Editing Mario's Picross (series)

The '''''Mario's Picross''''' series is a subseries of the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' franchise, and the creation of the ''[[nwiki:Picross series|Picross]]'' video game franchise. It comprises three [[Genre#Puzzle games|puzzle]] games, released on the [[Game Boy]] and [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Famicom]] systems, focusing on the [[wikipedia:Nonogram|nonogram]] picture logic puzzle genre. They were all developed by the [[Jupiter|Jupiter Corporation]].

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|style="text-align:center"|[[File:USA MP Front.jpg|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{release|Japan|March 14, 1995}}[[Game Boy]]</span>

|'''''Mario's Picross''''' is the first installment in the ''Mario's Picross'' series, it was released for the [[Game Boy]] in 1995. It features a total of 256 different puzzles.

|style="text-align:center"|[[File:Mariopicross2.jpg|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{release|Japan|September 14, 1995}}[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Famicom]]</span>

|'''''Mario's Super Picross''''', known in Japan as '''''Mario no Super Picross''''', is the second installment in the series and was released for the Super Famicom in 1995 exclusively in Japan, but later received a European release on the [[Wii]] and [[Nintendo 3DS|New Nintendo 3DS]] (with the [[Virtual Console]] service), and a worldwide release on the [[Nintendo Switch]] (with the [[Nintendo Switch Online]] service). The game features a total of 300 different puzzles.

|style="text-align:center"|[[File:MarioPicross2.jpg|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{release|Japan|October 19, 1996}}[[Game Boy]]</span>

|'''''Picross 2''''' is the third and final installment in the ''Mario's Picross'' series, and was released exclusively in Japan in 1996 for the Game Boy. The game features a total of 278 different puzzles.

===Related games===

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|style="text-align:center"|[[File:Pnp-logo.png]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{release|Japan|April 1999–June 2000}}[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Famicom]]</span>

|style="text-align:center"|[[File:PicrossDS.jpg|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{release|Japan|January 25, 2007}}[[Nintendo DS]]</span>

|'''''Picross DS''''' is a ''Picross'' game released for the [[Nintendo DS]] in 2007. It features a couple of ''Super Mario''-themed puzzles as part of the first eleven out of the fifteen Extra levels in Normal mode. The game also received downloadable puzzles through the now-defunct [[nwiki:Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection|Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection]] online service, which allowed users to download puzzles from previous ''Picross'' video games, including ''[[Mario's Picross]]'', ''[[Mario's Super Picross]]'', and all eight ''[[Picross NP]]'' games.

|style="text-align:center"|[[File:ClubNintendoPicross.png|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{release|Japan|September 13, 2012}}[[Nintendo 3DS]]</span>

|'''''Club Nintendo Picross''''', known as '''''Picross Nintendo Special''''' in South Korea, is a ''Picross'' game released for the [[Nintendo 3DS]] exclusively in Japan and South Korea in 2012. The game was released as a [[Club Nintendo (rewards program)|Club Nintendo]] reward in Japan for 80 points, while in South Korea, the game is exclusive for people who either accessed the Nintendo eShop between April 28th and December 5th, 2012, or who purchased ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2#Downloadable content|New Super Mario Bros. 2 Gold Edition]]''.

|style="text-align:center"|[[File:ClubNintendoPicrossPlus.png|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{release|Japan|October 9, 2014}}[[Nintendo 3DS]]</span>

|'''''Club Nintendo Picross+''''' is a Japan-only [[Nintendo 3DS]] ''Picross'' game, sequel to ''[[Club Nintendo Picross]]''. It is very similar to its predecessor, featuring 45 of the 88 puzzles from the first–now in Mega Picross mode—as well as being packed with 108 new puzzles, including 3 new large-scale Micross puzzles. The game could only be downloaded through the [[Club Nintendo (rewards program)|Club Nintendo]] rewards program.

|style="text-align:center"|[[File:Picross3DRound2.jpg|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{release|Japan|November 1, 2015}}[[Nintendo 3DS]]</span>

|'''''Picross 3D: Round 2''''' is the second game in [[HAL Laboratory]]'s ''[[nwiki:Picross 3D|Picross 3D]]'' duology, which was released for the [[Nintendo 3DS]] in 2015 in Japan, and in 2016 outside of Japan. By scanning certain [[amiibo]]s from the ''Super Mario'' franchise, it is possible to unlock puzzles based on [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Peach]] and [[Toad]], [[Yoshi]], and [[Bowser]].