The New Sudoku Players' Forum

[enxio27]

Is there another name for Gattai-8 (3-2-3 grid arrangement)? It seems that all the other relatively common multi-grid puzzle formats have names, but I haven't found a name for that one.

[Crash86]

I know it as Samurai Sudoku.

[enxio27]

My understanding is that Samurai is reserved for Gattai-5.

[JasonLion]

I have seen them called Monster Samurai, though that does not appear to be a commonly accepted name.

[enxio27]

For those of you coming to this thread five (or more) years later, the answer is Harakiri. Although all of the Harakiri I've seen are arranged vertically (2-1-2-1-2), I believe one could simply rotate a Harakiri puzzle 90 degrees to a horizontal arrangement (3-2-3) and obtain the same puzzle (same solution, merely rotated).