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Mario's Picross (1995)

Ape, Jupiter Corporation

Game Boy · Nintendo 3DS

3.82 from 117 ratings

295 members have it in their collection · 18 playing now · 68 backlogged · 51 wish listed

How long? Main story 18h · 100% 21h (from 7 logged playthroughs)

Mario's Picross is a puzzle game for the Game Boy and the first game in the Nintendo-published Picross series. In this game, Mario takes on the role of an archaeologist who chisels away the squares in each playfield. The result is a small picture. There are 256 different puzzles to solve, divided into four courses with increasing difficulty level.
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Details

Developers
Ape, Jupiter Corporation
Publishers
Nintendo
Genres
Puzzle
Franchises
Mario
Series
Mario's Picross

Release dates

  • Mar 14, 1995 (Full Release) (Japan) Game Boy
  • Mar 16, 1995 (Full Release) (North_America) Game Boy
  • Jul 25, 1995 (Full Release) (Australia) Game Boy
  • Jul 27, 1995 (Full Release) (Europe) Game Boy
  • Jul 14, 2011 (Full Release) (Europe) Nintendo 3DS
  • Jul 14, 2011 (Full Release) (Australia) Nintendo 3DS
  • Aug 04, 2011 (Full Release) (North_America) Nintendo 3DS
  • Sep 21, 2011 (Full Release) (Japan) Nintendo 3DS
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Featured in lists

NSO Collection - GB + GBC by Roach · 43 games · 2

Rating distribution

5 stars
32
4 stars
47
3 stars
29
2 stars
3
1 star
6
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scoopings

Status scoopings Jan 28, 2026

As I near the end of the Star Course (I need to hurry up! Mario's Super Picross is coming up real soon on the backlog), the images are becoming... silly/not very good. And I'm starrrrting to burn out but mostly because a) they are quite hard/frustratinga s they should be at end game and b) I am fighting some sort …

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As I near the end of the Star Course (I need to hurry up! Mario's Super Picross is coming up real soon on the backlog), the images are becoming... silly/not very good. And I'm starrrrting to burn out but mostly because a) they are quite hard/frustratinga s they should be at end game and b) I am fighting some sort of haert/headache/chest/something problem . EDIT: okay let;s be honest I'm not burning out at all. And this addiciton is so intense

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scoopings

Status scoopings Jan 19, 2026

I'm finally on to the Star Course! enter image description here

Oh gosh new tunes. I kinda miss the old one, but still a good tune.

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scoopings

Status scoopings Jan 12, 2026

So I was as good boy and only did 3 more puzzles tonight. I think I can stick with that: ocacsionally chipping away at the total number of levels, while still moving on in the backlog (and I am still having an absolute blast with these puzzles and bumping to the music)

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Reset_Tears

Status Reset_Tears Nov 11, 2021

All right, let's start Mario's Picross on the Game Boy. First puzzle is done...

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Well. Guess I'll take the L then, that was quick

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Pale

Status Pale Jun 22, 2015

I randomly finished all of the puzzles in Mario's Picross over the weekend. It was kind of an abrupt end. I expected another whole set to show up. I guess I need to move on to another 3DS Picross game. :)

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