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Menseki Genius

That satisfying feeling that comes from solving a puzzle! Menseki Genius is a novel Japanese logic puzzle game that's been attracting attention from around the world. This Genius version is a compilation of…

3 March 2022

Menseki Genius is an indie developed by Shinyuden, released 3 March 2022 on Nintendo Switch.

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What Menseki Genius is

Menseki Genius is an indie game developed by Shinyuden and released in 2022. It is available on Nintendo Switch only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

That satisfying feeling that comes from solving a puzzle! Menseki Genius is a novel Japanese logic puzzle game that's been attracting attention from around the world. This Genius version is a compilation of the most difficult puzzles included in Menseki: Area Maze Puzzles, for the most expert players. Find your way to the solution, deducing unknown lengths and areas from known lengths and areas. All you need is the "length x breadth = area" formula for calculating the area of a rectangle!
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Menseki Genius launched on 3 March 2022, within three weeks of Horizon Forbidden West, Elden Ring, Tunic and Ghostwire: Tokyo. It arrived 5 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Horizon Forbidden West, Elden Ring, Tunic, Ghostwire: Tokyo.

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When did Menseki Genius come out?
Menseki Genius was released on 3 March 2022 for Nintendo Switch.

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