Dr. Sudoku (Game Boy Advance)

GameSpot editors' review

• CNET editors' rating: 3.0 stars Good
  Detailed editors' rating
  Overall score: 6.8 (3.0 stars)

• Reviewed by:
  Jeff Gerstmann
• Reviewed on: 05/05/2006
• Released on: 05/03/2006
• Originally published on GameSpot: Dr. Sudoku (Game Boy Advance) Review

Sudoku is sudoku, regardless of where you play it. The popular pencil-and-paper game (or pen, if you're hard like that) has gone digital a billion times over in various free flash forms, and now there's getting to be a glut of them in the portable market as well. Dr. Sudoku, however, is the first for the GBA. Since sudoku isn't going to change from one platform to the next, it all really comes down to what sort of interface and features the game has. And Dr. Sudoku has a pretty solid feature set.

Confused by all this sudoku talk? OK, we'll back up a bit. Sudoku might look like a math version of a crossword puzzle, but it's really all about logic. There are simple rules that determine where a number can legally sit on the sudoku grid. Each puzzle starts you out with a few numbers filled in, and you use those to deduce where the other numbers go. Like most good, addictive puzzles, it's easy to learn the ropes. If you're new to all this, Dr. Sudoku has a brief tutorial that should get you up to speed.

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