Picross S2 Arrives On Switch Next Week Bringing A Brand New Mode To The Series

No touch controls, no buy for me.

I like to work my way through "problems".

Is pictoss s1 good? I love picross but the 3ds ones seemed to have lost some of the charm picross ds had.

@LegendOfPokemon Just checked, and it doesn't support touch. Hard pass for me, too.

I love the E series on 3DS. Have completed every one. Haven't gotten around the Switch one yet.

@RupeeClock I was thinking the same thing.
@LegendOfPokemon Well that's dumb...

Day 1 purchase for sure.

Not sure why anybody would want to use the touch that much. It’s so much more comfortable to hold the switch with both hands when playing.

Nope... the first one was a disappointment, no more.

Picross is meant for DS/3DS, fingers are too fat for touchscreen that's why they don't support it.

why would they remove touch controls?
no touch controls?
no buy.

Cool. I love Picross.

A little surprising that the touchscreen isn't utilized in portable mode, but it's a curiosity, not a deal-breaker.

Uh oh. The addiction is back! My first Picross experience was S1 on Switch and I poured so much time into it until I completed everything. This is a definite for me.

Oh no. Please no. Picross S had me hooked for (checks Switch) like 45 hours. I obsessively did every puzzle.

I’m not ready to do that again, but I fear that I cannot resist the urge.

The Switch games have about as much content (if not less) than the 3DS ones and yet these cost double.

I will end up buying this, being the sucker that I am, but the Switch versions are poor value for money in comparison.

Wait, I just learned that people actually LIKE the touch controls in Picross? I’ve played almost every Picross from GB up to Switch, including Picross 3D and some of the spin-off titles, and I absolutely hate how the game feels with touch controls.

It makes sense in theory that it would be better with touch, but I always found that I’m way faster using buttons. Maybe I’m crazy.

@Silly_G The 3DS Picross titles are $6. These Switch ones are $9. Not quite double, but it is indeed more expensive.

I feel like $6 is a sweet spot for these, but there’s still many hours of gameplay for your money regardless.

@imgrowinglegs
Probably, in the internet, is easy find unpopular opinions.
But, no, you are not wrong. Use the buttons in picross is a lot betten than use touch controls. Anyone which tried hold the consoles with the 2 hands know this.

@adh56 Plus, using buttons actually does make it much easier to count boxes.

I suppose it would be nice if they offered touch for the people who want it, but even back when this was on 3DS, I never used the touchscreen.

Regardless, I'll buy as many of these games as they release. Absolutely love them.

Nah getting Piczle lines 500 more puzzles, that has touch screen controls 👍🏻

I enjoyed the first one (never finished it, hahaha), so I’ll get this one.

I'm not a big fan of e series and the first s game was really bare bones as well so I'm not in a hurry to get this one. I just got Sanrio Picross on 3DS 3 weeks ago and completed it last week. The amount of puzzles in each game is quite disappointing compared to some of the older Picross titles. I completed Picross s in less than two weeks but Picross 2 for GB lasted at least twice as long.

It's a shame the game doesn't have touch controls. I like using them on DS & 3DS games. I don't think they'd be as good on Switch but touch controls is something that should be included. I'm really fast with button controls too and they work just as fine but touch controls are a bit faster since you don't need as many inputs.

EDIT: Also, why can't they just add the Time Trial mode to the newer games? That mode doubled my play time in Mario's Picross which I played for 75 hours.

I think I put 40 hours into Picross S. Obviously a day one buy for me.

Haa no touch o/

Touch on picross eX are just really bad, I solve picross way faster the "old fashion way" using buttons than touch as it is so easy to make a mistake and touch the wrong square, especially when trying to draw a line.

The story part of picross just reminded me of the picross game on my phone. Story through pictures. The one on my phone , picross Luna 2 has 30 of those images with 100 picross each making a story with 3000 puzzles oh and it's free.

Picross S1 and e1~e8 is so fun and elegant..
I must get it.

I will buy every single one of these they release. I am so addicted to Picross it's silly. I would kill for a full retail sequel of Picross DS or 3D Picross.

@imgrowinglegs : AU$6.50 in Australia (e1 and e8 are AU$7.50 for whatever reason) while Picross S2 is $13.50.

I wish the S series would be on 3DS too. I prefer touchscreen controls for picross, 3DS is easier and safer for me to take with me outside the house and I find the 3$ premium they charge for roughly the same content as the e series annoying...although they might still do the 7.99$ on 3DS too in that case. Really silly to not support touch controls. There are Switch Stylus pens....

I hope they at least keep doing the e series. We got e8 and Sanrio Characters picross between S1 and S2...here is hoping for e9.

That said almost certainly buying this when my 3DS picross backlog dries up.

@Dayton311 Well considering how they changed that with the e series, I fear that we will never see again a full Picross Game

But a 3D picross, I would not say no, the 3DS version is quite fun and the two colour gimmick was well found

Definitely a buy for me. I don't care about touch controls on the Switch although I did use them on the New 3DS.

@imgrowinglegs you aren't wrong at all. When I first played picross DS, I default went for touch controls, as that seemed to make the most sense, but once I tried buttn controls, I never went back. Buttons are much more precise, and make counting boxes much easier. Also, button controls are more comfortable. For those complaining re: the button controls, give them ago, and you may realise you've been playing wrong all along.

@LegendOfPokemon It is not convenient to have touch controls on bigger problems. I can see why they did not implemented them.

Day 1! Love me some Picross, and thanks fellow commentators for alerting me to the existence of Sanrio Picross.

S1 was a disappointment--still haven't finished it--because the colour scheme hurt my eyes, especially in TV mode, but they always switch up the colors and this looks no different, so looking forward to it.

I can't wait to pay way too much for a puzzle that could be printed in the newspaper. For real though, I love Picross in small doses but I usually just snatch them up when they inevitably drop to two bucks on sale. Probably gonna do the same here.

@FTPinkRabbit I've never seen S1 go on sale yet, hate to break it to ya.

Why would anyone actually want touch controls in this game?
Even on the 3DS I never use the stylus because it obscures my view and it is very easy to touch a block you didn't want to touch.
Buttons are immensely better in my opinion.

I'm gonna pass this game, because there's not support for touch controls. I always played picross with stylus on N3DS. I hope they'll add touch screen option to next game.

I never cared for Picross. I tried Picross games before and they always feel like some odd version of paint by numbers.

The only exception for me was 3D Picross. I would love to see a 3D Picross 2 port on the Switch, or a 3D Picross 3.