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Addictive and fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Having never played picross before, I found this game to be a great introduction, with pacing to advance in skill. The features in this game are pretty extensive, from online play to creating your own puzzles, and daily challenges to unlockables. Definitely worth the $20 price tag.

Addictive and Fun Puzzle Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Picross DS
Picross is incredibly an addictive and challenging puzzle game. I'd never played it before, but got hooked immediately. The nice thing about it is you don't need to know anything about how to play before you start. It give you instructions and starts you off with simple puzzles. But as you progress, the puzzles become more difficult and you really have to use your analytical skills to solve them.

A fantastic logic game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Picross DS is one of the best games I have found for the DS. It is, essentially, a logic puzzle: based on what you do know, you have to extrapolate where squares must be, as well as where squares can't possibly be. There is also the extra cheat of knowing that you are creating a picture, and so, in some cases, you might even be able to pull off an educated guess based on the forming image.

Since you do start off with simple images on 10x10 grids, you have several easy puzzles in which you can learn the basic logical tenets of the game. After which you move up until you are working on 20x25 grids.

There are even two modes of difficulty - one where the game will tell you that you've picked the wrong square, and one where the game gives no indication that you are right or wrong, other than to relight numbers for a full row or column that has an error in it.

Picross DS has a few other modes that, I must admit, I rarely ever fiddle with. The only one I have tried is making your own Picross design. I have not found that mode to be especially satisfying, so I have not tried it very often. This most certainly does not detract from my rating of this game, however. Whether or not this feature works in this game makes me no never mind.

The only thing I will complain about is the fact that once you solve a puzzle, the picture of the puzzle remains as that puzzle's selection icon. So now you know what image you are going for, and all of a sudden you're making more educated guesses than logical choices. This is not the end of the world, but it would be nice to be able to delete the puzzle images.

In any case, if you enjoy logic puzzles, this game is SO for you!

Great puzzle game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

My husband gave me Picross DS as a stocking stuffer last Christmas. At first I was a little hesitant to try it because I didn't know about the game and I thought I would have to draw. He said it's kind of like Sudoku, which I like a lot, so I gave it a chance. It has a tutorial when you first play the game. Walks you through everything and you can try basic puzzles until you get the hang of it. After a few practices, I started liking it a lot and got addicted to it. There are quite a lot of puzzles from Beginner to Advanced or Expert, and Bonus Level. I felt some sort of accomplishment when I finished all of the puzzles but I'm not very happy I don't have puzzles to play anymore, except the ones online (I think about 2-3 daily). Puzzles online are good also and some have time limits so it's a bit different.

Overall, this is a must have game for those who like puzzle games. Those who like to think and practice their mind. I loved Picross DS.

Great Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I have had Picross for a while now and LOVE the game! It makes you think and have fun at the same time. I've been telling my mother-in-law about it for a long time and recently purchased it for her for her birthday. She plays it all the time. If you are looking for more than just a game with a little challege this is your game. I highly recommend it.

Picross DS

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game. The challenges to get you accustomed to the game are very fun. I especially like the "extras" you qualify for after playing the main games, like the daily picross. The only thing I do not like is when the grid gets so big you have to zoom in and out all the time. I'm not sure what part of the brain is stimulated, but it sure is fun to play.

My all time favorite puzzles available on the DS!!!! LOVE IT!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I have been playing this game every chance I get! I totally love it. So far the one and only down fall I have found is there are not extra save slots available so you can't share with other household members and each have your own save point throughout the game. Otherwise I highly recommend this game to anyone who likes puzzles. I would say this game is like Minesweeper crossed with Sudoku plus some.....

Fun but challenging

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Picross is a puzzle game like I have never played before. When I first started it I was a little discouraged because the starter puzzles are easy. As I got farther in the game it got much more difficult. A lot of thinking and patience goes into it and its a great game. Recommend for any puzzle fanatic.

Extraordinarily addictive!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

If you have played Mario's Picross and loved it, put this in your cart immediately! Picross is a simple and elegant puzzle game. I can't recommend it highly enough. Any puzzle fan should try it out. There are a ton of puzzles to play, starting from supremely easy and progressing slowly and casually to extremely challenging. Intial puzzles can be solved in a minute, while later puzzles can take as much as 45 minutes if you don't guess or take hints. Touch screen control is a wonderful addition, as is the ability to create your puzzles. A common complaint is that the larger grids later in the game are bigger than the screen and need to be magnified and moved around in order to play them, but the touch screen control is perfectly done and very intuitive. It only took me minutes to adjust and the larger puzzles are a welcome challenge. This is one of the best puzzle games ever made. Please try it out!

Fun game that takes some thought

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is a game that you use a graph a numbers to make a picture. It takes some thought as you solve more puzzles. You start with a blank graph with some numbers telling you which blocks to fill in. There are hints, so if you make a mistake and fill in the wrong block, it will let you know. Sometimes it's hard to tell what the picture is. though, but the game tells you what it's a picture of. It's easy to get hooked if you like puzzle games.Picross DS

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