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=Picross NP=

Picross NP was a series of eight Japan-only picross games released on Nintendo Power cartridges over the course of 1999 and 2000. Each game in the series, named Vol. 1-8, was based off a different Nintendo game series. Only Vol. 2, 6, 7, and 8 were based off games in the extended Mario franchise. Other volumes were based on such series as Pokémon, The Legend of Zelda, and Star Fox. Despite the fact they were obstinately based on a certain game or series, this aspect only showed in the "Character" set of puzzles, all other puzzles were generic, unrelated objects.

Gameplay
The objective of each logic puzzle is to reveal a hidden picture in a grid by scraping specific squares of it. Each puzzle starts with an empty grid and several numbers are given at the side of each horizontal row and vertical column of the grid. The numbers tell the player how many squares have to be scraped in each line. The revealed pictures show food, animals and other objects, but also make some Mario series references.

For example, a "5" means that the player has to scrape five consecutive squares in the respective line. If there is more than one number, then there has to be at least one blank square between the scraped areas. For instance, "4 6 2" means that four consecutive squares have to be scraped in the line, followed by at least one blank square. After the blank space(s), the player has to scrape an area of six squares. Again, there has to be at least one blank square between this area and the last two consecutive squares that have to be scraped. If the player is sure that a square doesn't have to be scraped, e.g. when a blank square is needed or all required squares in a line have been scraped, he or she can mark it with an "X". Finally, the player will be able to reveal the hidden picture by logic thinking.

Picross NP Vol. 2
Picross NP Vol. 2 was released on June 1, 1999. It was primarily based off Yoshi's Story, with some puzzles representing objects from earlier games.