

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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Plot-driven, warm, cool and earnest.
- character-ledplot-driven
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
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About the game
- Platforms
- Nintendo 3DS, Game Boy
- Developer
- Jupiter Corporation, Ape
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Released
- March 14, 1995
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Time to beat
- 34 h completionist
IGDB rating 7.6/10 from 24 ratings.
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