Mega_Mana posted... I solved it, but I don't know how.
At first, I was hung up on the Cage, unable to make 16 without completely getting blocked by Sudoku. Then I realized the Cage rule doesn't care about numbers, and things went well from there.
Then I got to where I had all the fours and twos in the puzzle, but had a bunch of 1-3 and 5-6 pairs that I couldn't see how they'd be differentiated. I thought maybe it was a part of the joke that any of the four combinations left would work, plugged in numbers, and won! Then tried the opposite and it didn't, and I have no idea why one works but the other doesn't. I don't see any hidden Xs, I don't see any rules that would effect which goes where... help?
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Small Hint:
Pay close attention to this line in the rules:Not all possible Xs are given.Bigger Hint:
By the time you have to disambiguate the last few digits there are no other pairs of digits that add to 10 which would satisfy that rule being correct. Huge Hint:
So as that rule says there must be at least one pair of digits that adds to ten that doesnt have an x. At this point there are no other pairs to at satisfy that rule so you have to create one. This disambiguates the final few digits. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/263cda72.pngIf you want to watch how this puzzle is solved check this out:
https://youtu.be/_tm99RRNwh0?si=oOwm_KHUTuShLiIS