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Don't Waste Your Money!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 16 / 16
Date: May 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Couldn't wait to get this, but right off the bat was extremely unsatisfied with it. The worst 2 features of the game are: 1)The game doesn't allow you to write little notations to yourself - a must in more difficult sudoku puzzles! 2) The game immediately lets you know if you've placed a wrong number & there's no way to turn this off.

Do not buy this bad game!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 14 / 14
Date: May 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I agree with the other current reviewer. I really was hoping this would be a good Sudoku game, but not being able to put in small numerical notations is just unbelievable. Plus the user interface in not that great either. The people that programmed this should be ashamed of creating this bad game. I am really sorry I bought this! I should have waited for reviews, but was hoping for better. Brain Age Sudoku still beats the pants off of every other such game for the DS so far. That is sad! :(

Unbelievable

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 15 / 15
Date: May 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Sudoku is one of the simplest games ever, and the DS is the perfect electronic platform for it because of its pen input. So why is impossible for these games companies to come up with a Sudoku game that is actually playable? Brain Age is the only one that gets it right (but sadly it only has a limited number of puzzles).

The advertising for "Sudokuro" states it has text recognition, and based on that I pre-ordered hoping it would be close to Brain Age in format, but it is not. It does let you write the number you want, but you have to use clunky arrow cursors to move around the board which is displayed on the upper (non-touch) screen. It seems like a no-brainer to me to put the board on the touch screen so you can just tap the square you want, but nope, not here. (Why they even bothered to put text recognition in Sudokuro is a mystery, because it's much simpler to just tap the number. I guess they wanted to pad their features list to fool people like me into buying this game.)

Sudokuro is a complete waste of time and money, you're better off buying a Sudoku book and using a pen.

This Kakuro has multiple solutions which should never happen!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: June 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Any good Kakuro game has only 1 unique solution. I've tried several in the easy section that have multiple solutions. Why would the game developer not understand the first and most important rule in Sudoku and Kakuro? Had I known this before I bought it - I would have saved my money. I'd give it 0 stars if there was that option!

Very Disappointing

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: May 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I pre-purchased this game after going through all the Sudoku in Brain Age. This couldn't be farther from the quality and playability of Brain Age if it tried. The game doesn't allow for guesses in the square and you can't see the numbers unless you have VERY good eyesight and it just isn't fun to play. If you liked the Sudoku in Brain Age, you will be very disappointed.

Disappointing

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

As other reviewers have noted, this is a very disappointing version of Sudoku. In addition to their complaints, I would state that I get the same board offered multiple times (both Sudoku and Kakuro). I don't know if this is because I haven't met some minimum time? Speed is inhibited by the navigation of the game (at least it does let you wrap around from the top of the screen to the bottom, etc.).
One thing I do like about the game is that, being new to Kakuro and not very quick with math, the game tells you when your math does not add up. When I get more proficient with Kakuro, this may become a "leave me alone, darnit" feature, as it is currently on the Sudoku side of the game.
Brain Age's version is soooo much better - can't those folks just put out an independent Sudoku?

do not waste your money on this game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

it is the most boring, non-user friendly game i have ever played! Don't waste your money

The Kakuro breaks all the rules

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I purchased this game for the Kakuro part, since there are several other available Sudoku games. The puzzles don't follow the rules of Kakuro, so it's virtually unplayable. There should never be a point where you can only get the answer by sheer guessing; you should always be able to work out the number given all of the other clues. You might have to temporarily guess but by following that path you should be able to verify or disprove your guess.

The interface is, um, unique, but it is useable. I wouldn't have given it one star for that. It lets you operate with the buttons rather than the stylus and it takes a bit of getting used to.

Could have been better

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: June 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This could have been a great game for Kakuro alone. Unfortunately the interface isn't very good. It doesn't allow you to place potential answers in the blocks and that is essential for any Kakuro puzzle to solve. Try Brain Buster Puzzle Pak for the DS or import a Kakuro game [..] for a better game experience.

Very disappointed!!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: July 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I don't want to repeat what the other reviewers said, but they are absolutely right. I was really disappointed in this game and, like the others, wish that I had waited for the reviews.

Why any of these developers can't come up with a Sudoko and/or a Kakuro game with a similar interface to Brain Age is beyond me.

The worst part is that the game board is on the non-touch screen and moving around is extremely cumbersome. Whoops!! I'm repeating what the other reviews said -- sorry!!

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