My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
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| My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess | |
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| Developer | Jupiter Corporation |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| Series | The Legend of Zelda |
| Platform | Nintendo 3DS |
| Release | March 31, 2016 |
| Genre | Puzzle |
| Mode | Single-player |
My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is a 2016 puzzle video game and part of the Picross series. The title is a spin-off of the Picross e series, and of the 2006 title The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, an entry in The Legend of Zelda series of action-adventure games. The game was developed by Jupiter Corporation and published by Nintendo for the 3DS handheld system, and was a tie-in for Twilight Princess' HD Wii U remaster.
The game was originally leaked on 7 March 2016 as a full-game reward for the My Nintendo rewards program, which was set to release in the same month. On 17 March, the game was announced as an exclusive reward for the service, and was released on 31 March 2016. Critics rated My Nintendo Picross positively for its value and presentation, but called some aspects of the game limited. After the closure of the 3DS eShop in March 2023, the game was delisted from the My Nintendo service and is no longer redeemable.
My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is a nonogram video game with pictures based on The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.[1] The game is controlled between button and stylus options for filling in squares, and includes a hint system;[2] compared to previous Jupiter Picross titles, the stylus controls act as a toggle switch.[3] The puzzle in progress is located on the bottom screen while the resulting picture (above a visual backdrop from Twilight Princess) is located on the top screen.[4] The overall objective is to clear the puzzle within 60 minutes while avoiding time penalties for incorrect entries in order to unlock the color image.[4]
When first starting the game, the player is walked through a tutorial by the character Midna, who also serves as the game's hostess.[2][4] The game offers 45 puzzles[3] across several modes accessible from the main screen; regular Picross, Mega Picross, and Micross. The Mega Picross mode makes the same images as the regular Picross mode,[2][3] but contains number clues incorporating two rows or columns.[4] Micross contains one large panel that is assembled by completing 57 smaller puzzles.[4] The game also had support for Miiverse, as any completed puzzle could be used as stamps for handwritten posts.[3]
Release
My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess was originally released on 31 March 2016 as an exclusive, full game reward for the My Nintendo digital rewards service, and both launched ahead of the release of Miitomo.[5][6][7] The game was originally leaked on 7 March after a tweet was posted featuring the game's title screen, simultaneously revealing that Jupiter Corporation would be heading the title and a tentative release date of 31 March.[8][9] The leak happened similarly to that of the Twilight Princess HD remaster, which itself released that month on 4 March.[10] My Nintendo Picross was later announced as a reward for the platform on 17 March, with a requirement of 1000 Platinum Points to redeem.[11][1]
My Nintendo Picross was initially planned to be a limited-time offer, and would have been removed from My Nintendo on 1 October 2016.[3] However, Nintendo eliminated the expiration date in all regions soon before the game was due to expire, and allowed it to be redeemed indefinitely.[3][12] Although reedamble discounts for 3DS and Wii U eShop games were removed in 2021, My Nintendo Picross remained on the My Nintendo service.[13] The game was eventually permanently removed from the service on 25 March 2023 coinciding with the worldwide closure of the Nintendo eShop for 3DS that same month.[1] Neal Ronaghan of NintendoWorldReport wrote that the game was "potentially lost to time" after the closure of the 3DS eShop.[14]
