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Thi genre has been known by at least three names:

- **Nurikabe Loop**:
	- ももてれう (Momotereu) in PCN Nikoli (1996)
	- Bastien Vial-Jaime in Akıl Oyunları n.75 (2011)
	- [Grandmaster Puzzles|https://www.gmpuzzles.com/blog/2014/02/nurikabe-loop-serkan-yurekli-2/] (2014)
	- [PuzzleSquareJP|https://puzsq.logicpuzzle.app/puzzle/18293] (2021)
- **Nurikabe-like Loop**:
	- [Ludicrous Loop|https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/52899/the-ludicrous-loop-over-a-thousand-cells-of-circular-logic] (2017) 
	- [Eric Fox's Blog|https://ericfox53.blogspot.com/2021/04/241-nurikabe-like-loop.html] (2021)
- **Cruise**:
	- Andrey Bogdanov in Akıl Oyunları, for a Christmas Contest (2009)

Toketa magazine 4 has a small article about the history of this genre, which suggests it might have been independently invented thrice. Since the earliest source lists **Nurikabe Loop**, this was the chosen name for the current implementation.


## [nurikabe-loop] puzzles

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W=5x7&L=(1)0y10(5)10(3)4&F=2&T=The_Parity_Question&N=170&G=nurikabe-loop
((A=Pedro))



### @PinkHoodie

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## Acknowledgements and Changes

**2023-07-20** To @dohz and @menderbug for suggesting two aux marks, and for helping discover the origins of the genre. Thanks to @x-sheep for noticing the cursor should update immediately when the inserted number changes.
**2024-01-14** Variant ´´nurikabe-loop´´ fixed (a recent regression found by @PinkHoodie)
**2024-03-01** Nurikabe loop panels [modernised|../panels#modern]
**2024-03-16** One missing panel was added, plus some extra information about the genre's origins - thanks @MartinEnder for help completing the history.
**2024-05-24** :::puzzletters @PinkHoodie included this genre in a [puzzle series themed after the 26 letters of the alphabet|../puzzletters/2024-05-24]!
**2024-08-04** :::puzzletters @PinkHoodie sent 1 classic - thank you!