Memory: how to play
Memory is one of the games in Classic Nook: turn over cards and find all the pairs. Play Classic Nook or go back to all the Classic Nook games.
The idea
The cards are face down and hide pairs of identical pictures. On your turn you flip two cards: if the pictures match they stay up and you play again, otherwise they turn back and it is the other player's turn. You are done when every pair has been found. Alone, you try to do it in fewer moves and less time; against the computer or a friend, whoever finds more pairs wins.
Opening the game
In the Classic Nook hub, Memory is on the bottom shelf (the peach tile). Tap it to open its menu. The house button at the top left always takes you back to the shelves, and during a round the arrow next to it goes back to Memory's menu. The ? button shows a short how-to-play card, which also opens the first time you play.
Choosing how to play
On the menu, pick the mode first: Solo, Computer or 2 players. Then, under Pick a grid, tap a size to start:
| Level | Grid | Pairs |
|---|---|---|
| Easy | 3x4 | 6 |
| Medium | 4x4 | 8 |
| Hard | 5x6 | 15 |
If you left a round unfinished, the menu shows a Continue button that takes you back to exactly where you were.
How to play
- Tap a card to flip it, then tap a second one.
- If the pictures are the same, both cards stay face up and you play again.
- If they differ, they turn back after a moment (so you can look) and the turn passes. Alone there are no turns: you just count moves.
- The round ends when every pair has been found.
The pictures are 8 little treats and objects (macaron, cake, plant, book, croissant, teapot, teacup and jam) and 9 gems; each round draws as many as it needs at random. The 123 button at the top switches pictures to numbers and back. On a phone you tap, on a computer you click with the mouse.
Against the computer and with two players
- In Computer mode the level sets how well it remembers the cards it has seen. On Easy it forgets a lot and sometimes even overlooks a pair it knows; on Medium it remembers fairly well; on Hard it forgets very little, but still has to find the pairs.
- In 2 players you share the device: the screen shows whose turn it is ("Player 1's turn" or Player 2's) and the pairs each of you has. Restart is free.
- The player with more pairs wins; equal pairs is a draw.
Coins and Peek
The whole Classic Nook collection shares one coin count. You start with 30 coins and get 30 more as a gift each day you come back. Finishing a solo round or beating the computer pays coins by grid size; a draw against the computer pays less. Two-player rounds pay nothing.
| Level | Win or finished solo round | Draw with the computer |
|---|---|---|
| Easy | 5 coins | 2 coins |
| Medium | 10 coins | 5 coins |
| Hard | 25 coins | 15 coins |
| Button | What it does | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Peek | Shows every face-down card for a moment, then turns them back. Use it before you flip your first card of a turn, solo or against the computer. | 15 coins |
| Restart | Starts again with the same grid. | Free until you have tried a first pair, then 5 coins (always free with 2 players) |
There is no Undo in this game: flipping cards is the game itself.
What is saved
Your coins, your choice of pictures or numbers and, for each grid, your rounds won, fewest moves and best time are saved automatically. If you leave in the middle of a round you can pick it up again with Continue.
Tips
- Start by flipping cards you have not seen. Every new card you uncover is information.
- Remember positions with landmarks, such as corners and edges ("the teapot is under the green gem").
- If your first card of the turn matches one you saw earlier, flip that one second: it is a pair.
- Against the computer, watch the cards it flips too: they stay up only for a moment.
- Peek is most useful on the big grid, but it costs 15 coins: use it once, then concentrate on the positions.
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