Console-Nation Prizes
by Kaitlyn Chantry
Answer: LAVENDER
Solvers are given 31 gamertags, each corresponding with 31 Achievement icons. If you look up each gamertag on xbox.com, you can find this icon among that gamer's Achievements. The easiest way to do this is:
- Go to xbox.com. If you own a 360, log in with your prexisting account. Otherwise, you will need to create a (free) account.
- Click through a link to the gamer shown. Or, on the Community front page, you can search for a gamer by entering the gamertag.
- Under "games played," click on "more" to see all of the games that particular gamer has played. If you play many Xbox games, you may be able to identify a game by the Achievement icon. If so, simply find that game and click on it to open all the Achievements for that game. Otherwise, scroll through that gamer's played games for the icon, using any clues the icon provides.
- Once you've found the Achievement, you have, among other data, the name of the game and the date this gamer unlocked the Achievement. This is the only data unique to each gamertag.
- Notice that all these Achievements happened on a different day in May of 2008. Place the games in the clue grid corresponding to the month of May 2008 (i.e., the first clue corresponds to the game whose achievement was unlocked on May 1st.)
- Solve the clues.
- The first letter of each answer may be read down the columns to get the clue phrase: PARTICULAR HUE OF POKEMON SHION TOWN. Shion Town is the Japanese version of Lavender Town in the Pokémon series of games.
- Answer this final clue to get LAVENDER.
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| Date | Gamertag | Game | Achievement | Clue | Answer | Letter | |
| 5/1/08 | Panther888 | Puzzle Fighter HD | Meeting People is Easy | It reviewed this as a "dispute-settler" | OXM UK | O | |
| 5/2/08 | iX KITTIE xi | The Simpsons Game | Mmm Donut | Convenience store owner's last name | Nahasapeemapetilon | N | |
| 5/3/08 | Twylyght Myst | Bully Scholarship Ed. | KEENER | Alphabetically fourth clique | Nerds | N | |
| 5/4/08 | Superstarless | Halo 3 | Campaign Complete: Legendary | What the cannon fires | Plasma | P | |
| 5/5/08 | Bad Bear Bogie | GTA IV | Gobble Gobble | Main diamond dealer | Isaac Roth | I | |
| 5/6/08 | Lil Pips | Lost Odyssey | Skill Master Kaim | Protagonist's last name | Argonar | A | |
| 5/7/08 | XxGAMER GiiRLxX | NBA Live 06 | Most Valuable Player | Game's ESRB rating | E (everyone) | E | |
| 5/8/08 | Koenig Sentinel | Guitar Hero III | Millionaire Club | Third title, fourth tier | Kool Thing | K | |
| 5/9/08 | Dazlindragon | Naruto Rise of a Ninja | Naruto—Forest of Death Exam | His brother murdered the whole family | Sasuke | S | |
| 5/10/08 | Gooner Rhyle | Burnout Paradise | Totally Smashed | Name of this achievement | Totally Smashed | T | |
| 5/11/08 | Lulu the Large | Viva Piñata | Wealthy | It needs two bees for romance | Arocknid | A | |
| 5/12/08 | BluStorm3D | The BIGS | Pain Train | Grapefruit or…? | Cactus | C | |
| 5/13/08 | Bogi x3 | Puzzle Quest | Renowned Hero | What Burn creates | Red gems | R | |
| 5/14/08 | xXBlackKatXx | UNO | Multiplayer | Game's name translated into English | One | O | |
| 5/15/08 | Aerith Strife | TMNT | Used Leos special move | Property's 7-letter co-creator | Eastman | E | |
| 5/16/08 | mastercheng | Gears of War | For the Fallen | Weapon of celestial proportions | Hammer of Dawn | H | |
| 5/17/08 | TriickThePirate | The Orange Box | Heartbreaker | Color in the title | Orange | O | |
| 5/18/08 | UndrGrndX | Rock Band | Open Road | Where you spend cash | Rock Shop | R | |
| 5/19/08 | Schlurpies | Rainbow Six Vegas 2 | Don't Mess With Me | Game's developer | Ubisoft Montreal | U | |
| 5/20/08 | Xm3buX | Harry Potter OOTP | Win the Witches and Wizards Cup | Its colors are yellow and black | Hufflepuff | H | |
| 5/21/08 | Killa Mike 2357 | Oblivion | Arch-Mage, Mages Guild | League with rank of swordsman | Fighter's Guild | F | |
| 5/22/08 | ADiazEs | Hexic HD | Hexic Addict | Mode with infinite time and pieces | Marathon Mode | M | |
| 5/23/08 | Violetred3 | Penny Arcade Episode 1 | Steel Devils | It's used to trap silent enemies | Invisible box | I | |
| 5/24/08 | LittleBeauty | Army of Two (EU) | Flip You. Flip You For Real | Alaskan senator surname | Whitehorse | W | |
| 5/25/08 | dean bauer | Mass Effect | Pistol Expert | Persuasive plant | Thorian | T | |
| 5/26/08 | LancerRevo | Call of Duty 4 | Make the Jump | Longest-named default class | Light Machine Gunner | L | |
| 5/27/08 | DaRagingBeast | Iron Man | Classic Confrontation | Hero's country of birth | United States | U | |
| 5/28/08 | xI Dstrukt Ix | Geometry Wars Evolved | Quartermaster | 10-point peace award | Pacifism | P | |
| 5/29/08 | Sharkles | BioShock | Hacked a Vending Machine | Wealthy side of town | Olympus Heights | O | |
| 5/30/08 | Primal Fear622 | Lego Star Wars: TCS | Shoot First | Hero's first tutor | Obi-Wan Kenobi | O | |
| 5/31/08 | Lirael | Assassin's Creed | Eagle's Eye | Game's month of release | November | N |