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5 Rating: 5, Useful: 40 / 42
Date: August 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Sudoku title for the Nintendo DS. I've owned a couple of the other games available for the DS and this one is simply the best and easiest to use. My major complaint about other versions was having to use the control pad to get to the box you wanted to place a number in. In the Ultimate Puzzle Games edition, you tap the number and just tap the boxes you want that number to be placed in...simple. You truly get the feel of the game as if you were playing on paper with a pencil.

Speaking of pencils...you can make pencil marks, erase, or undo the last move made. There is also a set time to beat but it does not end the game should you go over the time limit, it's just a goal. A graph up top keeps track of how many times each number is used and in a way can guide you as to which number to try and fill in first.

I've only played on the easy setting so far to get the hang of the game play itself. I would rate easy as and equivalent of medium in the puzzle books. I don't think there is the fear of running out of games as it's supposed to generate new ones automatically.

I haven't tried any of the other grids available as I just love the original premise of the game. I bought this game two weeks ago and haven't stopped playing it since...a great addition to your game library :-)

Kewl Sudoku Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 16
Date: January 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Good interface for entering your numbers and allowing you to make notes for possible solutions. If you like Sudoku and have a DS then this is a good value for what you get. Unlimited games too. It generates new grids. Brain Age's Sudoku doesn't have that. Enjoy.

Very Good Sudoku game for DS

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 11 / 11
Date: April 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User

My wife and I have been playing the Ultimate Puzzle Games Sudoku game for the DS for a few months now. We both like to play at the Hard difficulty setting. At the Extreme difficulty setting, I can't solve some of the puzzles logically, even though I've scoured the Internet for sudoku tips. After several bad experiences, I'm inclined to think that at least some of these Extreme puzzles aren't really fair, in the sense that they don't have solutions that can be found without guessing.
What makes this game so much more fun than the sudoku in Brain Age 2 is 1) you don't have to run a gauntlet of annoying nonsense to get started with the sudoku game, 2) you can very quickly enter small numbers into a bunch of boxes by simply tapping each box in succession (once you've touched the two appropriate keys to the left of the screen) and 3) you can just as easily remove small numbers from a bunch of boxes by tapping each one (once you've touched the three appropriate keys to the left of the screen). Since you're going to need to use small numbers to solve puzzles at the Hard level, having an efficient method for adding and removing these numbers makes the game more enjoyable.
My main reservation about this game is that, as mentioned above, at least some of the Extreme puzzles seem to be impossible to solve logically. I wish I knew more about sudoku puzzle design, but it seems to me that a good sudoku puzzle must be a product of a human mind, rather than something generated by a computer. Since these puzzles are supposedly generated randomly by the software, that may account for the appearance of unsolvable puzzles at the Extreme setting.
Addendum:
After writing this review, I've learned a little more about solving Extreme puzzles. For one thing, I've found that even my local newspaper prints some level 4 puzzles that cannot be solved using the techniques I learned on-line. The newspaper provides a link to a web site, www.sudoku.org.uk, which explains most of the techniques that I previously learned, and - when these techniques don't work - actually recommends guessing to solve more difficult puzzles! I didn't know that it was OK to guess.
If it's OK to guess on more difficult puzzles, I should raise my rating for this Ultimate Puzzle Games Sudoku game to 5 stars, since it makes it easy to solve puzzles by guessing. At the Extreme setting (the only setting where guessing should be necessary), when I reach an impasse after using all the logical tricks I know to solve a puzzle, I just select a square that has only 2 small numbers in it. It should be a square where guessing will lead to changes in other squares. I write the square's address (e.g. row 2, column 3) on a piece of paper, together with the 2 available small numbers. Then I arbitrarily guess and circle the choice I made on my piece of paper. I can then move along through the puzzle until I reach a contradiction, telling me that I guessed wrong. At that point, I repeatedly touch the Undo button on the left margin of the sudoku screen until I get back to where I was when I guessed. Now I can guess the other available small number, and the puzzle should soon be solved. However, even though it's possible to solve puzzles by guessing, I don't think it's fun to play that way, so I'm sticking to the Hard difficulty setting with this game.
Incidentally, another nice feature of this game is that it allows you to enter a sudoku game you might find in a book or newspaper and solve it using the DS machine, which is easier than writing and erasing small numbers on paper.

Lots of Sudoku Games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: March 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User

If you love Sudoku you will love this game. I'm hooked. I love the touch screen and other user friendly features of this game.

Great Sudoku Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This Sudoku game is one of the best I've seen. I Sudoku on-line and in books that I've purchased and also a handheld version and I also have a version on my PC and this is really a good one. You can put the little pencil notations with ease and erase with ease. I also love that if you really get stuck that you can cheat and hit the "?" button and go to a square and it will solve just that square for you. I use it on some of the medium ones. I haven't tried the difficult level yet. Another good feature is that you can enter any puzzle from anywhere and solve it on the DS. I recommend this game to anyone who loves Sudoku.

puzzle lovers

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 30, 2008
Author: Amazon User

If you like or even love suduko I want you to know this is a good game because it gives many levels and changes patterns. I love the fact that you get to chose from tapping or writing out the numbers. I have only had it a couple of days and am trying to get use to that but I will. My disability makes me a little slow on remembering things. but it is cool because you don't have to deal with a character like in brain age.

Puzzle Games/Sudoku

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I really like my sudoku game. I played all the sudoku games on my brain age, so this game filled the bill just right. I am mastering the easy level and will soon be moving on to the next level. It was a good choice

love it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I am addicted to this game; I love how you never run out of games to play. A definite buy if you love or want to learn Sudoku!!

The best for Sudoku in your pocket

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I agree with all the good things that have already been written about this game. It has the best interface. Everything feels natural and well thought out. If you like Sudoku and want something that you can carry around in your pocket or purse then get this one. You won't regret it.

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