If you can't get enough of Jupiter's Picross titles for the Nintendo Switch, the good news is another one is on the way.
Following on from the release of its Sega Picross compilation and various other themed Picross releases over the years, it's now announced Picross X: Picbits vs. Uzboross is getting an international release.
The game will arrive in Japan on 4th of August, and western players will have to wait "a while" for its local release. At the moment, there are no localisation details.
Below is the trailer for the game, which gives Picross enthusiasts a first look. When it does arrive locally, it'll be released on the Switch eShop exclusively. You can also check out 18 minutes of gameplay footage:
Would you be interested in some more Picross action on Nintendo Switch? Tell us in the comments.
[source twitter.com, via gematsu.com]
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I was watching some Kurzgesagt videos on space yesterday and I thought this was about Jupiter the planet lol
I’m always down for more Picross!
Glad they are mixing things up and not just sticking to the standard formula.
Wish the Sega one was on the 3DS, it would be so much better
This looks crazy and I can’t wait to play. I wonder how long it will take for localization. I may just get it in Japanese.
@Tandy255 it amazes me they can still innovate this idea! 😂It's my go to puzzle, so I'm glad they keep doing this! 😁
Love it! I'm a little confused by it, but I'm excited to play it!
This looks good! I am a little burned out with picross, I haven’t got the past few games. I prefer Travel Mosaics: in my opinion a better nonagram game. That said, this looks so different that I would buy it.
And where is Picross 3D?
Please let this release have online co-op!
I really need to go and pick one of these Picross games up at some point, especially with how much I loved Mario Picross on the SNES NSO app. One game I wish I were able to play is Pokemon Picross because that looks right up my alley but alas, it is trapped on the soon to be murdered 3DS eShop. What can you do I suppose.....
I love Picross, I just wish we could get physical versions.
@Fizza Pokemon Picross would be so good if it wasn't for the F2P grind. I still play it most days for the daily training puzzles, but I'm at a point now where I have to grind for a couple of weeks just to open up the next map.
@dugan Picross 3D was developed by HAL. They seem to be preoccupied with Kirby at the moment.
Plus I'm not 100% certain it would be at home on the Switch considering its reliance on a stylus. Even with handheld-only play I don't think it's as easy to chip away at the little blocks with a finger.
Picross 3D is what we need now. With a stylus it will work great. Still playing it on DS and 3DS 🙂
@dugan YES!! We need Picross 3D round 3! Even if it's just more of round 2. It'd need touch controls though.
It looks, odd... Probably loads of fun though!
Not sure if I can go back to Picross without the detective work after playing Murder by Numbers.
Neat! What's an Uzboross? Wikipedia turns up nothing and a web search doesn't pull up anything but press releases for this game.
@Pak-Man
Uzboross is the monster chasing after you in the game.
In Japanese it's ウツボロスUtsuboross, looks like it's a combination of Utsubo (Japanese for moray eel) and Picross (or possibly Uroboros too?).
@malamiteltd Good point, I forgot about that.
But that's okay, Picross 3D is one of the very few games that I replay. As long as my 3ds continues to work, that is . . .
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