Mario's Picross (GB) (2024)

Overview

Number of Players
1 (Single Player)
Genre
  • Puzzle
Release Date

Game Boy

  • Mario's Picross (GB) (1) Mar 1995
  • Mario's Picross (GB) (2) 27th Jul 1995
  • Mario's Picross (GB) (3) 14th Mar 1995

3DS eShop

  • Mario's Picross (GB) (4) 4th Aug 2011, $3.99
  • Mario's Picross (GB) (5) 14th Jul 2011, £3.60
  • Mario's Picross (GB) (6) 22nd Aug 2011, ¥400
Series
  • Mario
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org

Reviews

  • 24

    Review Mario's Picross (3DS eShop / GB)

    Fun with numbers

    Picross has always been one of the weirder puzzle games at which Mario has tried his hand. It seems very boring to slowly create a picture using nothing but numbers, but once you get the hang of it the time simply flies by and you'll find yourself playing for hours on end. Mario's Picross was the first game in which Mario attempted...

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Screenshots 8

Mario's Picross News

  • 15

    News Get Fresh 3DS Discounts With The Latest My Nintendo Rewards (Europe)

    Professor Layton, Tomodachi Life and more!

    The latest batch of My Nintendo game discounts for Europe has now gone live, giving players the usual chance to grab a handful of games at discounted prices. This set is slightly smaller than usual, with four titles being put up for grabs in total. As always, you can take advantage of these discounts by...

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  • 89

    News Club Nintendo Rewards Are Updated for December

    Retro Picross! Really Difficult Mario! Surprisingly Pricey Balloon Fight!

    Nintendo of America has taken its time updating its Club Nintendo rewards for this month, teasing us an extra day before dishing out the final dose of downloadable treats for 2013. As always there are four new games to choose from, and for the first time one of the home...

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  • 89

    Nintendo Download 16th August 2012 (North America)

    Mario, musical DLC and crazy chickens

    Another week, another Nintendo Download update, though we do have to sadly inform you that this week's options are rather limited. A certain plumber makes his retail eShop debut at the weekend and in another discounted classic, but apart from that the options are rather slim and chicken-themed. Without further...

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  • 44

    News Retro Mario Discounts Jumping Onto North American eShop

    Celebrating New Super Mario Bros. 2

    When it comes to New Super Mario Bros. 2, you'd have to live in a deep, dark cave to not know about it. Trailers and videos swarm the web and its status as the first retail download being offered by Nintendo has given it even more profile. Still, that won't stop Nintendo of America doing some additional marketing...

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  • 77

    Nintendo Download 19th July 2012 (North America)

    Kid Icarus, thievery and puzzles

    Update details were slower than normal today, but we do now have a mixture of 3DS VC games, a couple of mystery eShop titles and some good-old DSiWare to look at this week. Let's get right into it. 3DS Virtual Console: Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters (Game Boy, Nintendo, $3.99) — Before his high profile 3DS...

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  • 61

    Nintendo Download 4th August 2011 (North America)

    It's Mario's Picross time!

    Get out the chisel and get on the grid as the original portable Picross comes to 3DS Virtual Console, alongside some Spanish, black-and-white rubber-burning and plenty more. 3DS Virtual Console: Mario's Picross (Game Boy, Nintendo, $3.99) — The classic picture crossword game makes its way across the pond after its 14th...

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  • 44

    Nintendo Download 14th July 2011 (Europe)

    Will you pick up Picross?

    North America is revelling in a delight of digital downloads today, but let's see what European Nintendo fans can spend those funds on this week. 3DS Virtual Console: Mario's Picross (Game Boy, Nintendo, £3.60/€4) — Mario's first foray into the world of picture crosswords, this is developed by Jupiter, the team behind...

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About The Game

Challenging puzzler requires logic to reveal mysterious hidden pictures!

Help Mario unlock the mystery of Picross! The secrets lie in the numeric codes on the top and left side of the window. Decipher these numbers and uncover a hidden picture in each mind-bending puzzle!

Quick wits and a speedy pace are required to solve the clues before the clock runs out! Chisel away strategic boxes and reveal the hidden image in record time! Be careful! Every mistake will cost precious minutes!

Game Features:

  • Over 250 brain-bending puzzles to solve!
  • Different levels of difficulty provide mind-melting puzzle action for players of all skills levels!
  • Battery-backed RAM saves your progress and records

Can you reveal the hidden pictures in time?

Comments 5

  • 1
  • Froggievilleus

I LOVED this game back in the day and was very excited when I heard that it is coming to the VC! Day 1 insta-buy!

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  • 2
  • grumblegrumble

Downloaded it immediately on Virtual Console for my 3DS, loving it immensely Very charming and fun.

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  • 3
  • Duffthemonkey

Is anyone else who's bought this game for 3DS had a problem creating a restore point for it?

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  • 4
  • ChaosTheChao

Just bought this game today and it is GREAT! best game i've downloaded so far!

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  • 5
  • cheapogamer4life

This game will be "free" to club nintendo user this month! Looks interesting so I just my give it a go this time around.

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