Why I buy this one ?
- • Creating your own puzzles is a snap! Design your puzzle by hand or draw any picture you like and convert it automatically into a Picross puzzle.
- • Trade puzzles with friends using local wireless or Nintendo WFC or download free bonus puzzle packs.
- • Play with up to five friends in Picross-themed minigames over local wireless, or race to complete puzzles against other gamers on Nintendo WFC.

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What our customer's say!

"Picross DS", This game sucks you in - have had to delay many real life actions while I worked on "just one more" or "let me just finish this one." Many levels, many customizable options - great game!

"Very Addicting", I love this game. Picked it up on the cheap rack at the local Wal-Mart and gave it a try. Had no idea how to play it when i first put it in. Thank goodness it has a step by step how to play tutorial in the game. Took a few minutes to get the hang of it, but ever since I am hooked. Have had the game for over a year now, and I do have several other games since I have bought Picross, but I still go back to it and try to beat old scores from time to time. It's definately one of my top 3 favorite games for my DS (and I have quite a few games).

"Incredibly fun.", My spouse and I play this every night to unwind. It plays well in small time allotments and is very engaging.

"Picross DS", I played the original version of this game on the Gameboy system. I was very surprised to see it for the DS. I am having so much fun with it. It is even better than the original. This is a must have for anyone who loves puzzles.

"Major irritation with the larger puzzle size vs screen size", The easy puzzles (small size) are too easy...but then you move up to the more challenging puzzles. Yes, challenging they sure are, BUT with the zoom size and the numbers along the sides, return to normal size with the tiny numbers to get the "big picture" in order to figure the puzzle out takes more time AND irritation than I am willing to give for a puzzle game. Now don't take me wrong, I love a good challenge and have succeeded at the most challenging levels of Sudoku and other puzzle games, but Picross is not one for the small Nintendo DS Lite machine...a more apt game for the PC IMHO. I had high hopes for the use of logic while determining the solutions and also think that the images that come up after you succeed in completing a puzzle are not visually pleasing as one could expect for the DS games. So I give it 5 stars for the challenge, 1 star for the smallness and poor quality of the imagery, thus averaging a 3 star rating for this game. I feel that only die-hard Picross fans will get any enjoyment of this game.

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"Picross DS", This is a great game. The challenges to get you accustomed to the game are very fun. I especially like the "extras" you qualify for after playing the main games, like the daily picross. The only thing I do not like is when the grid gets so big you have to zoom in and out all the time. I'm not sure what part of the brain is stimulated, but it sure is fun to play.

"Great Game!", I have had Picross for a while now and LOVE the game! It makes you think and have fun at the same time. I've been telling my mother-in-law about it for a long time and recently purchased it for her for her birthday. She plays it all the time. If you are looking for more than just a game with a little challege this is your game. I highly recommend it.

"Great puzzle game", My husband gave me Picross DS as a stocking stuffer last Christmas. At first I was a little hesitant to try it because I didn't know about the game and I thought I would have to draw. He said it's kind of like Sudoku, which I like a lot, so I gave it a chance. It has a tutorial when you first play the game. Walks you through everything and you can try basic puzzles until you get the hang of it. After a few practices, I started liking it a lot and got addicted to it. There are quite a lot of puzzles from Beginner to Advanced or Expert, and Bonus Level. I felt some sort of accomplishment when I finished all of the puzzles but I'm not very happy I don't have puzzles to play anymore, except the ones online (I think about 2-3 daily). Puzzles online are good also and some have time limits so it's a bit different.

Overall, this is a must have game for those who like puzzle games. Those who like to think and practice their mind. I loved Picross DS.

"played every puzzle and all downloadables", I totally got addicted to this game as my first ds puzzle game. I played every puzzle and all the ones that you download from nintendo. The biggest puzzles were the most fun, but they're all great. My only complaint is that after playing them all, I wanted more, so I tried to connect with other people and play against them (an endless supply of puzzles!). But every time it would say there was a problem with the connection and I automatically win. I won 8 times without ever actually playing. Then I gave up. I plan to try again in hopes of a better connection.

"Another inventive puzzler makes it's way to the DS.", Picross DS is a very inventive puzzle game that comes from combining the strategy of Sudoku and MineSweeper. The puzzles start out as a certain size grid (anywhere from 10 x 10 to 20 x 25) and, using the numbers on at the side of each row and top of each column, the player strategizes whether to darken in a box or leave it empty, resulting in a picture that looks like a crossword puzzle (picture + crossword + DS = "Picross DS").

The game plays very smoothly and the controls work perfectly for the DS. There are three levels of difficulty: Easy, Normal, and "Free Mode." The only difference between the easy and normal modes is the size of the grid (and thus, complexity of the picture) that you have to solve. For each grid that you fill in that is incorrect, a 2-minute penalty is added. If any puzzle takes you longer than an hour to complete (to include penalty time), you will receive a "time over." While the puzzle will still count as completed, you will not get to see the short animation that would otherwise come with solving the puzzle. In Free Mode, there are no penalties. However, the game also allows you to fill in incorrect squares without alerting you to mistakes. In some cases, this can actually make the lower level Free Mode puzzles more difficult than the mid range Normal Mode puzzles. The game does compensate for this with a "Try It Out" Mode, which can be activated at any time in Free Mode and allows you to try any combination in the puzzle grid that you so choose with the option to just see if it will work out or to actually apply it to the puzzle. (Note: After solving a puzzle in this mode, make sure to apply the overlay or else the puzzle will not complete, whether or not you have it correct in Try It Out Mode or not -- that one fooled me, I'm shamed to say, more than once.) Easy Mode only has 15 puzzles, but it's more of an introductory level than anything else. In both Normal and Free Modes, each of the levels has 15 puzzles. Each level has a theme to it, such as flowers, animals, planetary objects, or many other things. After the completion of any of the three rows (of, obviously, five puzzles) in the levels, a selectable mini-challenge will appear. This usually entails copying a design or "catching" fast-moving blocks within a time limit. (I found the "reverse the colors of the design" challenges to be maddeningly difficult.) You initially only have a few levels in each of the modes but will unlock a total of eleven levels (including a bonus level) in each mode. There is also an option for making your own puzzles and the now-puzzle game standard of daily exercises. These both add a little bit of value to an already puzzle-packed game.

While the graphics and sound may be pretty standard for a DS puzzler, the gameplay offers a nice bit of variety into what would seem to be a game full of doing the same puzzle over and over. As mentioned above, for the type of game it is, I felt that it couldn't be any more packed full of puzzly goodness. Overall, if you're looking for a puzzler on the DS, this is a can't-miss, especially being a Sudoku-fanatic such as I.

Overall: 8.2
Gameplay: 8
Graphics: 7
Sound: 7
Value: 10
Tilt: 8