Gaming Forums => Nintendo Gaming => Topic started by: NWR_insanolord on October 24, 2009, 09:14:40 PM
Title: Picross 3D
Post by: NWR_insanolord on October 24, 2009, 09:14:40 PM
Whatever happened to this? All I can find about a North American release talks about Q3 2009, which has come and gone. I loved Picross DS and this would be a day 1 purchase for me if they'd just release it.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: vudu on October 26, 2009, 01:58:40 PM
No word on a release date yet. I don't think Nintendo knows what Q3 actually means. Just a couple months ago they put out a release list that showed Cave Story was set to be released in Q3 and that obviously didn't happen either.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: vudu on October 30, 2009, 11:48:04 AM
Good news! Picross 3D is still included on Nintendo's list of upcoming DS games (http://kotaku.com/5393300/nintendo-announces-its-upcoming-nintendo-ds-games). The release date is still TBA.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: Nick DiMola on October 30, 2009, 01:24:41 PM
This game was super awesome at E3, I want it.
Title: Pictross 3D
Post by: BeautifulShy on February 25, 2010, 07:21:29 AM
May 3rd release in the states. This is a DS game. Http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=115435
Title: Re: Pictross 3D
Post by: NWR_insanolord on February 25, 2010, 08:14:13 AM
There was already a topic for this game. (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=29689.0)
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 25, 2010, 02:21:02 PM
Hey Maxi, instead of running the gauntlet of New Threads with absolutely no info in them just to be first, why don't you just post the impressions in the Media Summit Thread and then make the threads for the actual games when there is something to make a thread over.
It's kinda ridiculous to see 20 new thread for just announced games, and then when you look in them, all that is there is a link to gonintendo for some impressions.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: vudu on February 25, 2010, 02:25:56 PM
I'm just gonna put a link to GoNintendo in Maxi's signature and delete all his threads.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 25, 2010, 02:35:24 PM
now that would be funny.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: BeautifulShy on February 25, 2010, 02:54:30 PM
There was already a topic for this game. (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=29689.0)
I looked for the topic. Sorry for just posting to be first. Oh another thing alot of the Wiiware games have had lots of info people just never bothered to make a topic.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: vudu on April 19, 2010, 09:05:33 PM
DEMO GET!
(There's a very simple 6-puzzle demo on the Nintendo Channel. It's way too easy, but it gives you a nice taste of the game to whet your appetite.)
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: NWR_insanolord on April 19, 2010, 10:38:29 PM
I played this at PAX, but I didn't finish the puzzle because I couldn't figure out what was wrong with it, even though it looked right.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: KDR_11k on April 20, 2010, 03:01:38 AM
Ah, so this is where the thread went...
Yep, the game is awesome. I think I'm ~150 puzzles in and any family member I subject to it gets addicted.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: Stratos on April 20, 2010, 04:31:19 AM
(There's a very simple 6-puzzle demo on the Nintendo Channel. It's way too easy, but it gives you a nice taste of the game to whet your appetite.)
Demo? Nice! I've been on the fence with these Picross games and trying one out to understand exactly how they work is what I've wanted for a while.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: UncleBob on May 03, 2010, 02:52:17 PM
It's out. Got mine today. :)
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: KDR_11k on May 03, 2010, 03:18:09 PM
Greg said he has over 250 puzzles solved already, I'm a bit behind with only 220.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: NWR_Neal on May 03, 2010, 05:45:32 PM
I'm like 100 or so in. Lauren (who wrote the blog post on the site) is like 150 in, I think.
We're currently fighting over who gets to play it.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: Stratos on May 03, 2010, 10:34:04 PM
Stupid awesome DS games coming out al the time and throwing off my Wii game purchase budget :P
Buying this next Amazon purchase. I may use the money from selling back my college book.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: Tanookisuit on May 10, 2010, 06:08:37 PM
Bought this yesterday and I'm loving it. My girlfriend likes it too!
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: Manthony Chopkins on May 13, 2010, 11:26:58 PM
Just bought it today. It's my first Picross game ever and so far I'm addicted to it. I'm probably about 30 puzzles in.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: KDR_11k on May 14, 2010, 03:48:35 AM
The general warning is to never give it to casual gamers or you won't see it back.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: Caliban on May 14, 2010, 01:36:53 PM
I'm playing this game all the time now lol.
One thing that gets annoying is when I accidentally touch the splicers (sliders?) instead of rotating the object at hand.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: KDR_11k on May 14, 2010, 02:21:41 PM
Meh, happens to me very rarely and is easy to undo.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: Manthony Chopkins on May 14, 2010, 06:36:22 PM
I have a bad habit of accidentally breaking the blocks when attempting to paint them. Still, I am absolutely addicted to this game right now.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: KDR_11k on May 15, 2010, 03:05:27 AM
I've done that a rare few times but usually when I'm tired.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: NWR_insanolord on June 01, 2010, 11:14:52 AM
I just started this today and have already put almost 6 hours into it. It's just so damn good, and also so damn addictive. Far and away game of the year so far (I haven't started Galaxy 2 yet).
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: KDR_11k on June 01, 2010, 03:50:00 PM
I'm at hard mode and it really is hard though I'm slowly getting used to the kind of thinking it requires there.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: Stratos on June 01, 2010, 05:49:33 PM
I took it to my folks house and my sister borrowed it from me. She loves it. Made over a dozen puzzles on it too. It was funny because I went on 'gamer withdrawal' over not having it. I was playing it evey night a bit before bed and not having it left a void that had me indecisive on what other game to play in its stead. I ended up starting a new book because I didn't want to play anything else. I'm surprised how hook I got on it.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: Caliban on June 01, 2010, 11:08:13 PM
I'm at hard mode and it really is hard though I'm slowly getting used to the kind of thinking it requires there.
I thought you had done all the puzzles, or am I confused with someone else?
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: KDR_11k on June 02, 2010, 01:44:20 AM
I had all of the beginner, easy and normal ones done (that's about 250). I don't think I've seen anybody say that he beat hard.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: NWR_insanolord on June 02, 2010, 08:07:07 AM
In just a little over 24 hours, I've done 70 puzzles. This is the most addictive game I've played in quite some time, and I say that having played Civilization IV for 8 straight hours over the weekend.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: Caliban on June 02, 2010, 11:02:54 AM
In just a little over 24 hours, I've done 70 puzzles. This is the most addictive game I've played in quite some time, and I say that having played Civilization IV for 8 straight hours over the weekend.
Yeah. I stay up way too late at night playing this game. It has that 'one more puzzle' mentality similar to the 'one more turn' urges in Civ.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: Pale on June 03, 2010, 09:47:09 AM
I'm on level 4 of the hard puzzles. The five minute time limits really piss me off. That's just too short. If you are methodical at all you run out of time even if you are consistently eliminating blocks.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: KDR_11k on June 03, 2010, 10:25:07 AM
You mean you're on a fast hand challenge, not level 4 (which would be the level before it)?
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: Pale on June 03, 2010, 11:40:38 AM
Well I was talking more specifically about the general 5 minute time limits in the early stages. I don't know what I'm supposed to be doing now... I just finished the two bonus puzzles on level 3 last night and didn't check what was next.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: KDR_11k on June 03, 2010, 02:14:26 PM
Oh that. At least you only lose a star for missing that limit, I've given up on trying to 100% the game because replaying puzzles for more stars is tedious (I guess I could do it for the handful of puzzles I've got 2-stared on Medium but Hard is just brutal in that respect).
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: Caliban on June 07, 2010, 07:07:30 PM
Ok, I'm done with this game. I have done 334 puzzles. I did a few bonus puzzles on Medium, but I stopped doing them, and didn't even bother to unlock them on hard.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: AV on June 17, 2010, 01:02:54 PM
all the buzz helped push me over the edge. I downloaded the demo from Nintendo channel and I enjoyed it.
The original Picross was not strait forward for me, and gave me head aches. I prefer this allot because the controls seem so fluid and it seems to make more sense.
I traded in an old dvd, and spirit tracks and got $19 so I only paid like $2.50 or something for it and it's totally worth it for me.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: Stratos on June 17, 2010, 03:00:00 PM
I'm at 130 complete puzzles. I'm still on easy. Though I think I'm almost done. I;m afraid to go on to normal because some of them are already getting tricky. I've already started guessing a lot based on potential symmetry of the image.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: KDR_11k on June 17, 2010, 03:26:46 PM
The difficulty adds more types of conclusions you need to reach (on hard you need to look closely at the circled and squared numbers to see their possibilities), the overall complexity starts low for each difficulty.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: Pale on June 17, 2010, 04:11:37 PM
I'm in level 7 of Hard now. I've definitely slowed down. I've three starred everything. I'm definitely not going to claim I haven't made symmetry guesses on occasion. I'm pretty sure you'd have to be impossibly fast to not make guesses when hitting some of the three star time limits.
I definitely intend to finish this thing out with three stars on everything.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: UncleBob on June 17, 2010, 04:15:38 PM
So, for anyone who's played this and the 3DS - could a game like this benefit from the 3DS?
With the Touch Screen and the 3D screen being different, I wonder how this would even work.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: Pale on June 18, 2010, 12:32:28 PM
Yeah I think you'd have to muck up the controls enough that the 3D wouldn't make up for it.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: AV on June 30, 2010, 11:21:23 AM
no way to transmit the user created level online to somebody else? I know you can transmit them to another person with another DS, but not to friends online?
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: Pale on June 30, 2010, 11:38:41 AM
So I'm in level 10 of hard now. Striving to get 3 stars on everything. Vowed to finish this game before July 1st. It's gonna be a struggle.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: decoyman on July 01, 2010, 01:34:45 PM
So, Pale, did you do it?! I must know!
Played this last time I saw DrewMG, and was sorely tempted to pick it up myself… but I have resisted. In $$ saving mode. :(
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: Pale on July 01, 2010, 02:11:42 PM
Didn't and I'm very frustrated, but putting it down for a while now.
I have two normal level 10 puzzles and then the bonus puzzles left to do. Then I'm assuming there will be another constructicon puzzle at the end.
Overall, it's just damn frustrating and overwhelmingly hard to get them done under the 3 star time limit.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: MegaByte on July 01, 2010, 05:07:40 PM
I could see a 3DS Picross as a combination of this game and the Target Shooting demo. That is, you have to actually walk around the object to break blocks.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: KDR_11k on July 02, 2010, 06:10:00 AM
I think that would be too tiring
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: NWR_insanolord on July 02, 2010, 06:20:21 AM
It'd be fun to play around with for a while, but I wouldn't want to play a whole game that way.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: AV on July 07, 2010, 02:37:22 PM
here is my review of this great game
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4K61TUhx4s
I pushed the limits of youtube and I'm actually over 10 minutes, but I think I covered the game fully.
I am very proud that for the final score, I created that puzzle . Very clever use of the game to showcase it.
Final score 9 /10 : Why can't I send user created puzzles to online friends, the music is pretty bad and sometimes I would like to be able to zoom out, but outside that a very fun enjoyable game.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: Art_de_Cat on August 14, 2010, 01:57:50 PM
I liked playing this game, but the way the clues were shown on the boxes irritated me to no end. I much preffered hor Mario Picross and Picross DS showed all the numbers. Even more irritating was when the blocks didnt even show clues that they should have. I did complete all the puzzles and bonus puzzles, but not sure I would replay the whole game again.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: AV on August 20, 2010, 05:28:00 PM
I liked playing this game, but the way the clues were shown on the boxes irritated me to no end.
what are you talking about? the backgrounds? they can be changed to random
I have played Mario Picross and Picross DS. In those games, you see all of the clues, seperated for the rows and columns. In Picross 3D, you do no see them seperately, you get one number, if they even give a number for the row, column, and z-axis(?). The way they denote if there are seperate groups is with a mystic circle and or the mystic square. OOOOOOH really helpful. While most of the puzzles do have some symetry to them, a lot of them are off by a block or two. Which makes going for three stars on all puzzles a huge ordeal. Especially in the higher up courses. Then on top of that, not all of the rows, columns, or z axises cubes have clues!!! WTF??? How did the developement team miss that? It is really annoying on the puzzles that have a one block twisting pattern that has no clues on most sides of the cubes to figure out how it goes.
steps off soap box,
Basically IMO, Seperated clues GOOD One number for all seperate groups and surrounded by a shape is BAD. Failure to have clues on all axises BAD. The different backgrounds and themes, and themed unlockables GREAT
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: NWR_insanolord on August 20, 2010, 09:03:06 PM
The numbers have to be on the cubes; it wouldn't work otherwise with how you're constantly rotating the block. Because of that, you can only give one number, which is why they put a circle around it when there are two groups and a square when it's 3 or more. And the game would be way too easy if every block had a clue. This game is similar at its core to the previous Picross game, but it plays differently, and because of that the interface can't and shouldn't be the same.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: Art_de_Cat on August 20, 2010, 09:29:55 PM
The numbers have to be on the cubes; it wouldn't work otherwise with how you're constantly rotating the block. Because of that, you can only give one number, which is why they put a circle around it when there are two groups and a square when it's 3 or more. And the game would be way too easy if every block had a clue. This game is similar at its core to the previous Picross game, but it plays differently, and because of that the interface can't and shouldn't be the same.
I will have to disagree on that. Plenty of the harder puzzles in the earlier games were still pretty hard even with all the clues laid out. As to your next point, I can understand that the 3D play field would require a different interface, Im just saying what they chose for noting areas with seperate groups was not a good choice.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: NWR_insanolord on August 20, 2010, 09:37:56 PM
It wasn't a problem in the earlier games because they weren't in 3D. Putting a clue on every square would mean 3 times the clues you have in previous games. I disagree that the way they did it was a bad choice, and even if it were I can't think of a better way to do it.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: KDR_11k on August 23, 2010, 12:38:47 PM
It works the way it is.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: vudu on January 25, 2011, 02:14:43 PM
I recently picked this game up for $10 from Best Buy. I really like it, but not nearly as much as the 2D Picross game that came out a few years ago. My biggest--only?--gripe is that I don't like how not all the cubes have numbers on all six sides. Sure, the clues that are given are selected so the puzzle can always be solved, but it seems a bit artificial. In 2D Picross every single row and column shows exactly how many blocks should be marked. It's not that big of a complaint and I can live with it, but it's slightly annoying.
Also, I can't tell--is the yellow thing that dances on the top screen happy or mad when I solve the puzzle? I honestly can't tell.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: NWR_insanolord on January 25, 2011, 02:22:02 PM
The game would be way, way too easy if all the clues were filled in.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: vudu on January 25, 2011, 02:34:19 PM
The game would be way, way too easy if all the clues were filled in.
That's the game designers' problem, not mine.
Like I said, I know why they did it, but it just seems like an artificial limitation.
Title: Re: Picross 3D
Post by: jrlibrarian on January 25, 2011, 11:11:51 PM
I'm really frustrated that I lost my copy...
I have the box, but since my brother recently took all the DS games out of these cases and put them in his carrying case thing, Picross has gone missing. I loved the game up to the point I had gotten to, and look forward to continuing as soon as I can find it.
