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| | #redirect [[List of Mario references in video games#Art Style: PiCTOBiTS]] |
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| |image=[[File:MenuLogoPiCTOBiTS.png]]
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| |developer=skip Ltd.
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| |publisher=[[Nintendo]]
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| |engine=
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| |released={{releasedate|Japan|January 28, 2009|USA|May 18, 2009|Europe|May 22, 2009|Australia|May 22, 2009}}
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| |genre=Puzzle
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| |modes=Single player
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| |ratings={{ratings|esrb=E|pegi=3}}
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| |platforms=[[Nintendo DSi]]
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| |media={{container|dsidl=1}}
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| |requirements=
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| |input={{input|stylus=1}}
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| |price=500 Nintendo Points
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| '''''Art Style: PiCTOBiTS''''', known as '''''Art Style: PiCOPiCT''''' in Japan, Europe and Australia, is a game released on [[DSiWare]] for the [[Nintendo DSi]]. Its price is 500 Nintendo points. As seen in the title, this game is from the ''Art Style series'', which is only available for [[WiiWare]] and DSiWare, and also isn't actually a part of the [[Mario (series)|''Mario'' series]], but ''Mario'' characters appear in, just like ''[[Tetris DS]]''.
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| ==Gameplay==
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| The gameplay of ''Art Style: PiCTOBiTS'' is to clear the falling ''megabits'' (also known as ''Mega PiCTOs''), different forms of blocks, which are combined squares, by combining them with the same colored ''bits'' (''PiCTOs''), the squares self, to form NES characters, like [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Bowser]], and [[Goomba]]. Not only Mario characters appear in the game, but also characters from other famous NES games.
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| The game consists of 15 levels with their respective dark versions.
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| The Player can store bits in a "reserve" at the left part of the screen, he can store up to eight. However, once the [[POW Block]] is used, the spaces will decrease.
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| Other game mechanics are:
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| *''POW Block'' - This button can be used to disappear the bits at the lower part of the screen. Each time it is used, one reserve space will disappear, therefore, it can't be used when only one space is remaining.
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| *''Coins'' - Coins can be used either to purchase Dark Levels, music, or restore reserve spaces (5 per restore). Coins can be earned by making combos, clearing a whole megabit in once or getting rid of Permabits.
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| *''Permabits'' - These blocks with an X on them can't be picked up, and when cleared, they will give the player a coin.
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| ==Game Modes==
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| *''Music'' - Here, the player can buy songs with coins they have previously earned. There are 17 different songs, with prices going from 10 to 170 coins. Plus, an upgrade of the song, called "+" can be bought after buying the original song, this upgrade is more expensive.
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| *''Dark Levels'' (known as ''Remix Levels'' in Europe) - These are harder version of the levels which can be bought after clearing the normal level.
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| ==Represented Games==
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| *''[[Super Mario Bros.]]
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| *''Balloon Fight
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| *''Ice Climber
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| *''[[Wrecking Crew]]
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| *''Baseball
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| *''Excitebike
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| *''Devil World
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| *''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda (Game)|The Legend of Zelda]]
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| ==DSi Shop Description==
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| ===American===
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| ''Your goal in Art Style: PiCTOBiTS™ is simple: clear large blocks from above ("megabits") by combining them with "bits" (square blocks of the same color). Add in the ability to pick up bits and place them anywhere on the Touch Screen, and you'll quickly find that strategy is critical to your success. By clearing the bits, you gradually reveal each stage's hidden game character - look for favorites from classic NES titles - and earn coins that can spent to unlock DARK stages or to listen to the game's soundtrack in MUSIC mode. This grand mix of familiar elements and new gameplay leads to the uniquely enjoyable experience that is PiCTOBiTS™.''
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| ===European===
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| ''Jump into the world of PiCOPiCT™ and put your brain to the test with this colourful new puzzle game on Nintendo DSiWare. You have blocks of six different colours, and the idea behind the game is to build up pictures of classic NES Nintendo characters. The blocks are known as PiCTOs and you can place them freely on the screen using the stylus. You have to use these PiCTOs to erase the Deca PiCTOs (groups of PiCTOs) falling from the top of the screen by combining blocks of the same colour together. If you can erase the PiCTOs and complete the picture then you clear the stage. With its warm NES style graphics and immersive 8-bit music, in PiCOPiCT™, you can experience a world where the old and the new coexist!''
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| File:LogoPiCTOBiTS.png|Logo
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| File:PiCTOBiTStitle.jpg|Title Screen
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| File:MarioBiTS.jpg|Gameplay of Stage 1, featuring [[Mario]] from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
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| File:BowserBiTS.jpg|Gameplay of Stage 14, featuring [[Bowser]] from ''Super Mario Bros.''
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| File:MarioBiTS2.jpg|Gameplay of Stage 6, featuring Mario from ''[[Wrecking Crew]]''
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| File:LinkBiTS.jpg|Gameplay of Stage 11, featuring [[Link]] and an [[Octorok]] from ''The Legend of Zelda''
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| File:BalloonBiTS.jpg|Gameplay of Stage 3, featuring two Balloon Fighters from ''Balloon Fight''
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| File:ExciteBiTS.jpg|Gameplay of Stage 8, featuring two bikers from ''Excitebike''
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| File:CondorBiTS.jpg|Gameplay of Stage 5, featuring the [[Condor]] with an Eggplant from ''Ice Climber''
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| File:GoombaBiTS.jpg|Completed Stage 2: [[Goomba]] from ''Super Mario Bros.''
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| File:IceClimberBiTS.jpg|Completed Stage 4: [[Ice Climbers|Popo]] from ''Ice Climber''
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| File:BaseballBiTS.jpg|Completed Stage 7: a Baseball batter from ''Baseball''
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| File:TamagonBiTS.jpg|Completed Stage 9: two Tamagons from ''Devil World''
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| File:NormalDarkBiTS.jpg|Normal and Dark Mode
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| File:MusicBiTS.jpg|Music Mode
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| </gallery>
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| ==Trivia==
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| *The falling megabits in the last level spell "''Thank you Mario! But our princess is in another castle!''"
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| ==External Links==
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| *[http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/UVeE-6vfX_TN90n3VWF_X5miNkyRWN93 Official American Website]
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| *[http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/games/dsiware/art_style_picopict_12278.html Official European Website]
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| *[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/dsiware/kapj/index.html Official Japanese Website]
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| {{DS}}
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| [[Category:DSiWare]]
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| [[Category:2009 games]]
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| [[Category:Games]]
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