Game Boy

Mario no Picross is the Japanese original of one of the Game Boy's most important cult puzzle games.

Japan was the market where the game actually succeeded; the Western release sold so poorly that Nintendo kept later Picross sequels Japan-only for many years. That makes the Japanese edition historically significant, as the version from the territory where Nintendo's Picross formula first proved itself. The European release, Mario's Picross, is catalogued separately in the collection.

More from the Museum's Journal: Mario Picross: The Puzzle Nintendo Couldn't Sell to the West.