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Parents' Guide to

Nikoli's Pencil Puzzle

By Mark Raby, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 8+

Creative number puzzles offer limited mind-bending fun.

Game Nintendo 3DS 2011
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Nikoli's Pencil Puzzle stands strongly as a fun, creative puzzle game. The puzzles presented to players are not the typical fare, and as such provide a fun and captivating experience to even the most veteran puzzle gamers. That being said, the selection of puzzles is limited and because many of them have specific and distinct solutions, once the puzzles are done, they're done.

Game Details

  • Platform: Nintendo 3DS
  • Available online?: Not available online
  • Publisher: Konami
  • Release date: October 25, 2011
  • Genre: Puzzle
  • ESRB rating: E for No Descriptors
  • Last updated: August 29, 2016

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