Cubes cleared while an advantage cube is being detonated are worth 200 points each, regardless of if they are being cleared by the player or the advantage cube. ScoringĬlearing an individual cube is worth 100 points. If the player clears the cubes in fewer number of rolls (Excellent in Kurushi Final), they are given a 'True Genius' bonus of 10,000 points.

If the player clears the cubes in more than this number of rolls (Great in Kurushi Final), they are given a bonus of 1,000 points. If the player clears the cubes in exactly this number of rolls (Perfect in Kurushi Final), they are given a 'Brilliant' bonus of 5,000 points. An initial number of rolls is set as being an ideal number to clear. The immediate consequence of this is that one can mark a spot on the stage and wait to clear it until several rows of cubes roll over top of it. From the time the first cube is cleared until the time the last cube is cleared, the counter increments. The perfection bonus takes into account how many cube rolls it took to clear all the cubes. Solving puzzles perfectly becomes increasingly important as the game progresses because later puzzles require more rolls, and hence more rows of running space, to complete successfully. This is accompanied by a booming 'Perfect!' from the game's announcer. BonusesĪfter each set of blocks is destroyed, if the player did so without destroying any forbidden cubes and cleared all normal and advantage cubes then they are awarded a bonus for perfection, and an additional row is added to the end of the stage (thereby increasing the number of rows the cubes have to travel to fall off the end of the stage). The player will then have to face the same set of cubes again (except if the puzzle is the last set on the wave). All cubes (including forbidden cubes) will be counted on the block scale, and can make several rows of the stage fall away. If the player is flattened by the cubes rolling over him/her, the cubes will race to the end of the stage and fall off. If a normal or advantage cube falls off the end of the stage, that set is not considered perfect (see below). On the first stage, the stage is 4 cubes wide, so the limit is 3 on the final stage, the limit is 6 because the stage is 7 cubes wide. This number is equal to the width of the stage minus one. Every time the number of fallen cubes exceed that of the block scale, a row of the stage is lost (thereby reducing the number of rows the cubes have to travel to fall off). If normal cubes or advantage cubes fall off the end of the stage without being cleared, the number of fallen cubes will be calculated on the block scale (i.e. Forbidden Cubes can be marked without being captured by an area surrounded by an Advantage Cube. In the first I.Q.: Intelligent Qube, if the player captures a Forbidden cube, red marks in the block scale will be cleared. For every forbidden cube cleared, a row of the stage is lost, and a perfect score for that wave is no longer possible. These cubes should not be cleared, but should instead be allowed to fall off the stage. Forbidden cubes - Forbidden cubes are black.But at the same time, the player must make sure that no forbidden cube is included in the marked area (see below) Effective use of advantage cubes is the key to solving puzzles efficiently. If a spot is marked by a green square, it cannot be marked in the normal manner until the advantage cube's special feature is triggered. Multiple green cubes can be cleared normally, and puzzles usually incorporate advantage cube chains. This square can be subsequently triggered to clear the surrounding 3x3 area in one move. Clearing one of these cubes marks its location with a green square. Advantage cubes - Advantage cubes are green and should be cleared.Normal cubes - Normal cubes are usually gray (the same color as the stage cubes you move around on), though this texture can change to some other color depending on the stage reached or on the game's settings.The cubes that approach are of three types: If the player ever falls off the stage- either by standing on the final row of the stage as it is eliminated, or by being 'avalanched' off by rising blocks- the game is over. When all the blocks in one set are destroyed, more blocks are raised-this happens 3 times, for a total of 4 block risings per level. On the last stage, 14 rows of length 7 (98 blocks) come at the user at one time. On the first stage, 3 rows of length 4 (12 blocks) come at the user at one time. Anywhere between 1 and 4 sets of rows comes at the user at one time.

At the beginning of each level the player is put on a stage that has 23-30 rows.

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