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{{Nihongo|lead=yes|Nikoli Co., Ltd.|株式会社ニコリ|Kabushiki-gaisha|Nikori}} is a Japanese publisher that specializes in games and, especially, logic puzzles. Nikoli is also the nickname of a quarterly magazine (whose full name is Puzzle Communication Nikoli) issued by the company in Tokyo.[1] Nikoli was established in 1980[1] and became prominent worldwide with the popularity of Sudoku.The name "Nikoli" comes from the racehorse who won the Irish 2,000 Guineas in 1980; the president of Nikoli, Maki Kaji, is fond of horseracing and betting.{{cn|date=April 2008}} Nikoli's claim to fame is its vast library of "culture independent" puzzles. An example of a language/culture-dependent genre of puzzle would be the crossword, which relies on a specific language and alphabet. For this reason Nikoli's puzzles are often purely logical, and often numerical. Nikoli's Sudoku, the most popular logic problem in Japan,[2] was popularized in the English-speaking world in 2005, though that game has a history stretching back hundreds of years and across the globe.[3] The magazine has invented several new genres of puzzles, and introduced several new games to Japan. Nikoli puzzles Some of the popular Nikoli puzzles,{{fact|date=January 2011}} along with their Japanese names; terms in parentheses are published English titles for the same puzzles. - {{nihongo4|Bag|バッグ|baggu}} (Corral)
- {{nihongo4|Connect the dots|点つなぎ|ten tsunagi}} (dot to dots)
- {{nihongo4|Country Road|カントリーロード|kantorī rōdo}}
- {{nihongo4|Crossword|クロスワードパズル|kurosuwādo pazuru}}
- {{nihongo4|Cipher crossword|ナンクロ|nankuro}}
- {{nihongo4|Edel|エデル|ederu}} (Paint by Numbers, Nonogram, Griddler)
- {{nihongo4|Fillomino|フィルオミノ|firuomino}} (Allied Occupation)
- {{nihongo4|Gokigen Naname|ごきげんななめ|gokigen naname}} (Slant)
- {{nihongo4|Goishi Hiroi|碁石ひろい|goishi hiroi}} (Go Stones)
- {{nihongo4|Hashiwokakero|橋をかけろ|hashi o kakero}} (Bridges)
- {{nihongo4|Heyawake|へやわけ|heyawake}}
- {{nihongo4|Hitori|ひとりにしてくれ|hitori ni shitekure}}
- {{nihongo4|Hotaru Beam|ホタルビーム|hotaru bīmu}}
- {{nihongo4|Inshi no heya|因子の部屋|inshi no heya}}
- {{nihongo4|Kakuro|カックロ|kakkuro}} (Cross Sums, Kakro)
- {{nihongo4|Keisuke|ケイスケ|keisuke}}
- {{nihongo4|Kin-Kon-Kan|キンコンカン|kinkonkan}}
- {{nihongo4|Kuromasu|黒マスはどこだ|kuromasu wa dokoda}}
- {{nihongo4|Light Up|美術館|bijutsukan}}
- {{nihongo4|LITS|ヌルオミノ|nuruomino}}
- {{nihongo4|Mainarizumu|マイナリズム|mainarizumu}}
- {{nihongo4|Masyu|ましゅ|mashu}}
- {{nihongo4|Maze|迷路|meiro}}
- {{nihongo4|Picture maze|浮き出し迷路|ukidashi meiro}}
- {{nihongo4|Mochikoro|モチコロ|mochikoro}}
- {{nihongo4|Number Link|ナンバーリンク|nanbā rinku}}
- {{nihongo4|Nurikabe|ぬりかべ|nurikabe}} (Cell Structure)
- {{nihongo4|Reflect Link|リフレクトリンク|refurekuto rinku}}
- {{nihongo4|Ripple Effect|波及効果|hakyū kōka}}
- {{nihongo4|Shakashaka|シャカシャカ|shakashaka}}
- {{nihongo4|Shikaku|四角に切れ|shikaku ni kire}} (Divide by Squares)
- {{nihongo4|Slitherlink|スリザーリンク|surizā rinku}} (Fences)
- {{nihongo4|Stained Glass|ステンドグラス|sutendo gurasu}}
- {{nihongo4|Sudoku|数独|sūdoku}} (Number Place, Nine Numbers)
- {{nihongo4|Tatamibari|タタミバリ|tatami bari}}
- {{nihongo4|Tatebo-Yokobo|タテボーヨコボー|tatebō yokobō}}
- {{nihongo4|Tentai Show|天体ショー|tentai shō}} (Galaxies)
- {{nihongo4|Tile Paint|タイルペイント|tairu peinto}}
- {{nihongo4|Verbal arithmetic|ふくめん算|fukumensan}} (Alphametics, Cryptarithm)
- {{nihongo4|Word search|シークワーズ|shīku wādo}} (Word seek)
- {{nihongo4|Yajilin|ヤジリン|yajirin}} (Arrow Ring)
- {{nihongo4|Yajisan-Kazusan|やじさんかずさん|yajisan kazusan}}
References{{Puzzles |Lists}}1. ^1 {{cite web|title=Puzzles|url=http://nikoli.co.jp/en/puzzles/|publisher=Nikoli|accessdate=2018-01-04}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Nikoli Co.|url=http://www.nikoli.co.jp/en/puzzles/sudoku/index_text.htm|accessdate=2008-04-23|archivedate=2008-04-12|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080412102523/http://www.nikoli.co.jp/en/puzzles/sudoku/index_text.htm|deadurl=yes|df=}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.maa.org/editorial/mathgames/mathgames_09_05_05.html|title=Ed Pegg Jr.'s Math Games: Sudoku Variations|accessdate=2006-10-03|last=Pegg|first=Ed, Jr.|date=2005-09-15|work=MAA Online|publisher=The Mathematical Association of America|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061013120205/http://www.maa.org/editorial/mathgames/mathgames_09_05_05.html|archivedate=2006-10-13|deadurl=yes|df=}}
External links - Official site {{en-icon}}
- Rules of 80+ Nikoli Puzzles in German and English
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