I heard about this game from this article where the author describes completing a few silly website minigames to reach the amount of Platinum Points necessary to download. I was only a few away from 1,000 of the things, so I figured "why not?"
I hadn't played a Picross game before this. Screenshots always led me to believe it was …
I heard about this game from this article where the author describes completing a few silly website minigames to reach the amount of Platinum Points necessary to download. I was only a few away from 1,000 of the things, so I figured "why not?"
I hadn't played a Picross game before this. Screenshots always led me to believe it was an offshoot of Sudoku, which I'm terrible at. I was surprised to find that I'm decent at Picross, and I find it really addictive!
The game consists of three modes. I completed 100% of the main Picross mode and had a blast. I also loved Micross, which has you solving tiny Picross puzzles that connect to form a much larger mosaic... I could have played a dozen more of these.
The only mode I feel pretty "meh" about is Mega Picross. At first I found it extremely counter-intuitive, but eventually after reading some tutorials online I understood better how it worked. But I'm just too slow at it, and I still have moments where I think I'm understanding the clue right but I tap the wrong square... about halfway through the Mega Picross puzzles, I stopped being able to clear them in under the time limit.
While the game is light on features and far from flawless, it had me hooked and was a fun introduction to Picross. A worthy use of your My Nintendo Platinum Points.
