2006-12-18 06:17:11 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Other - Games & Recreation
Because number box game sounds stupid.
2006-12-18 06:18:59 · answer #1 · answered by SNKBYT 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Actually, these kinds of math games were "invented" centuries ago by mathematicians in Europe.
Publication as a puzzle game in puzzle magazines was common in both Europe and the US at least 20 years ago.
A Japanese puzzle publisher began publishing them using the name Sudoku a few years ago and they became an ENORMOUS hit in Japan, and then throughout the world so they win the naming game
2006-12-18 14:23:38 · answer #2 · answered by quietfive 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It was invented in Switzerland by Leonhard Euler in 1783.
The Japanese named it Sudoku based on a shortened version of the phrase "the numbers must be single" (SÅ«ji wa dokushin ni kagiru)
2006-12-18 14:27:49 · answer #3 · answered by Violet Pearl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably someone japanese invented it and decided to give it a japanese name to make it unique.
2006-12-18 14:24:46 · answer #4 · answered by grapefruitgirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It only became popular after being marketed under that name in Japan, so that's the name that stuck. Magic square puzzles have actually been around for hundreds of years, longer even than the USA has existed.
2006-12-18 14:19:56 · answer #5 · answered by hslayer 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Sorry to break it to you but it was not invented in the USA.
2006-12-18 14:19:30 · answer #6 · answered by Diet_smartie 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Like the CD, and DVD, (and all othe American inventions) it became popular in Japan.
2006-12-18 14:20:34 · answer #7 · answered by JaMoke 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
probably invented by someone japanese
2006-12-18 14:18:26 · answer #8 · answered by tanj 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because people think oriental things are cool.
2006-12-18 14:18:25 · answer #9 · answered by Lowa 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋