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Nikoli's Pencil Puzzle

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70 10 June 2011

Nikoli's Pencil Puzzle is a puzzle developed by Hudson Soft, released 10 June 2011 on Nintendo 3DS.

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What Nikoli's Pencil Puzzle is

Nikoli's Pencil Puzzle is a puzzle game developed by Hudson Soft and released in 2011. It was published by Konami. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.

How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Nikoli's Pencil Puzzle holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 31% of the 2,791 rated puzzle games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 2 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Nikoli's Pencil Puzzle launched on 10 June 2011, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, Infamous 2, Dirt 3 and Alice: Madness Returns. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, Infamous 2, Dirt 3, Alice: Madness Returns.

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When did Nikoli's Pencil Puzzle come out?
Nikoli's Pencil Puzzle was released on 10 June 2011 for Nintendo 3DS.

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