Guru Logi Champ
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 Guru Logi Champ box artwork |
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| Developer(s) | Compile |
| Publisher(s) | Compile |
| Platform(s) | Game Boy Advance |
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| Genre(s) | Puzzle game |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Media/distribution | Cartridge |
Guru Logi Champ (ぐるロジチャンプ gururojichanpu) is a puzzle game by the Japanese developer Compile. The game was released in 2001 for the Game Boy Advance handheld game system. "Guru Logi" is an abbreviation of "Guru-guru Logic", "guru-guru" (ぐるぐる) being Japanese onomatopoeia for a rotating motion.
The game's story mode sees the Champs, small yellow bird-like creatures who attempt to help the inhabitants of their neighbourhood out of various troubles. To do so, they must complete a series of logic puzzles.
Each stage requires the player to complete an image by placing and removing blocks on the board. The puzzles are set up so that there is no simple solution; often the player is blocked by other immovable areas and so must improvise a solution by constantly constructing and deconstructing their own barriers. The board itself may be rotated so that the player can construct the solution from all four sides. An additional Battle Mode exists in which two players must race to finish puzzles in the fastest time. Battle mode requires a Game Link Cable and only one game pak cartridge.[1]
The game itself is best compared to Picross and Magical Drop. Similar to Picross, a board consisting of a set of blocks creates an image. Similar to Magical Drop, gameplay involves throwing blocks vertically into the play area and sucking them back off again.
There are a number of unofficial remakes of the game:
- A port to the MSX2 is currently under development by TNI.[2]
- An English 80-level remake available for the PC. This is still a work in progress and has no sound.[3]
- A remake for the GP2X Wiz by the same programmer as the PC remake [4]
According to late-2001 Gamespot ads, the game was scheduled to be released in the United States on December 22, 2001, but this was scrapped due to a poor Japanese-to-English translation.[citation needed] In various screenshots of a Beta for the English-language "Guru Logic Champ" (the official North American title), many language errors are present.[citation needed]
A reworking of the game concept was released by D4 Enterprise for DSiWare under the name Spinning Logic (ぐるぐるロジック gurugururojikku),[5] known as Snapdots[6] outside of Japan.
[edit] References
- ^ Guru Logi Champ at Nintendo.co.jp
- ^ TNI projects
- ^ Remake of Guru Logi Champ for PC
- ^ GP2X Wiz remake
- ^ Spinning Logic at Nintendo.co.jp
- ^ Snapdots at Nintendo.com
