Talk:Nikoli (publisher)

List

This is a list of major puzzles published by Nikoli. Terms in parentheses are published English titles for the various puzzle types.

• Bag バッグ
• Connect the dots 点つなぎ (dot to dots)
• Country Road カントリーロード
• Crossword クロスワードパズル
  • Cipher crossword ナンクロ
• Divide by Squares 四角に切れ (Square Cutting)
• Edel エデル (Paint by Numbers, Nonogram, Griddler)

Moderately difficult Fillomino puzzle
© 2005 Adam R. Wood, licensed under GFDL

• Fillomino フィルオミノ (Allied Occupation)
• Kakro カックロ (Cross Sums)
• Gokigen Naname ごきげんななめ
• Goishi Hiroi 碁石ひろい (Go Stones)
• Hashiwokakero 橋をかけろ (Bridges)
• Heyawake へやわけ
• Hitori ひとりにしてくれ
• Hotaru Beam ホタルビーム
• Inshi no heya 因子の部屋
• Keisuke ケイスケ
• Kin-Kon-Kan キンコンカン
• Light Up 美術館
• LITS
• Masyu ましゅ
• Maze 迷路
  • Picture maze 浮き出し迷路
• Mochikoro モチコロ
• Number Link ナンバーリンク
• Nurikabe ぬりかべ (Cell Structure)
• Reflect Link リフレクトリンク
• Ripple Effect 波及効果
• Slither Link スリザーリンク (Fences, Loop the Loop)
• Stained Glass ステンドグラス

A Sudoku puzzle (image hyperlinked to solution)

• Sudoku 数独 (Number Place, Nine Numbers)
• Tatamibari タタミバリ
• Tatebo-Yokobo タテボーヨコボー
• Tentai Show 天体ショー
• Tile Paint タイルペイント
• Verbal arithmetic ふくめん算 (Alphametics, Cryptarithm)
• Where is Black Cells 黒マスはどこだ
• Word search シークワーズ (Word seek)
• Yajilin ヤジリン (Arrow Ring)
• Yajisan-Kazusan やじさんかずさん

References

• Nikoli's list of their puzzles (Japanese)

ja:パズル通信ニコリのパズル一覧

• http://www.nikoli.co.jp/puzzles/index-e.htm (NIKOLI ENGLISH SITE)

• http://www.janko.at/Raetsel/Fillomino/002.a.htm German Site play these games online

• http://www.saidwhat.co.uk/puzzleclub/fillomino.php British site play these games online (membership required)

Friends of Sudoku

A Nikoli ( http://www.nikoli.jp ) Puzzle Collection game for GBA featuring all their non-word puzzles, including:

• Divide by Box
• Fillomino
• Hashiwokakero
• Heyawake
• Hitori
• Kakuro
• Masyu
• Number Link
• Nurikabe
• Light Up
• Ripple Effect
• Slither Link
• Sudoku
• Where is Black Cells
• Edel (AKA Picross)
• Javanoid
• All the language independent ones on their Japanese site which strangely haven't been put on the English site.

Merge from "List of Nikoli puzzle types"

the page List of Nikoli puzzle types does not seem like it will ever meet WP:N, as most of it is on the main page here, and the rest seems to be on this talk page, I see no reason for a stand alone list. JeepdaySock (AKA, Jeepday) 15:29, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Mochikoro

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Distinguishing between game titles by Nikoli and the rest

For example, the line:

• Sudoku 数独 (Number Place, Nine Numbers)

is confusing because it lacks explanation. What I think is really going on here is that 数独 is the game title by Nikoli, Sudoku is the romanization of it, and Number Place and Nine Numbers are other names for the same game play. In Japan, Number Place is the generic term and Sudoku is the trademarked term. Because of this, I believe Nikoli never published Sudoku under the title Number Place. In other countries, perhaps Number Place is the trademarked term while Sudoku is the generic term. I do not know as of now. --JBrown23 (talk) 13:00, 25 September 2012 (UTC)