Mario's Picross (series)

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Mario's Picross
Mario's Picross
Logo for the first game
First installment Mario's Picross (1995)
Latest installment Picross 2 (1996)
Number of installments 3
Franchise Super Mario, Picross

The Mario's Picross series is a spinoff series in the Super Mario franchise. It has some of the first picross picture logic puzzles that the Jupiter Corporation developed for its Picross series. The Mario's Picross series comprises three puzzle games, released on the Game Boy and Super Famicom systems.

List of games[edit]

Title
Cover, original release and system Synopsis
Mario's Picross
North American box art for Mario's Picross
Japan March 14, 1995
Game Boy
Mario's Picross is the first installment in the Mario's Picross series. It was released for the Game Boy in 1995. It features a total of 256 different puzzles.
Mario's Super Picross
Box art for Mario's Super Picross
Japan September 14, 1995
Super Famicom
Mario's Super Picross, known in Japan as Mario no Super Picross, is the second installment in the series and was released for the Super Famicom in 1995 exclusively in Japan, but it later received a European release on the Wii and New Nintendo 3DS (with the Virtual Console service), and a worldwide release on the Nintendo Switch (with the Nintendo Switch Online service). The game features a total of 300 different puzzles.
Picross 2
MarioPicross2.jpg
Japan October 19, 1996
Game Boy
Picross 2 is the third and final installment in the Mario's Picross series, and it was released exclusively in Japan in 1996 for the Game Boy. The game features a total of 278 different puzzles.

Related games with Super Mario content[edit]

Title
Cover, original release and system Synopsis
Picross NP series
Logo
Japan April 1999–June 2000
Super Famicom
The Picross NP series was a series of eight Picross games released exclusively on the Super Famicom in Japan and made available only via the Nintendo Power service. The games were released bi-monthly, from April 1999 to June 2000. Each Picross NP game was based on a particular Nintendo game or series, including the Super Mario franchise.
Picross DS
Cover art for Picross DS
Japan January 25, 2007
Nintendo DS
Picross DS is a Picross game released for the Nintendo DS in 2007. It features a couple of Super Mario-themed puzzles as part of the first eleven out of the fifteen Extra levels in the Normal mode. The game also received downloadable puzzles through the now-defunct Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection online service, which allowed users to download puzzles from previous Picross video games, including Mario's Picross, Mario's Super Picross, and all eight Picross NP games.
Club Nintendo Picross
Club Nintendo Picross
Japan September 13, 2012
Nintendo 3DS
Club Nintendo Picross, known as Picross Nintendo Special in South Korea, is a Picross game released for the Nintendo 3DS exclusively in Japan and South Korea in 2012. The game was released as a Club Nintendo reward in Japan for 80 points, while in South Korea, the game is exclusive for people who either accessed the Nintendo eShop between April 28 and December 5, 2012, or purchased New Super Mario Bros. 2 Gold Edition.
Club Nintendo Picross+
Club Nintendo Picross+
Japan October 9, 2014
Nintendo 3DS
Club Nintendo Picross+ is a Japan-only Nintendo 3DS Picross game and the sequel to Club Nintendo Picross. It is very similar to its predecessor, featuring 45 of the 88 puzzles from the first—now in the Mega Picross mode—as well as being packed with 108 new puzzles, including three new large-scale Micross puzzles. The game could be downloaded only through the Club Nintendo rewards program.
Picross 3D: Round 2
European cover art for Picross 3D: Round 2.
Japan November 1, 2015
Nintendo 3DS
Picross 3D: Round 2 is the second game in HAL Laboratory's Picross 3D duology. The game was released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2015 in Japan and in 2016 outside Japan. By scanning certain amiibos from the Super Mario franchise, it is possible to unlock puzzles based on Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, Yoshi, and Bowser.