I just wanted to share a funny story about when I played this game earily on becauses I love it so much

So I first started playing this game back in 2020 with the pandemic and everthing but I didnt have a switch so I played my 2ds obsesively and exsplored as many free games on it as I could

this led me to find Pokemon Picross. I had never played any type of nonogram game before so I was learning the ruels brand new. However I did not read the tutorial fully/missunderstood it.

For all most all the way to wear you unlock your first path I did not think the order the numbers was listed was allways the order they would be in in the puzzel. like if it was 1 3 4 I thought the blocks for 4 could have been the first the middle or the last. This in term made the game way harder.

I would spend hours on theses games and they would be grueling as I solved theses puzzels thinging the numbers could be anywhere on the line. Untill I got to one of the way harder oneses and I could not solve it so I asked a sibling for help in witched I realises that the numbers go on the board as they apear and sudenly the game was way essier and I honestly think I got better at it becauses of that. Sometimes even the harder oneses to this day will feel a bit on the esier side after what I had gone through,

TLDR I asedently somehow played the game on x game mode becauses I did not understand the rules for a good first chunck of it

Is this one of those puzzles where you are supposed to use Pokemon?

I've been cracking my head for hours at this puzzle and I just can't see how you're supposed to even get started since there are no lines that you can safely fill without guessing.

Am I just too dumb for picross?

Was there ever an attempt to create a fanmade Pokémon Picross game, potentially including further generations? I can't code for shit but this sounds like a really fun project.

i can’t seem to figure this one out 3: any tips?

Does anyone have any idea what the next step is? I’ve checked every row and column at least three times with no luck. I am absolutely stumped.

Hello everyone I don't know if it's the good sub to ask but does anyone know where I could find a rom to play pokemon picross?

Not directly related to Pokemon Picross, but I hope this is allowed! I'm copying the text from a post I found elsewhere to get the word out.

Hello everyone. For everyone who owns a 3DS, 2DS, or even a Wii U, I’m sharing this out to as many places I can think of, where the awareness can make an impact. Please read if you own a 3DS or Wii U at all, or know anybody who does:

The SpotPass servers by Nintendo will be shutting down on April 8th, 2024 (4PM PDT). The SpotPass Archival Project has been created by the 3DS and Wii U Homebrew modding community, to make sure as much SpotPass data as humanly possible is preserved for the foreseeable future and not lost forever in the coming few days. A huge amount of SpotPass content is essentially free DLC for various games and apps, and they could have been installed without your knowledge. They are not required for most games to play, but without their archival, many games will lose DLC content permanently and some features may no longer work. This archival project can only be made possible by the donations of any individuals owning a 3DS or Wii U (not a donation of money, but rather a donation of SpotPass data stored on your system)

This data can only be collected before April 8th. Any and all dumps made or sent after the end-date will be useless due to the nature of how the archive process works. The dump does not require you to have a modded or Homebrewed console, and can be done completely unmodded. All you need extra as an unmodded user, is a PC or laptop. There is also zero risk of having your console banned; so rest assured.

Update: For those who can’t recall the difference, what we’re archiving here is SpotPass, not StreetPass. The difference between the two are: StreetPass: Is a 3DS exclusive offline wireless tech which connects your 3DS to other systems and shares various bits of data with random people you pass on the street (in the real world). For example, in the game StreetPass Mii Plaza, the data sent to random passers are your Mii, along with your most recently played game, and your Mii can be played with in the various minigames that StreetPass Mii Plaza offers, and vice versa. SpotPass: Is an online wireless tech available on both the 3DS and Wii U. Unlike StreetPass, it does not connect to other 3DS systems directly, but rather connects to Nintendo’s SpotPass servers online. The data sent could be anything from notifications, to in-game content. This is what we’re archiving; not StreetPass data. Streetpass is not an online service, and thus does not lose content after April 8th; but SpotPass data will be lost after the 8th if it’s not archived. Wikipedia article.

Even if you make the dump before April 8, and send it to them afterwards, the dump will be useless regardless, this is why we are frantically trying to spread the word about the project as quickly as possible, as there is a lot of data that is still going to go away permanently regardless of the efforts of this project. The data is stored offline locally on your 3DS and Wii U, so you may be confused as to why you can’t just make the dump after the date. For a better explanation, here is a Discord message from the official Discord server which explains things. I am not a developer of the project, I’m just someone who is passionate about gaming and technology preservation, and wants to get this out there, and the 3DS was a wonderful part of my late childhood.

The data is going to be used by the developers to put towards developing a replacement for the SpotPass network, similar to what was done by the Homebrew community who created the Nintendo Network replacement, dubbed “Pretendo Network”.

Even if you don’t think you have much data on your system, please help dump it towards the archive as soon as possible (within the next couple of days), because you likely have some things you don’t know about. The process does not require a modded console at all, and the official site here, has instructions for both users of modded consoles, and users of unmodded consoles. You can ask for help in the official Discord server of the project here and people will be very willing to help.

There are also many many niche, lesser known games, which have absolutely no data archived for them still to this day, so any help archiving them is vital. Thanks for reading, and I ask you to also share this out to as many people as you possibly can. Even if you don’t own a 3DS or Wii U, please share this out to anyone you know who owns one, or even those whom you suspect might have one.

If this type of question is not allowed then I’ll delete it asap, but does anyone know anyway to play this game on pc?

With Nintendo online services going offline on April 8th can I still grind for picrites after 8 april

So, there's a medal for completing a puzzle with Luvdisc and Sudowoodo and a medal for completing a puzzle with M-Diance and Xerneas. I thought I'd try to be clever and finish a puzzle with Luvdisc/Sudowoodo/M-Diance/Xerneas . That got me the Luvdisc/Sudowoodo medal, but I didn't get the M-Diance/Xerneas medal, and it doesn't look like I can get it anymore!?

Has anyone else encountered this problem? (They didn't beta-test this thing very well, did they..?)

ETA: Bah! I set Diancie and not M-Diancie! Never mind, all is well. Not going to to take chances like that again, though – not after investing so many hours into this confounded thing.

It is possible if I complete an area and a mythical doesnt appear? Will it appear after that?

For example, if I complete Area 16 and buy Area 17, will Deoxys appear after that?

Just got the final mural tile for primal groudon, now I just need the rest for Kyogre!

I wanted to go back and replay the game fresh, but after some brief research it seems it's simply not possible outside of deleting my current version of the game and finding some cracked version that lets you play the game as if you had paid the 30 bucks (as I already did on this save)

It's a shame cause I've been touting the Free to Start model they tried here as a brilliant approach to the F2P market, but this one issue kind of kills it. I think the system is still valid, just if the game let you reset progress internally or if nintendo could keep track of the fact you purchased the max amount, then there'd be no issue.

Guess I'll just have to finish 100%ing it and decide from there. Still, an incredible game, but this certainly kills the Replayability.

I have just finished as much as I can of the main game and was wondering if buying a Mega Pencil gives you access to every mega evolution or do you have to spend 500 Picrites on every individual one

Title. I understand that they were datamined (?) or whatever, but I want to learn how they were suppossed to be given out by Nintendo/TPC. Thanks.

can someone send me a sign in to an account with picross I am a man of my word and I will sign out of the account after getting my 2ds homebrewed Edit You can send me an email at momandtimothy@gmail.com or add me on discord with my username being timothythacker or send me a chat on reddit

I'm trying to unlock the last area of the game and I only need one picrite to be able to unlock it. I've gotten every medal I'm able to with what I have except for Filled Square Legend. I don't wanna wait for daily training and I'm wondering if I replay the mural tile puzzles I can cheese the achievement.

Do the mural tiles count towards the Filled Square medals, or does it only count the normal puzzles?

I, like many others, had the issue of the code breaker achievement not unlocking. If you have that same issue, here is an easy guide to fix it.

Step 1. Make sure your 3DS is modded, and if it is not, mod it. Use the guide on https://3ds.hacks.guide/get-started.html to get started.

Step 2. Backup your save in checkpoint

Step 3. Put your 3DS SD card into your computer

Step 4. Find your save file under SDHX/3DS/Checkpoint/saves/0x017C1 Pokémon Picross/(whatever you named your save when you were prompted in checkpoint)

Step 4.5 Make a backup of your file on your computer in case something goes wrong

Step 5. Open your save in HxD

Step 6. Scroll down to row 00000F80

Step 7. Find Column 0C

Step 8. Replace whatever 2 characters are there with FF

Step 9. Save this edited file to the save folde r you found it in, replacing the one that was already there.

Step 10. Put the microsd card back in your 3DS

Step 11. Load the file using checkpoint

Step 12. Boot the game and collect the achievement

I have realized that this messes up the counter on the achievement list. In a month or so when my file is nearly complete I plan to try and figure out how to stop the from happening, but for now this works. I can’t guarantee success, but if it doesn’t work or you are confused, post in the comments. I hope this helps anyone stuck with this awful glitch!

Does anyone know why the code breaker achievement won’t unlock? I found something online saying if you enter the codes too early it won’t unlock, but I just wanted to confirm. I am currently trying to edit the HEX of the save file to get the achievement since I don’t have the time to restart the entire game, given that I beat it. Any other ideas are appreciated!

I played the 3ds version a long time ago and picked it up again recently. I just made it to area 14 and did a puzzle for....Eevee. But somehow I already had Eevee. When I look at the Eevee in my party it does say stage 14-03 but I have no idea how I got it before getting to area 14. Any ideas on what happened??

I know the two squares on the highlighted row cannot be part of the same 4, but at the same time they could both either be 1s. How do I get out of this?

I absolutely love picross, but with the shut down of the e shop this game seems impossible to play. Is there any resource for just the puzzles online as I would love to play then and I do not want to grind my life away. Any help is appreciated.

Hi I was wondering if there are any ways of getting free picrites with a modded 3ds with the hShop for exemple since you can't get them with the eShop anymore.