Mario's Picross (1995)

Developer: Jupiter Corporation, Ape
Publisher: Nintendo
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Game Boy
Genres: Puzzle
Rating: 3.8 of 5, 24 player ratings
Completionist: about 34 hours
Where to get it: Nintendo eShop

The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A calm, meditative picross puzzler with 256 nonogram challenges where Mario chips away tiles to reveal hidden pictures.

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About

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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