It’s been 5 years since the long-running Jupiter puzzle series first made the transition to Transition with Picross WILLand please forgive us if we are a little nostalgic.
With eighth item in the S saga coming to the Switch eShop in a few hours, there’s no denying that each new entry equates to a new DLC pack with dozens of new announcements to dive into, but we really have a lot of love for it. These most trusted puzzle players. Given its quality and the calm mood it gives us, we’ll happily make another selection of the same old variety every six months.
That’s not to say there haven’t been new modes and additions on those eight items (plus several minor ones) in the last five years, most importantly touchscreen support in S7. In fact, the S8 will come with Updates for all previous games four-player local multiplayer addition and Touch screen support a lot.
While Picross is completely playable without a touchscreen – and we’ll detail the very specific case where we found ourselves playing our first game for just a moment – after the fun based on the stylus of the DS and 3DS entries, the lack of touch support on the Switch feels like a major oversight. Even if our sausage fingers don’t offer the precision we like on the DS, we’re pleased to see the optional look coming to all Jupiter’s Picrosses in the Switch category.
The original game has a special place in this writer’s heart due to the circumstances in which he played it. After picking up the game nearing launch, it didn’t work until 2019 when he found himself dancing around the living room most nights from midnight to 4am with an infant strapped to his chest .
Constant movement seems to be the only thing that can lull a baby to sleep and provide a few precious hours for an even more sleep-deprived partner. While regular, prolonged exercise of this kind has great effects on your core, it is important to keep one’s mind occupied, for fear of falling asleep, face down. against the wall and seriously damage yourself and your precious goods.
That’s what Picross S offers only the right level of interaction for that addicted father’s brain. Armed with Joy-Con in each hand, the photo notes were completed slowly but steadily over the course of several months – hey, we don’t claim that we operated at peak mental efficiency during those hours! – and as such, the game is inextricably linked with memories of those wonderful and strange times when new parents survived solely on caffeine and baby smiles, and every day had no quality. reality.
So for that and more, we salute you, Picross S. Thank you for keeping us company through the long nights. Your possible long variations continue to decrease on the eShop.
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