Gaming Picross WOW!

[When Im Gone]

Has this been dumped?

Yes it has.

 

[lotronex]

I agree with Glacius0. Follow the tutorial. Even if it takes you a few tries, it is totally worth it.

Having said that...WOW indeed! This game is amazingly addictive. I just started playing it about an hour ago, but I can tell I'll be playing it for a while.

By the way, is there a difference between the European and American versions?

don't know about differences between euro and usa editions, but the only differences i can find between the japanese and euro release besides language is the amount of downloadable puzzles available from nintendo. euro release only has 2 packs, japanese has about a dozen

 

[CSD]

Aw, man, that sucks. Can European saves be used on Japanese or US versions?

 

[DoS]

I just tried using the european save on the japanese version and it worked greatly. The progress in the regular modes seems lost, probably because each puzzle has the name built in, and when you use the japanese rom it thinks you didn't do anything yet in the regular mode (Easy, Normal, Free), but the european downlods (Mario's Picross) you made are still listed there.

Then I downloaded a couple of japanese packs, put the save back into the european version, and it worked. I had the japanese packs, the european packs, and my game progress back where I left it. Kind of a hassle to keep changing saves, so hopefully the american version will allow us to use the same save for the game progress, so if it has more downloadables, we can convert to the US version for good, and just an occasional save swap to get the other country's goodies =)

Nothing went wrong for me so far, but either way I suggest that before doing all this changing you save your original sav in a safe place, just in case your progress get lost somewhere in the alternative world

 

[Smiths]

Picross is an amazing game. Try Mario no Picross 2 for Gameboy Mono for a real good challenge. It's only in Japanese but it doesn't matter. The puzzles in that are about 30x30 (or 40x40 i forget), but split into 4 separate puzzles.

So you have to solve one puzzle for the bottom-left, then one for bottom-right, top-left, top-right and THEN you have completed the puzzle.

I was waiting for this DS version for a long time, and completed the Japanese one 100% before the Euro was dumped. The Jap saves are compatible with the Euro, so it was cool to see all my puzzle solutions' names appear in English.

The hardest level IMO is the storybook one in Free Mode. That one took a long friggin' time!

Don't forget the downloadable puzzle packs! The Japanese version had 1 pack released each week for a total of 10 packs. At 10 puzzles per pack, that was an extra 100!

 

[CSD]

DoS, if the US version doesn't accept the E progress, then your method sounds like the best solution.

Back to playing!

 

[DoS]

...So you have to solve one puzzle for the bottom-left, then one for bottom-right, top-left, top-right and THEN you have completed the puzzle...

That's a great feature! This should've been included in Picross DS! Maybe there could be one of these in the end of each level, so we could check some higher resolution pictures every once in a while.

 

[GatorDeb]

What's the name of the Gameboy version?

Also, what's the release # for the Japanese NDS Picross?

Thanks!

 

[PuyoDead]

It's a nice diversion, but way, way over-hyped. IGN's Craig Harris is too easily amused.

Way overhyped? Are you serious? One guy getting excited over it is not over-hype. This game is almost unheard of to most people. This is the first picross game Nintendo has released in the U.S. since Mario's Picross for Gameboy.

As for me, I played the japanese release almost to the end. Then the euro release came out, and the save didn't quite work right with it (normal and free mode progress would be switched). Now that it's out here in the U.S., I actually bought it. I want to support them actually releasing it here. I love these games.

Also, try the SNES versions (Picross Volumes 1-8). Those are very nice, and full of puzzles.

 

[Rankio]

I'm not fond of the later puzzles that you can't see the whole board on screen at once.

Try button mode for 5 minutes. Maybe you'll like it.
I did and forever stuck with button controls.

Thanks alot for that suggestion, now I can finally finish the game.

I'll have to look into the download packs pretty soon too.

 

[CSD]

Thank you, ambitous21! I never even thought to use the button controls, but it has made a huge difference.

 

[GatorDeb]

It's a nice diversion, but way, way over-hyped. IGN's Craig Harris is too easily amused.


Way overhyped? Are you serious? One guy getting excited over it is not over-hype. This game is almost unheard of to most people. This is the first picross game Nintendo has released in the U.S. since Mario's Picross for Gameboy.

As for me, I played the japanese release almost to the end. Then the euro release came out, and the save didn't quite work right with it (normal and free mode progress would be switched). Now that it's out here in the U.S., I actually bought it. I want to support them actually releasing it here. I love these games.

Also, try the SNES versions (Picross Volumes 1-8). Those are very nice, and full of puzzles.

What's the name of the Japanese DS version?

Also I found 1 SNES Picross game... what are the names of the volumes? (they're not "Picross Volume #" they're called something different).

Thanks!

 

[artisan]

where can i get a game save for this for r4ds?

 

[HeatMan Advance]

The U.S. rom was just released.

 

[artisan]

^^^ where?

 

[HeatMan Advance]

^

 

[artisan]

well... i AM new here, so either i was made a fool or i just cant find it, cuz i did look in the releases section

 

[HeatMan Advance]

Well, since you're new, I was just referring to the fact that we're not allowed to ask for roms.

I was only saying that it was released. Which means that you have to find it on your own. It was just a heads up for people that have been waiting. They'll now where to find it on their own.

There are no roms on this site, just release info.

Welcome to the site and enjoy

 

[GatorDeb]

Somebody HAS to know the Japanese ROM name, please! That way I can take it to work in 30 mins

I thought he was asking for a game SAVE, not a game ROM, since that's what his post asked

(And Gamefaqs doesn't have roms, it has saves). But then again I could be wrong.

 

[artisan]

well thank you, and yea, roms are easy enough to find... maybe some sites get them a tad earlier, but i have a few sites that i know of. and thanks for the heads up on the rules... wouldnt wanna get banned...