More than 10 years before Picross DS, there was Mario's Super Picross for Super Nintendo. This classic ‘picture crossword’ game, previously unavailable outside of Japan, features hundreds of relaxing yet challenging brainteasers.

Each Picross puzzle consists of a grid of tiles which reveal a picture when solved correctly. In Mario’s main game mode, a wrong move means losing precious time. However, in the more difficult Wario puzzles, mistakes are not indicated and the timer counts upwards! Read More »

Like Picross DS, Mario's Super Picross also features a save ability that lets you return to a puzzle later, and various background melodies.

Review

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 by Marcel Van Duyn

More than 10 years before Picross DS, there was Mario's Super Picross for Super Nintendo.

Ask anybody to name some Mario puzzlers and you'll most likely hear Dr. Mario, maybe Wario's Woods, Mario & Yoshi or Yoshi's Cookie. They never name the best of the lot though - Mario's Picross. The series had it's first game (Mario's Picross) on Game..

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User Comments

1. Jazzem 31 Aug 2007, 13:17 BST

Hold on, wasn't this JP only?

Either way, I love Picross DS, so I'm certainly not saying no to more of the same!

2. KeeperBvK 31 Aug 2007, 13:42 BST

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssss!!
Finally! I love Mario's Picross on the GB.

3. Yoshi175 31 Aug 2007, 14:14 BST

Yes finally some games from Nintendo that were never Realeased outside of Japan, and I love Picross!

4. Mendez 31 Aug 2007, 14:30 BST

I've been a huge Picross fan since Mario's Picross on Gameboy, but Picross DS is probably more than enough for me now...
Still, I'll be considering it.

5. DEMON212 31 Aug 2007, 20:59 BST

I have never been more confused and scared by a game. Maybe it's because it's in Japanese (Which I can't read), but just how the bloody hell are you supposed to know what you're drawing?

It doesn't look like it gives you hints or anything. And it can't even be themed, because one of them before the Footie player is an Aubergine (SP).

6. Drake 31 Aug 2007, 22:48 BST

You're not supposed to know what you're drawing (Not until you're done or near done anyway). Picross is about uncovering a picture, not recreating a picture. You can buy hints in exchange for time, though not in Wario mode.

7. DEMON212 02 Sep 2007, 01:32 BST

So if you aren't supposed to know what you're drawing, what makes it fun?

I mean why would hacking/chipping away at a bunch of tiles for hour after hour trying to create a picture in the hopes it's the one that the game wants you to do, be fun?

8. Drake 02 Sep 2007, 12:49 BST

The same reason loads of people like Sudoku, crossword puzzles and other stuff. Then again, you usually don't like what everybody else likes...

9. Don-Bon 02 Sep 2007, 18:01 BST

Demon, look at all the numbers around the board. By those numbers you can figure out where to start "chipping away".

10. DEMON212 02 Sep 2007, 23:17 BST

The numbers are supposed to help? I'd have thought one of them saying "64" when there aren't 64 tiles in a column to be unhelpful, rather than helpful.

So basically this is a glorified costly version of Minesweeper but with pictures?

Got it.

11. Drake 02 Sep 2007, 23:28 BST

There's a space between 6 and 4. Read the review.

12. wii-c-kid 14 Sep 2007, 07:32 BST

Don't rise to the bait Drake, I guess some things are just lost on certain people. DEMON212's just going to have to wait a couple more weeks for Super Metroid.

13. Paulymate 14 Sep 2007, 12:18 BST

This is a great game, and it's wonderful to get a chance to play it.
Note that, to add to the excellence, as it was never released in PAL before and hence crushed/slowed down/ruined it runs fullscreen and at 60HZ.
Buy, you fools, buy. :-)

14. KhaoShar 14 Sep 2007, 15:37 BST

In the first level you get to chip out japanese letters >_

15. ICEknight 14 Sep 2007, 21:29 BST

They didn't translate it? That's not too good...

16. KhaoShar 14 Sep 2007, 21:47 BST

Hey, why is there only the first line of my previous comment? Was the rest I wrote so unfitting?

At least my warning that this only runs on screens compatible to 60Hz should be there

17. SKTTR 17 Sep 2007, 00:27 BST

Just downloaded this, and yeah I love it.

It's just the successor to Mario's Picross for Super Game Boy.
Remixed music and all new levels, everything colored and animated, full screen at 60hz.

Anyway, it's odd that much of the screentext is in Japanese but that won't hold off Picross fans. There is no story or anything that's much of interest. You have to understand the concept of the game, and it's simple and that's all. Everything that could be of importance is written down in English (like the manual).

Many many puzzles await, Nintendo characters like Wario appear, and it's one of the best puzzle games out there.

It's fully playable.

18. Manaman 17 Sep 2007, 12:42 BST

An absolute classic. I was always hoping it would appear ever since Japan got it last December, and I'm glad to see some of the classic ditties from GB version is in this game.

One of the best puzzle games around and in many ways, it's much better playing Picross on the telly than the handheld... this is especially true with the larger puzzles where scrolling spoiled the experience somewhat in Picross DS.

Puzzle fans should grab this now. It really is a truly awesome experience.

19. VC_D 17 Sep 2007, 16:46 BST

The official website says this game can only be played using either the classic controller or the gamecube controller. Is it maybe possible to play this game with the wii-remote? I would think you don't need more than 2 buttons for this kind of game (my experience with Picross DS).

20. Bass X0 19 Sep 2007, 14:35 BST

Translating it would have cost a lot more points.

21. Justin 01 Oct 2007, 23:26 BST

I hope this comes to the USA sometime since they didn't release it with SMB:LL

22. Pocketim 14 Nov 2007, 21:52 GMT

Is this worth picking up if I already have Picross DS?

23. Drake 14 Nov 2007, 23:30 GMT

Every Picross game is worth picking up, even if you already have others.

24. WaddleWave 05 Dec 2007, 13:48 GMT

This is definitely worth the points. Every Picross game has different puzzles. The language it's not vital for it's addictive gameplay (you won't notice that minutes becomes hours.). Hope this comes to US pretty soon.

25. Guyute 19 Dec 2007, 04:24 GMT

What's the chance of this coming to the US?

26. RevolverLink 19 Jan 2008, 08:48 GMT

Why hasn't this game come to the States yet!? I need to satisfy my Picross fix!

27. ReZon 20 Jan 2008, 01:57 GMT

Yeah, I would totally love if this game were released in NA please?

28. Kawaiipikachu 29 Jan 2008, 12:46 GMT

I love this game .
It needs no translation & it's great .
It's a smart game for smart people .

29. Quimby 23 Mar 2008, 01:08 GMT

This is the game I got the most excited about on the VC. For me, there was no descision to be made about its purchase, it IS a must have. If I had to spend eternity with only 3 games, I would have this, Street Fighter 2 Turbo, & Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door. Easy.