I’m running out of time, if you have it correct, it should say
1-2-3 1-2-3
4-5-6 4-5-6
For two sides of the first two layers. Now, the rest is simply up to you and your will.
http://peter.stillhq.com/jasmine/rubikscubesolution.html
The rest is simply orientation and permutation, flip the cube so the ones that you have finished are on the bottom, and follow the direction. Use common sense.
Edit- Alittle more time
ok, orientation means (are the right numbers on top?) and permutations means (is it in the correct spot relative to the puzzle?)
Now, because you have already done the F2L (first two layers), you should know that each side already has the number 1,2,3,4,5, and 6 other than the top side (or the bottom side if you haven’t flipped the cube yet, shame on you! lol )
Now, just orient them using the codes given to you on the site I gave you. I know it will be difficult to understand, but it is all I can do for you until I establish my website.
And just do permutation, which will be less hard to understand, but will still be pretty hard. Website too.
Will update more on my website, I’m glad you asked this question, allowed me to make a guide lol
http://z15.invisionfree.com/dv297/index.php?act=Post&CODE=00&f=1
