{{Short description|2006 video game}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox video game | title = QuickSpot | image = QuickSpot_key_art.jpg | caption = Key art | developer = Namco | publisher = {{vgrelease|JP|Namco|WW|Namco Bandai Games}} | producer = Hideo Yoshizawa | released = {{vgrelease|JP|February 9, 2006|NA|March 19, 2007}}'''Nintendo Switch'''{{vgrelease|JP|April 22, 2021|NA|January 6, 2022}} | genre = Puzzle | series = ''Unō no Tatsujin'' | modes = Single-player, multiplayer | platforms = Nintendo DS, Nintendo Switch }} '''''QuickSpot'''''{{efn|Known in Japan as {{nihongo|'''''Unō no Tatsujin: Sayaka Kai! Machigai Museum'''''|右脳の達人 爽解！まちがいミュージアム|Unō no Tatsujin: Sayaka Kai! Machigai Myūjiamu|Right-Brain Master: Refreshing! Mistake Museum}}}} is a puzzle video game developed and published by Namco for the Nintendo DS. It is one of the last games to be released by Namco, whose successor Namco Bandai Games would release it internationally. the first in the ''Unō no Tatsujin'' series. A sequel, titled ''Unou no Tatsujin Soukai! Machigai Museum 2'', was released exclusively in Japan on March 1, 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Unou no Tatsujin: Soukai! Machigai Museum 2 Release Information for DS - GameFAQs |url=https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ds/937346-unou-no-tatsujin-soukai-machigai-museum-2/data |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=gamefaqs.gamespot.com}}</ref> An updated port of the game, titled ''QuickSpot: Master of the Right Brain'', was developed by Bandai Namco Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for Nintendo Switch. It was released on April 22, 2021, in Japan and on January 6, 2022, in the west.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-19 |title=QuickSpot: Master of the Right Brain announced for Switch |url=https://www.gematsu.com/2021/02/quickspot-master-of-the-right-brain-announced-for-switch |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=Gematsu |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-06 |title=QuickSpot for Switch now available in the west |url=https://www.gematsu.com/2022/01/quickspot-for-switch-now-available-in-the-west |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=Gematsu |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708025230/https://www.gematsu.com/2022/01/quickspot-for-switch-now-available-in-the-west |url-status=live }}</ref> thumb|alt=Trailer for the Nintendo Switch version|Trailer for the Nintendo Switch version
==Gameplay== The game projects two images, the correct one on the top screen, and an error filled one on the bottom screen. Comparing the two images, the player has to locate and find the inaccuracies or changes from the top screen to the touch screen. Sometimes the player has to find the unused puzzle piece or part.
This game is based on the traditional game spot the difference. GamePro.com described the game "like a mix between Where's Waldo and the Hidden Pictures section in ''Highlights'' magazine".<ref>{{cite web| title = Hands-On QuickSpot | url = http://www.gamepro.com/nintendo/ds/games/previews/103528.shtml}}{{dead link|date=September 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
The players use none of the face buttons or D-Pad on the DS. The entire game is played using the touch screen and stylus. The player draws a circle using the stylus when the player spots the differences between the top image on the bottom screen. In some instances, the built in microphone is used.
This game has 3 modes each for single player and multiplayer. Single player has 3 modes: Rapid Play, Focus Play, and Today's Fortune. Multiplayer has 3 modes: Time Bomb, Scramble, and Download Play. In the main stages of Rapid Play, there is 1 difference, except in some special stages. Special stages are unlocked by earning medals, the first medal unlocks "Animation". The 50th medal unlocks "Story".
Focus Play has 10 differences in 140 puzzles, of which 50 are unlocked from the start. After completing all available puzzles, 10 more are unlocked. If 3 mistakes are made in a puzzle, then it's game over. The amount of differences remaining are indicated by the frowns at the bottom right corner. After a difference is found, a frown will smile.
Today's Fortune has 5 differences in 5 images and after circling a difference in an image, it advances to the next image. There are 4 fortune types: Health, Study/Work, Romance and Money. The game will give a fortune from 0–5 after completing all images. These fortunes can be viewed once a day.
Time Bomb involves up to 8 players circling the difference so they can pass the system to the next player. Sometimes "reverse" and "skip" prompts show up. When the bomb explodes, the player with the DS loses.
==Development and release== It was announced on the website ''GoNintendo''<ref>{{cite web| title = Quickspot headed for US | date=17 January 2007 | url = http://gonintendo.com/?p=11813}}</ref> that the game would be localized for North America, and was released on March 19, 2007, 13 months after the Japanese launch.<ref>{{Cite web |title=QuickSpot Release Information for DS - GameFAQs |url=https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ds/937892-quickspot/data |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=gamefaqs.gamespot.com}}</ref> An early review of this game on ''GameSpot'' gave it a score of 6.3.<ref>{{cite web | title = QuickSpot for DS Review | url = http://www.gamespot.com/ds/puzzle/quickspot/review.html?sid=6167511 | access-date = 2007-03-17 | archive-date = 2007-03-20 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070320215619/http://www.gamespot.com/ds/puzzle/quickspot/review.html?sid=6167511 | url-status = live }}</ref> The North American version also adds references to other Namco franchises like ''Pac-Man'', ''Mappy'', and ''Mr. Driller''.
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==External links== *[http://www.namcobandaigames.com/games/quickspot/ American website] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070314014422/http://www.nintendo.co.kr/www/soft/2.php Korea website] *[http://gonintendo.com/?p=11813 GoNintendo announces QuickSpot for US] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927220049/http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3157353 1up preview] *[http://www.gamepro.com/nintendo/ds/games/previews/103528.shtml GamePro.com preview]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070311022235/http://www.siliconera.com/index.php/2007/03/08/spot-the-differences-in-namcos-quickspot-on-the-ds/ Sliliconera.com preview] *[http://ds.gamespy.com/nintendo-ds/quickspot/ GameSpy QuickSpot page] *[http://ds.ign.com/objects/877/877648.html IGN QuickSpot page] *[http://www.gamespot.com/ds/puzzle/quickspot/index.html GameSpot.com Gamepage with review]
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