Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
When are they gonna offer picrites as a special offer?
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Pokémon Picross |OT| It's been 16 years
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toythatkills
Member
The future.
Aaaaaaaaaand now I probably won't play it anymore and just wait for Picross 3D 2.
Hyperfludd
Member
Looks like the way to go is to save up whatever you earn so you can unlock areas. Having unlimited energy does sound nice at first, but I'd rather have more content so I can do a puzzle or two a day.
toythatkills
Member
It makes basically no difference. You're still going to run out of puzzles very quickly either way.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
They might as well just said to the people to shell out 30 bucks.
You only have to pay that once for all the Mega Evolution stages. Same with Mega Picross.
The game encouraging to check the shop on every screen almost does.
Kind of wish they'd get rid of the Pokemon cooldown timers once you've hit the pay limit too. Annoying to have to jump through all those menus every puzzle.
TheSlySoul
Member
Mega Evolutions and Alt World is damn expensive, ha ha.
On Area 7 now. Spent $4 total.
On Area 7 now. Spent $4 total.
Nice.
As great as this is (mostly because it's picross) I just can't see myself giving them any money for this at the moment. I was tempted to buy the picrites that are on offer, But for the same price I can buy the last Picross e game which I have yet to play. I think I will eventually just spend the £28 or whatever it is and just buy the max amount of picrites, But I'm definitely interested to see how far I can get by just playing a puzzle or two a day at the moment.
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
Member
Tried a few more times but I'm out.
This is just really shoddy and hugely disappointing.
Considering it's cheaper to buy all of the Picross E games and you'd get more puzzles overall it's crazy to pay the unlock price for this.
This is just really shoddy and hugely disappointing.
Considering it's cheaper to buy all of the Picross E games and you'd get more puzzles overall it's crazy to pay the unlock price for this.
Ah, thank you for sharing.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I got "all secret stages unlocked" in my side
Ran out of energy while doing Mew, so far I just want to do the most I can without paying.
Same, I assume you need to unlock more aeras to enter more code.
Same, I assume you need to unlock more aeras to enter more code.
tonyh24613
Member
I'd love to play a few picross every day, but I can't unlock new areas because I spent Picrites to increase energy limits is just bad design.
TheSlySoul
Member
I posted solutions on my Miiverse account to the 4 password puzzles if you need them.
Oh god, I did the password stage for Area 3, but completely forgot to use Blue Force despite having the water Pokemon uuuuuugggggggghhhhhh
Not gonna lie, I'm SO tempted to just get unlimited energy now. Feel like buying the 800 for the time being, then seeing how far I can get.
Now why in the world am I not allowed to suddenly add the EXACT amount like I can in the eShop.....or Pokemon Shuffle?
Not gonna lie, I'm SO tempted to just get unlimited energy now. Feel like buying the 800 for the time being, then seeing how far I can get.
Now why in the world am I not allowed to suddenly add the EXACT amount like I can in the eShop.....or Pokemon Shuffle?
Robin64
Member
It's because of a silly quirk with how they set it up. When the game sees you don't have funds it sends you to the eShop interface to add them, but it isn't purchasing anything at that point. Only after you've topped up does it then let you pick which purchase you want.
Bit of an oversight.
Well that's disappointing. I was just mulling over it, thinking it was technically possible to get stuck without enough Picrites to unlock the next area if you splurge on the energy meter, but it looks like the game almost forces you to pay regardless.
You may say oversight, I say its intended to encourage people to spend more.
Inquisitive_Ghost
Member
WTF,
ability is
? That's some broken shit.
Manaphy's
infinite Blue Force
Inquisitive_Ghost
Member
Yeah, it's the Navigation function from the Picross e series. I was more amazed that there's an ability that
lasts forever, other than the obvious ones like Auto Fix.
Shrike Alvaron
Member
On easier puzzles it's not especially great, but when things get hard in Picross it always seems like I'm overlooking one little square that I can mark. Blue Force would definitely help in those situations to point you to what row or column you should be looking at. Obviously, the usefulness of any power will depend on how good at Picross you are, with them being much more situationally useful the more skilled you are.
I beat up through Zygarde 50% before I left for work earlier (skipping the one Mega I encountered for now to save money). You can go around Zygarde to skip it, but I wanted to try it anyway despite not having the Pokemon needed for the missions. Geeze, that was actually rather difficult. I ran into just one of those walls I mentioned where Blue Force would've been useful but I managed without it (I think Greninja would've worked on that puzzle but I always forget to factor in the grid size to Pokemon choice so didn't have it with me).
I bought both of the one time offers and upgraded my energy to the level just before infinite, which is enough for me for now especially considering this final upgrade is actually kind of costly (400 I think). Kind of accidentally unlocked a third Pokemon slot too, but I think I already ran into a mission which needed 3 Pokemon so guess that's fine. As it is it looks like I can get through around 5-10 more areas without paying for anymore Picrites. I'll probably end up buying the 4000 Picrite bundle at some point though because hey, I'm really liking this.
I beat up through Zygarde 50% before I left for work earlier (skipping the one Mega I encountered for now to save money). You can go around Zygarde to skip it, but I wanted to try it anyway despite not having the Pokemon needed for the missions. Geeze, that was actually rather difficult. I ran into just one of those walls I mentioned where Blue Force would've been useful but I managed without it (I think Greninja would've worked on that puzzle but I always forget to factor in the grid size to Pokemon choice so didn't have it with me).
I bought both of the one time offers and upgraded my energy to the level just before infinite, which is enough for me for now especially considering this final upgrade is actually kind of costly (400 I think). Kind of accidentally unlocked a third Pokemon slot too, but I think I already ran into a mission which needed 3 Pokemon so guess that's fine. As it is it looks like I can get through around 5-10 more areas without paying for anymore Picrites. I'll probably end up buying the 4000 Picrite bundle at some point though because hey, I'm really liking this.
D
Deleted member 30609
Unconfirmed Member
This is the worst 3DS Picross by far. Bring back the E series.
Welp. I'm out.
How could TPC go from Shuffle and Rumble World (which were pretty fair in my mind) to this?
Inquisitive_Ghost
Member
Yeah, Blue Force/Navigation are good for when you get stuck and don't realize you're missing some arcane Picross rule. They highlight where it is and then you can figure out the logic behind it.
annnnd I hang up my hat. Did like 3 areas (next area is 80 to unlock).
Rumble World has very similar grinds, except you don't have the opportunity to permanently remove stamina
D
Diggeh
Unconfirmed Member
Yikes. I went and bought Picross e instead. At least $30 + tax will get you Picross e to e6.
I know Rumble World was labeled "Free to Start", though EU is getting a retail version without the microtransactions.
I'm not sure on Shuffle, but that never hits that wall of "well crap, I'm gonna HAVE to pay to progress further in the game" like Rumble World or this did.
Linkstrikesback
Member
They can call it what they like. If the game was anywhere near the other picross game prices I'd have paid that instantly, but I've nearly hit the wall and there's no way I'm buying 5000 picrites so I'm probably just going to delete the game.
I hate all 3 f2p Pokémon games (despite how long I spent on shuffle). I hope Nintendo's future plans are nothing like these...
UberTag
Member
They've managed to take two things I love... Pokemon and Picross... and release something utterly distasteful that I want nothing to do with.
Mission accomplished, Nintendo. All hail the mobile future.
matrix-cat
Member
Really? Does it unlock the entire game in Mega Picross form, or only the puzzles from the areas you've unlocked in the normal world, though?
Inquisitive_Ghost
Member
You can't unlock new areas in the Alt World. You have to do it in Standard first. So, the latter.
PumpkinSpice
Banned
Please use a stylus.
Please use a stylus.
Please use a stylus.
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Please use a stylus.
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Maybe I'll stick with Picross E.
Please use a stylus.
Please use a stylus.
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Please use a stylus.
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Maybe I'll stick with Picross E.
So, my girlfriend is basically addicted to this now. I think she hit the 5000 picrite maximum last night.
I downloaded the game myself, and you can switch to button controls during the tutorial and on the menu. Right?
I downloaded the game myself, and you can switch to button controls during the tutorial and on the menu. Right?
You can still use button controls on the puzzles themselves, but everything else has to be via the stylus.
Really don't feel like adding $10 just to get the $3 or $4 pack, but maybe I'll do that, get another area or two, get another slot open for the missions that require 3 or more Pokemon, get that Mega Pencil, then see how far I can get. I'm getting tempted to upgrade my energy again (I only have 300) but might be one of the last things I do.
Really don't feel like adding $10 just to get the $3 or $4 pack, but maybe I'll do that, get another area or two, get another slot open for the missions that require 3 or more Pokemon, get that Mega Pencil, then see how far I can get. I'm getting tempted to upgrade my energy again (I only have 300) but might be one of the last things I do.
PumpkinSpice
Banned
I forget literally every time I go back to the menu.
I don't even mind paying $30 for this, I love Picross & Pokemon, but this stylus thing is super annoying.