EA competition!

Cereal_KillRCereal_KillR Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1837Members
in Zen of Sudoku
<div class="IPBDescription">iPod Sudoku</div>Well in the iTunes store, there's a new game for the iPod called Sudoku, made by EA games. Its description: "Solve the Grid in a Zen setting"

I'm not interested in iPod games actually, 5 bucks a piece is a rip-off (5 Euros for those in Euroland) but this caught my eye enough for me to read the description.

<a href="http://podophile.com/2006/12/26/ipod-game-review-sudoku/" target="_blank">Here</a>'s a little review (even though, in my opinion, clickwheel +grid+9 numbers=suck)
It has a relaxing background, Japanese-inspired relaxing sounds, and (if I read this right) hints you at easy-to-solve boxes.


I'm not too familiar with the multitude of Sudoku spinoffs, but something tells me that EA got slightly inspired off of UWE for their Sudoku game <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" />
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  • Femme_FataleFemme_Fatale Join Date: 2005-06-21 Member: 54310Members, Constellation
    lol,you're right!
    looks alot like the many screenshots of ZoS i've seen.
    how amusing.

    Tsk Tsk EA.
    Not got anything better to do ? <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    I don't think taking a numbers game from Asia and adding an Asian ambience can really be called ripping off ZoS. I mean, that's like saying a restaurant that serves tacos and stuff is a ripoff if it pretends to be Mexican.
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  • Femme_FataleFemme_Fatale Join Date: 2005-06-21 Member: 54310Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-Wikipedia+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Wikipedia)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->The modern puzzle was invented by an American, Howard Garns, in 1979 and published by Dell Magazines under the name "Number Place"[2]. It became popular in Japan in 1986, when it was published by Nikoli and given the name Sudoku. It became an international hit in 2005<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    its an american invention ,not asian.

    Wouldnt call a blatant rip off,but it has simularities,at least the Font does,abit of same style too.but meh.
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    Fine, it was invented by an American, but the name is Asian and the craze started in Asia. Flayra is not the first person to link the two. It's a logical artistic basis for a sudoku game.
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  • MouseMouse The Lighter Side of Pessimism Join Date: 2002-03-02 Member: 263Members, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow
    Well it is competition and it isn't. Both of them look similar, but this game is for iPod only and ZoS is PC only, this means that there's less of an overlap.
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  • EpidemicEpidemic Dark Force Gorge Join Date: 2003-06-29 Member: 17781Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1596109:date=Jan 7 2007, 04:26 PM:name=TychoCelchuuu)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TychoCelchuuu @ Jan 7 2007, 04:26 PM) [snapback]1596109[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    Fine, it was invented by an American, but the name is Asian and the craze started in Asia. Flayra is not the first person to link the two. It's a logical artistic basis for a sudoku game.
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    Truely, it was an european who first invented back into the late middle age.

    Anyway, it's EA. It's highly likely to be ripped straight off Zen of Soduku.
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  • Lt_PatchLt_Patch Join Date: 2005-02-07 Member: 40286Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1596109:date=Jan 8 2007, 03:26 AM:name=TychoCelchuuu)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TychoCelchuuu @ Jan 8 2007, 03:26 AM) [snapback]1596109[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    Fine, it was invented by an American, but the name is Asian and the craze started in Asia. Flayra is not the first person to link the two. It's a logical artistic basis for a sudoku game.
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    Technically, the real craze for Sudoku was started by The Times newspaper in the UK. Before that, it was an idea stolen from the americans by bored japanese people who could find nothing better to do with their time than build skyscrapers, and install them with millions of 7x3 "apartment cells"
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1597687:date=Jan 11 2007, 02:13 PM:name=Lt_Patch)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Lt_Patch @ Jan 11 2007, 02:13 PM) [snapback]1597687[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    Technically, the real craze for Sudoku was started by The Times newspaper in the UK. Before that, it was an idea stolen from the americans by bored japanese people who could find nothing better to do with their time than build skyscrapers, and install them with millions of 7x3 "apartment cells"
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    The point is it gained real, ultimate, supreme popularity in Japan first.
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  • the_x5the_x5 the Xzianthian Join Date: 2004-03-02 Member: 27041Members, Constellation
    Perhaps EA knows the new little UWE won't be able to fight back? <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad-fix.gif" />
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  • PetcoPetco Join Date: 2003-07-27 Member: 18478Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1598249:date=Jan 12 2007, 09:46 PM:name=the_x5)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the_x5 @ Jan 12 2007, 09:46 PM) [snapback]1598249[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    Perhaps EA knows the new little UWE won't be able to fight back? <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad-fix.gif" />
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    Yeah, EA games is trying to overpower us.

    We must release the forbidden weapons, the <b>Gorge Plushies</b>.
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  • Femme_FataleFemme_Fatale Join Date: 2005-06-21 Member: 54310Members, Constellation
    <b>Gorge Plushies! Now</b> with <b>Babblers!</b> <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />
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  • Voodo_HUNVoodo_HUN Join Date: 2006-11-29 Member: 58773Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1598270:date=Jan 13 2007, 08:28 AM:name=Petco)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Petco @ Jan 13 2007, 08:28 AM) [snapback]1598270[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    Yeah, EA games is trying to overpower us.

    We must release the forbidden weapons, the <b>Gorge Plushies</b>.
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    <b>Gorge Plushies! Now</b> with <b>Babblers!</b> <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />
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    TOTALLY agreed
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