Picross S Is Back With The 'Namco Legendary Edition' Later This Mont

I've never played Picross as I'm not much of a puzzle guy and don't know that it would be for me, but there's a million of these things, so they must be pretty popular. I was always curious about the Zelda Picross on 3DS you could get by redeeming Club Nintendo Points--if nothing else, to see Twilight Princess assets running in a 3DS game, but I never got it. I guess it would be impossible now that the eShop is shut down, even if someone had an unreleased code.

All these different crossovers with other companies make me wonder, though: is Picross a Nintendo-owned thing? Or is it just a generic thing that doesn't really have a copyright holder like sudoku or something? I'm just curious whether Nintendo had a hand in the SEGA and Namco ones. And I feel like there are a lot of other ones on the eShop that use the Picross moniker. So like, who makes these?

I love Pac-Man, so anything with my circular yellow homie piques my interest. But the only puzzle games that have ever really grabbed me are Tetris and Dr. Mario, which both get pretty frantic and also have a multiplayer element. I don't know if something slow and methodical like this would captivate me. Is there, like... a definitive Picross game to start with? Is- is there a... like, a... tier list of best Picross games? D-Do they have varying Metacritic scores? Someone help me understand. 😂

@Not_Soos Picross is easily one of the most chill puzzle games out there. No frantic block placing, just relaxing logic puzzles.

I love this stuff. Sega one was great. I wish another Nintendo based one from Jupiter came out, and not as a freemium game.

So stoked. The MD/Master System picross was my favorite themed Picross game. Unless reviewers report their Switch’s exploding upon booting this up, i’ll buy it.

@Not_Soos : Picross is a Nintendo IP/trademark, but the game itself (nonograms) is public domain/generic, like sudoku, crosswords etc., hence why you'll also find plenty of knock-offs in the eShop (I call them knock-offs as most of them are named very similarly to "Picross").

The developer, Jupiter, is independent from Nintendo, but they almost exclusively develop for them.

There were also Pokémon and Sanrio (Hello Kitty and Friends) Picross games on 3DS, and it's a little surprising that they have yet to surface on the Switch, especially after they had recently brought over the generic 3DS instalments.

I love Picross but will only buy these crossover ones. And yet this one seems relatively uncompelling. Probably on a sale.

And finally! A Picross game to get excited about (after the Sega crossover, and the Zelda/Pokémon/Sanrio crossovers on 3DS back in the day). Weirdly enough, I'm not terribly familiar with most of Namco's vintage IP, but I'll grab this for Pac-Man, if nothing else.

This looks great! I loved the Sega version so I’ll probably pick this one up at some point. I find Picross more fun when it’s partnered with another company like this.

I'm not all that deep into Namco except for Ridge Racer, but the Sega Picross game was so good that I'm 100% in for this day one.

This is perfect timing. I just watched through Tim Rogers essay on Pac-Man, he talked a lot about classic Namco titles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPzVlTgZoCg
Also Picross rocks.

So, I'm probably gonna get it anyway since I'm a big Picross nut, but looking at that list, it shows me just how... thin... the Namco Bandai library is when you strip away the licensed IPs like Gundam, Dragon Ball, and One Piece. Which is a shame for a company boasting Pac-Man, Tales of, and Galaga (look, I like Galaga, okay?). I'm happy they found something they're good at, leveraging popular anime into at least decent games, but... I dunno. For a company so ubiquitous with the games industry, there's so little that's their own, it feels like.

Awesome! Retro-game themed picross is my favorite, so this is a real pleasant surprise. Would be really cool if Jupiter and Nintendo team up to make a NES/Famicom Picross. Also, with Sunsoft back in the scene, maybe they could get together to make a new O-Chan's Logic. Whatever the case, the more picross the better.

I enjoyed the Sega one, but I was never a Sega kid. Namco is much more up my alley! 😊

no Mr. Driller puzzles? 0/10 /j

@Not_Soos If you want to understand, there's multiple demos on the Eshop and Mario Picross is "free" with NSO via the NES/Famicom app

As for the brand, is mostly a Nintendo thing, but the concept dates back to japanese newspapers somewhere in the 60s-70s time frame. So they don't own the gameplay, per se. just the naming scheme

Looks cool! I've been dying to get back into Picross and the SEGA set has also piqued my interest. Gonna have to keep an eye out for this one as well!

I just wish this and the Sega one were released on the 3DS, still cant get my head around Mega Picross however much i try

“-if nothing else, to see Twilight Princess assets running in a 3DS game”

@Not_Soos I might be misunderstanding you but there are no assets from the original game in the Picross. It’s all pixel art based on the game delivered through puzzles. It’s a great little instalment in the series though!

I always get to the super giant puzzles and run out of steam on them. I don't think I've ever fully finished a Picross game. 🥵