Review: Picross 3D: Round 2 (3DS)

Uncover hidden shapes and your inner puzzling prowess in Picross 3D: Round 2, only for Nintendo 3DS family systems! Solve over 300 three-dimensional puzzles by chiselling away at blocks to reveal all sorts of hidden shapes within.

Pros:

• 1063 Blocks download size.
• Three save slots.
• Nice graphics. I mean you cant say too much about a load of blocks can you?
• Over 300 puzzles t unlock.
• Opening in depth tutorial sections that are mandatory with optional advanced tutorials.
• Options: 14 BGM tracks with a random option. 22 background images again with a random option. You can rebind controls and the game supports the circle pad.
• Amiibo support. Scan Amiibo to unlock unique puzzles.
• Three difficulty options: Easy, Normal and hard.
• Picross is a game a bit like Minesweeper in that you use the numbers given as a way to work out which blocks you colour in or chip away to make a 3D image.
• New to the game series is the introduction of two different colours to solve puzzles.
• Contros are 90% with the stylus with the buttons and d-pad or circle pad being used to select tools
• Tools are colour selector, Bombs and hammer. Bombs will clear blocks marked 0 in one go. Hammer will take singular blocks away for you and colour selector is choose blue or orange colours.
• Quick save option.
• Auto saves regularly.
• Can replay levels at your leisure and change the difficulty.
• Lovely chilled out atmosphere.
• Earn points by finishing puzzles, The difficulty of the puzzle and time taken.
• Use points to unlock new puzzle books of puzzles.
• Puzzles are in books with a theme or special conditions within.
• Has 3DS 3D support in the gallery and menu.
• Gallery is where you can view completed puzzles and look at the unlocked image.
• Help button on hand.
• Special splicer tools. Separate to the other tools as to use them involves tapping the icon on screen. Splicers allow you to cut into the puzzle to mark/destroy blocks on the inside. You can splice vertically or horizontally.

Cons:

• A lot to take in.
• No leader board support.
• The help button doesn’t really help. It just tells you where to go and doesn’t really teach or explain to you why it chose that particular block to play. A cheat sheet for the various block types would of been more beneficial.
• It is possible to just randomly tap blocks and eventually you will win. Of course doing so will mean slower unlocks but.
• Music is an acquired taste and not to everyone’s taste.
• The images you get at the end can be umm a bit under whelming. I mean come on, You can get letters of the alphabet! I spend ages breaking the code and all I get for my effort is a giant letter A image….Thanks.