Mario's Super Picross

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Mario's Super Picross Japanese box art Developer(s) Jupiter Publisher(s) Nintendo Platform(s) Super Famicom, Virtual Console (Wii, Wii U, New Nintendo 3DS) Release date Super Famicom: September 14, 1995 Virtual Console (Wii): December 19, 2006 September 14, 2007 September 14, 2007 Virtual Console (Wii U): April 27, 2013 April 27, 2013 April 28, 2013 Virtual Console (New 3DS): November 3, 2016 November 4, 2016 November 28, 2016 Genre Puzzle Rating(s) PEGI: - Three years and older CERO: - All ages ACB: - General Mode(s) Single player Media SNES: Cartridge Wii: Digital download Wii U: Digital download Nintendo 3DS: Digital download Input Super Nintendo: SNES Controller SNES Mouse Wii: Wii Classic Controller Nintendo GameCube Controller Wii U: Wii U GamePad Wii Classic Controller Wii U Pro Controller Nintendo 3DS: Control pad Mario's Super Picross, also known as Mario no Super Picross in Japan, is the first sequel to the Game Boy game, Mario's Picross, and can be played on the Super Famicom. After the commercial failure of Mario's Picross in the West, this sequel was released only in Japan in 1995. The game plays much the same way as the first, except Wario appears in it and presents his own set of special rules, which also return in the sequel. In 2006, it was released on the Wii's Virtual Console in Japan. The game saw its first Western release in 2007 on the Virtual Console in the PAL regions, albeit untranslated. It was later released on the Wii U Virtual Console in 2013, and the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console in 2016, in both Japan and the PAL regions. However, subsequent Picross games of this era were never released in North America, most likely due to the poor reception of Mario's Picross on the Game Boy. Gameplay Gameplay of a 10x10 puzzle. Picross is a logic puzzle game in which the player uses a chisel and rock hammer to uncover pictures. In order to reveal the picture, number clues are given to show how many squares go in each row or column. For example, a "5" horizontally means that there are 5 consecutive marked squares somewhere in that respective row. If there is more than one number, they all appear in that line in their respective order, but there must be at least one blank square between them. The player can also label squares with an "X" if they believe the square should not be marked. Labeling squares with an "X" serves no purpose in the solution of a puzzle, and is only used to assist the player. New to Mario's Super Picross is the ability to mark the hint numbers along the sides of the grid at will, preferably as each consecutive group of squares is solved on that line inside the grid. There are two sets of puzzles, each divided into several levels. In Mario's set of puzzles, the player is given a time limit. In puzzles with time limits, the player is allotted 30 minutes to complete the puzzle, and is penalized for time for each wrongly marked square; 2 minutes for the first mistake, 4 minutes for the second, and 8 minutes for each mistake thereafter. At the start of the round, the player has the option to use a hint roulette, which cycles through the grid to completely reveal one row and one column. Once started, the player also has the option to use another hint roulette at the expense of 5 minutes deducted from the timer; this can be used multiple times as long as there is enough time remaining. When the player runs out of time, the game is over and they must restart the puzzle. After clearing the first level of Mario's puzzles, the player is granted access to Wario's puzzles. In Wario's set of puzzles, there is no time limit and the player isn't notified of mistakes or given any hints, making the puzzles harder to solve. There is still a timer, however, it only increments to show the amount of time taken on a puzzle. There is a new option in the start menu, exclusive to Wario, called "? Start"; a guessing mode where the player halts progress on the puzzle and can make temporary marks on prospective squares, which can sometimes be necessary due to the lack of hints and the complexity of Wario's puzzles. The player can decide at any time if they want to cancel the guessing mode and remove the temporary marks, letting them continue from a state prior to entering this mode. If the player correctly finishes the puzzle while in this mode, the puzzle is completed as normal. Each set has 11 levels with 12 puzzles each, except Wario who has a hidden twelfth "Ultra" level with eight puzzles, which is unlocked by clearing Mario and Wario's special level. After Wario's ultra level is cleared, EX puzzles are unlocked for both Mario and Wario. There is a total of 300 puzzles in the game and puzzle sizes range from 5x5 up to 20x20 and 25x20, the latter being new additions to the series. A two player mode exists in the game as well. By performing any input on a second controller, a second player is entered in to the game, and players can then solve puzzles cooperatively. This feature would later return in Picross 2, Picross NP, and Picross S in which players can cooperatively solve puzzles or compete to fill the most squares. Puzzles Mario's Picross Level 1 マ (ma) リ (ri) オ (o) の (no) ピ (pi) ク (ku) ロ (ro) ス (su) Big Dipper Sail Boat Penguin Mermaid Level 2 Glasses Dolphin Angel Fish Northern Fox Post Box Floppy Disk Great South Gate Key Rocket Clock American Football Helmet Slot Machine Level 3 Magnet Satellite Dish Ruler Electrical Outlet Onigiri Kokeshi Dolls Bottle Opener Australia Sewing Machine Flask Medal Ambulance Level 4 Golf Green Festival Fan Condor Ghost Leg Diving Dress Shirt Weight Lifter Fawn Opera Glasses Music Box Harp Baby and Mama Level 5 Dinosaur Fossil Microscope Dog and Utility Pole Gangster Votive Picture Longhorn Beetle Headphones Strawberry The News Hot Air Balloon Gateball Escalator Level 6 Gorilla Fishing Exercising Rabbit The Thinker Tokyo Tower Howling Dog Weathercock Horn Pumpkin Marilyn Monroe Hannya Traveler in the Desert Level 7 Parakeet Eel Fountain Sea Horse Frog and Willow Tree Spider Flounder Balancing Origami Crane Ptarmigan Lighthouse Praying Mantis Level 8 Picross Camera Garbage Can Plesiosaurus Juice Western Castle Fox Capitol Japanese Castle Dandelion Alarm Clock Magic Lamp Level 9 Basketball Eggplant Palm Tree Football Lantern Kettle Hydrangea Tropical Fish King Hang-On Eagle Woodpecker Level 10 Helicopter Fishbowl Treasure Ship Grand Piano Flowers Coat Tulip Water Mill Cyclist Kendo Sumo Horse Racing Special High-speed Boat Paint Ice Skates Binoculars Mount Fuji Steam Train Bee Morning Glory Man Playing the Guitar Egypt Uchide-no-Kozuchi Gymnastics EX High Wheeler Kabuto Boxing Gloves Pocket Watch Chick Coffee Cup No Smoking Mark Pelican Lucky Cat Raijin Snowman Basketball Wario's Face Wario's Picross Level 1 Uninhabited Island Sole Bomb Kozaru Cicada Mosquito Coil Thief Dog Tutankhamun Adobe Dwelling Parasol Harvest Moon Level 2 Orion Tetris Bird's Nest Shoshinsha Mark Moon Landing Emergency Exit Africa Daruma Doll Killifish Pop-eyed Goldfish Failure of Yore Doghouse Level 3 Fugu Butterfly Flying Fish The Sun Army Ants Bag of Money Kappa Iguana Devil Mouse Bat Skunk Level 4 Uncle Faucet Flying Carpet Pro Wrestler Tadpole Mizaru Knock Iwazaru Hippopotamus Tiger Kikazaru Teru Teru Bōzu Level 5 Shogi Owl Dinosaur TV Set Man Smoking a Pipe Flamingo Catfish Roast Bird Monkey Dodo Grim Reaper The Scream Level 6 Tea Queen Raccoon Fishbone Jizo Panda Face Porcine Mosquito Coil Myna Crescent Moon Mole Hurdle Conductor Level 7 Tyrannosaurus Crocodile Ostrich Viking Witch Pegasus The Americas Lakitu Parent and Child Tortoise Nokko Buffalo Piggy Bank Level 8 Heavy Metal Chicken Badly Drawn Dog Clown Maizō Tanuki Commuting Squid Frog Yaburiki Goboten Mountain Gorilla Level 9 Kintarō Candy Octopus with a Headband Alien Mountaineer Rock-Paper-Scissors Whale Tōyama no Kin-san Kurikuri Giraffe Tiny Wario Reindeer Ukiyo-e Level 10 Bowl and Chopsticks Car Mr. Bear Cow Orca Honey Bee Excavator Great Buddha Sheep Scorpion Tuna Carriage Special Sunfish Squirrel Beach Locust Lion Tanuki Figure Luffa Scale Haniwa Horse Princess Kaguya Cherry Blossom Sea Lion Ultra Waitress Koala Coelacanth Backpack Tabby Baby Rider Wolf EX Bad Guy's Mark Terrible Guy Bad Guy's Eye Gallant Mustache Sideburns of Yours Truly Ear of Yours Truly Mark of the Hero Beautiful Eyes Helmet of Yours Truly Gloves of Yours Truly Tiny Wario's Head Shoes of Yours Truly View of the Moon Pansy Bunbuku Chagama Staff Main article: List of Mario's Super Picross staff Gallery For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Mario's Super Picross. Artwork of Mario & Wario Mario sprite Wario sprite Wario's face Media For a complete list of media for this subject, see List of Mario's Super Picross media. Title File infoMedia:MSP Title.oga Save Menu File infoMedia:MSP Save Menu.oga Mario Menu File infoMedia:MSP Mario Menu.oga Wario Menu File infoMedia:MSP Wario Menu.oga Help:Media • Having trouble playing? Names in other languages Language Name Meaning Japanese マリオのスーパーピクロス Mario no Sūpā Pikurosu Mario's Super Picross Trivia The rendered resolution (left), and the output resolution (right). Mario's Super Picross utilizes a "high resolution SD mode". While still constrained to the 224 lines of standard definition TVs, the horizontal definition of the images is doubled to 512 so that pixels twice as thin can be displayed. In order to better show such images on modern displays with square pixels, the horizontal lines need to be doubled to restore the apparent aspect ratio. This mode is only used for screens that use text to allow a higher level of detail to display the kana characters. The puzzles themselves and the menus are in the standard Super Famicom resolution, 256x224. External links Official Japanese Super Famicom Website Official Japanese Virtual Console Website (Wii) Official Japanese Virtual Console Website (Wii U) Official European Virtual Console Website Official Website from Jupiter (English/Japanese) References [Edit] Mario games Platformers Super Mario series Super Mario Bros. (1985, NES) • Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (1986, FCD) • Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988, NES) • Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988, NES) • Super Mario Land (1989, GB) • Super Mario World (1990, SNES) • Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992, GB) • Super Mario 64 (1996, N64) • Super Mario Sunshine (2002, GCN) • New Super Mario Bros. (2006, NDS) • Super Mario Galaxy (2007, Wii) • New Super Mario Bros. 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