History VideoGame / Picross

* LevelAte: Level 1 in both normal and free mode of ''Picross DS'' are food-themed. In normal mode, the level 1 puzzles are produce, with the interface being made of apples, and free mode's level 1 puzzles are meat, with the interface being made of bread.

* LandSeaSky: Levels 2-4 in ''Picross DS'' are themed after this, with level 2's puzzles being of land animals and having grass for its interface, level 3's puzzles being sea creatures and having water for its interface, and level 4's puzzles being of airborne objects (birds, kites, etc.) and having clouds for its interface.
* LevelAte: All of level 1's puzzles in ''Picross DS'' are produce. Even the interface is made of apples.

* HostileShowTakeover: After clearing the first group of puzzles in ''Mario's Super Picross'', you'll unlock '''''Wario's''' Super Picross'', complete with a "Wa" katakana flying on and off the game's logo when you switch to and from it. Wario's mode features no hints, but also no error penalty or time limit.

* ''Mario's Super Picross'' (1995, UsefulNotes/{{SNES}}, initally JP only but has since received an EU UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole release and been released worldwide on UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch Online)

* ExactWords: In ''Pokémon Picross'', some of the missions state "Only use" some type of skill. To complete these missions, you can't just not use any other type of skill- you have to actually use the type of skill in question.

* InNameOnly: ''"Mario's" Picross'' contains no puzzles involving the Mario franchise. ''Mario's Super Picross'' added a few, but only in the EX groups mixed in with a non-''Mario'' puzzles. Really, Mario was only added to give a recognizable face to the games, and once it was popular enough he was dropped.

* ''Picross 2'' (JP only, UsefulNotes/GameBoy)
* ''Picross NP'' (eight volumes for the "Nintendo Power Super Famicom Cartridge Writer", a rewritable UsefulNotes/{{SNES}} cart; JP only)

* MarathonLevel: Micross puzzles in ''Picross-e2'' and later. First you have to solve an 8 x 8 "overall puzzle" to reveal an abstract image. Then, for each filled square that is part of the solution, you have to solve a 10 x 10 sub-puzzle to detail that particular square. Whereas a good player can solve a standard 10 x 10 puzzle in 5 minutes or less, even the first Micross puzzle can take over half an hour. Fortunately, the "Free" rule (no penalties for filling incorrect sqares) is in effect for these puzzles, so as to not pile on top of the already-long times you'll finish these puzzles with.

* ColorblindMode: ''S5'' adds a "high contrast colors" toggle that normalizes Color Picross cell colors to a fixed set of easily-distinguishable colors.

* NintendoHard: Some of the puzzles in all games can get pretty brutal, and require more than a little guesswork to solve. It doesn't help that in ''Mario's Super Picross'', some of the puzzles were changed for the Virtual Console version, which means that walkthroughs may not be accurate.

* MissionPackSequel: The ''Picross-e'' series starting with ''e4''. ''e2'' and ''e3'' added new puzzle variants, but ''e4'' and up (and ''Twilight Princess Picross'') are just more puzzles.

* SequelDifficultyDrop: The series has been adding new beginner-assisting features over time, such as navigation (indicating which rows or columns can be solved given the information you currently have) and Hint Roulette (solves randomly-chosen row and column for you). ''S'' outright lacks a mode where mistakes cost you completion time; while you can turn on an autocorrect feature, you still won't get penalized specifically for errors. Additionally, while most games will hide the current puzzle when paused (so as to avoid cheating the timer), ''S'' only shows the pause menu box over most, ''but not all'' of the puzzle, allowing you to abuse pausing to some extent.

* SequelDifficultyDrop: The series has been adding new beginner-assisting features over time, such as navigation (indicating which rows or columns can be solved given the information you currently have) and Hint Roulette (solves randomly-chosen row and column for you). ''S'' outright lacks a mode where mistakes cost you completion time; while you can turn on an autocorrect feature, you still won't get penalized specifically for errors. Additionally, while most games will hide the current puzzle when paused (so as to avoid cheating the timer), ''S'' only shows the pause menu box over most, ''but not all'' of the puzzle, allowing you to abuse pausing to some extent.

* BonusFeatureFailure: The Alt-World in ''Pokémon Picross'' rehashes all of the puzzles into Mega Picross puzzles. Keyword is ''rehashes''; all of the puzzles are more or less the same, just with a Mega Picross gimmick. In addition, Mega Picross doesn't give any Picrite rewards like the main puzzles do.

* ''Mario's Super Picross'' (1995, UsefulNotes/{{SNES}}, initally JP only but has since received an EU UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole release)

* OldSaveBonus: ''Picross-e'' games starting with ''e4'' unlock extra puzzles if you have save data from ''Picross-e'' to ''e3''.

* ''Picross S'' series (2017-19, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch)

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The puzzles in this game are just like [[http://www.conceptispuzzles.com/index.aspx?uri=puzzle/pic-a-pix Conceptis' Pic-a-Pix puzzles]], and are also called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonogram nonograms and other names]].

* FakeLongevity: ''Picross-e6'', ''Pokemon Picross'', ''Twilight Princess Picross'', and the ''Picross S'' series have had the Mega Picross puzzles be re-hashes of the normal Picross puzzles, which means basically solving the same puzzles twice for full completion. In the earlier ''Picross-e'' titles, both modes had different puzzles.

* BlackComedy: Puzzle no. 107 in ''3D Round 2'' is [[spoiler:the infamous ''oyakodon'' chicken-and-egg bowl, or literally "parent-child bowl", and yes the game explains the parallel in the post-solution text.]]

* ''Picross-e'' series (2012-17, eight downloadable installments for UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS)

* ''My Nintendo Picross: VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' (2016, UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS, rewards program exclusive)

* ''Anime/KemonoFriends Pricross'' (2018, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch)