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Major irritation with the larger puzzle size vs screen size

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The easy puzzles (small size) are too easy...but then you move up to the more challenging puzzles. Yes, challenging they sure are, BUT with the zoom size and the numbers along the sides, return to normal size with the tiny numbers to get the "big picture" in order to figure the puzzle out takes more time AND irritation than I am willing to give for a puzzle game. Now don't take me wrong, I love a good challenge and have succeeded at the most challenging levels of Sudoku and other puzzle games, but Picross is not one for the small Nintendo DS Lite machine...a more apt game for the PC IMHO. I had high hopes for the use of logic while determining the solutions and also think that the images that come up after you succeed in completing a puzzle are not visually pleasing as one could expect for the DS games. So I give it 5 stars for the challenge, 1 star for the smallness and poor quality of the imagery, thus averaging a 3 star rating for this game. I feel that only die-hard Picross fans will get any enjoyment of this game.

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3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Fun and keeps your attention. I don't like the zoom effect and not being able to see the whole puzzle in that mode.

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

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.

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.....

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.

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.

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.

played every puzzle and all downloadables

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I totally got addicted to this game as my first ds puzzle game. I played every puzzle and all the ones that you download from nintendo. The biggest puzzles were the most fun, but they're all great. My only complaint is that after playing them all, I wanted more, so I tried to connect with other people and play against them (an endless supply of puzzles!). But every time it would say there was a problem with the connection and I automatically win. I won 8 times without ever actually playing. Then I gave up. I plan to try again in hopes of a better connection.

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