The New York Times ran an article today on Nikoli. The most interesting part of the article is a discussion of why Nikoli is so successful. Maki Kaji, who runs Nikoli, attributes their success to open forums that allow readers to submit criticisms for puzzles and post some of their own inventions.
Of course, the question that is sure to arise from all of this is: “What’s going to be the next sudoku?“ And it’s a question that’s been asked for the past two years or so. On the NYT site, they have three Nikoli puzzle types that you can play: Kakuro which I think would have exploded by now, if it were going to. Nurikabe which both Wordstream and Mochikoro are derived from. And Masyu which is an interesting loop drawing puzzle. My prediction: None will be the next sudoku.
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