The History Of Picross (Nonograms)

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024

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  • @nuclear_pigeons8762
    @nuclear_pigeons8762 3 года назад +182

    Came for deep rock, stayed for griddlers hate.

    • @Solysis5
      @Solysis5 3 месяца назад

      griddle me this... batman

  • @nopeishope9988
    @nopeishope9988 3 года назад +91

    I blame you sniss, my addiction to picross is all your fault.

    • @cakes1831
      @cakes1831 3 года назад +4

      He got me addicted to it just by playing it once in stream

    • @nopeishope9988
      @nopeishope9988 3 года назад +2

      @@cakes1831 yup same

  • @DesperateDirt
    @DesperateDirt 3 года назад +72

    I feel like this proves you can talk about anything and make it entertaining.

  • @teze2284
    @teze2284 Год назад +7

    Bro did you just reduce this puzzle's whole history to a bunch of nintendo games? I cant be mad tho cause you are clearly passionate about this puzzle (which I totally agree on) and this is by far the most love this game got on youtube

  • @tripledyou9580
    @tripledyou9580 3 года назад +28

    My friend posted this video in a discord server we share and I immediately started ranting about picross. Thank you for this.

  • @daizbid
    @daizbid 3 года назад +40

    Came for the Deep Rock, stayed for the picross

  • @lit7117
    @lit7117 3 года назад +53

    this is just an excuse to get mathematicians to make pixel art

  • @sonynicolson6983
    @sonynicolson6983 3 года назад +24

    How this channel doesn't have all the RUclips users as subscribers by now.
    Discovering you on this site was one of the coolest things that happened to me this year

  • @bobbymiller7242
    @bobbymiller7242 9 месяцев назад +5

    Its hard to explain, but the design of mario piccross is so unbelievably satisfying. No other piccross game i have played has been more so.

  • @thantus9315
    @thantus9315 9 месяцев назад +11

    Just found this video, nearly 3 years after upload, yet i still find myself disappointed that Nonograms Katana was not mentioned at any point in the video. That game is pretty insane

  • @artvandelay2873
    @artvandelay2873 3 года назад +9

    I had never heard of Picross until we got Mario's Super Picross on Switch Online last year. Now I'm obsessed with these puzzles. I've played through all of the SFC game and Picross S on Switch, and I'm working on Picross DS now.

  • @zulianfr
    @zulianfr 3 года назад +5

    I've discover Picross with Pokemon Picross and while I understand the criticism it is still a fabulous game with multiples modes and a fun pokemon abilities gimmick
    Thanks for your video I've always wonder where the heck does Picross comes from I love theses puzzles and it seems like litteraly nobody know about it
    This, with that editing and all, sould definitively have more than a thousand views

  • @Qauludols
    @Qauludols 3 года назад +7

    That new intro is killin'

  • @johnesco
    @johnesco 2 года назад +4

    Thank you for making this. I somehow started with Picross 3D on the DS then later got into the apps and eventually getting a copy of Mario's Picross on Game boy. It's hard to convey how much I enjoy nonograms and the Picross series.

  • @pandalionful
    @pandalionful 3 года назад +13

    This was so interesting! If you haven’t seen it, I also recommend Piczle Cross Adventure on the Switch, it’s kinda like open world exploration with picross! It’s very cute.

  • @Memtheturtle
    @Memtheturtle Год назад +3

    Just a note about Pokémon Picross on 3DS. The game caps you out after you spend $30 and lets you have infinite of the currency, or you can use a modded 3ds to get the currency, so it is still playable despite the awful free to play model

  • @clowntainment
    @clowntainment Месяц назад

    This video got me addicted to picross and i've been happily addicted for 2 years now. Thank you.

  • @cultist5769
    @cultist5769 3 года назад +30

    Fun fact: In Russia this puzzle just called "japan crossword" :D

    • @bland9876
      @bland9876 7 месяцев назад +1

      But I hate about the name is that I don't like word puzzles and here we are using a logic puzzle and calling it a word puzzle no thank you.
      Funny enough my grandma and my mom are super into word puzzles. Also there are some games that are very similar to each other like Quiddler and Phase 10 yet one is word based and the other is not

  • @digiorniboy
    @digiorniboy Год назад

    As an avid Picross fan and a ZEALOUS LOVER of Picross 3D and 3D Round 2, phenomenal phenomenal video!!! I absolutely loved every second of it!! Part of that is definitely the bias of hearing someone talk this in-depth about a somewhat niche special interest of mine, but even putting that aside, the video was really well made!! Looking forward to seeing more stuff from you!!

  • @TheDario64
    @TheDario64 Год назад

    Thank you for this video. Picross 3D is one of my all-time favorite DS games and puzzle games period, was really cool seeing at least 1 other person on the planet is familiar with that game!

  • @tonyzambone762
    @tonyzambone762 3 года назад +3

    So glad I found you from DRG! Your videos fantastic, I love your editing style. Can't wait to see you grow!

  • @electrum5579
    @electrum5579 3 года назад +28

    Oh god I remember the 2015 Pokemon Picross. I remembered it fondly when you brought it up, I was like "I remember that, that was fun. Good times" and then when you elaborated I remembered the FUCKING ENERGY METER and the GODDAMN PICRITES.
    Thanks for the video, I enjoy picross and was disappointed that I couldn't find any puzzles when I did a 4-second search. Will check some of these oot
    Also I pronounce it pie-cross. I'm so confused how picross became a thing pie-cross sounds so much better to me

    • @bland9876
      @bland9876 7 месяцев назад +1

      Picture + crossword
      Also he said "me cross" no it's "my cross" micro + Picross

  • @matthewl8647
    @matthewl8647 3 года назад +1

    i hope and pray that the algorithm helps your channel out. your videos are top notch buddy

  • @McLort
    @McLort 3 года назад +3

    Dude your videos are super entertaining and well researched. Keep em coming! Rock and Stone!

  • @popixel
    @popixel 8 месяцев назад +3

    My first experience with Picross was on the Gameboy with Mario Picross.

  • @ultra1259
    @ultra1259 3 года назад +2

    I love nonograms, sitting and waiting in any place while playing it, and not in a shitty social app it's a relief in todays days.

  • @bland9876
    @bland9876 7 месяцев назад +3

    There is now a Wario Ware style Picross game on the Switch and unless im wrong it's made by Jupiter themselves.

  • @bland9876
    @bland9876 7 месяцев назад +3

    The Griddler sounds like a bad guy from Batman.

  • @TangibleTravis
    @TangibleTravis 2 года назад +1

    This is an excellent video! You did a great job blending education and entertainment for such an obscure genre of video game I’ve seen around for years but have only just decided to try with Picross S7.

  • @kommstein5692
    @kommstein5692 3 года назад +1

    2:46 also known as WAP (Window Art Puzzles)

  • @Encorous
    @Encorous Год назад

    Literally what. I hit my DGR craze and find your channel. Go on a DGR break. Get on a picross craze. Click on a single picross video. Your channel. Get out of my head.

  • @AkiraWilson
    @AkiraWilson Год назад +1

    awesome video dude, I love picross more than anything. Looking forward to checking out your other stuff

  • @Scubacathat
    @Scubacathat 3 года назад +1

    My friend got me into picross recently, so I was excited to see you do a video on their history

  • @MediaMunkee
    @MediaMunkee 11 месяцев назад +1

    I'm not sure why the algorithm brought me here today, but this video reminded me that the Picross NP puzzle sets and Logic Pro arcade games exist, and introduced me to the Dark Souls of Color Picross (which _can_ be figured out, it's just a bastard), and the Final Fantasy one (which it turns out has a translation patch; which I would heartily recommend were it not for the process of patching it). Solid stuff.
    FWIW, Pokemon Picross at least had the saving grace of being subject to Nintendo's usual purchase cap on their freemium titles; if you spend about the full sticker price of a retail 3DS game, you're locked out of spending any more, and you can just refill your energy for free, "buy" any remaining items for free, etc. Between that and getting to unlock Pokemon and use special moves to help solve the puzzles, it was actually kinda novel, and the puzzles were solid. And it was also the easiest vector with which to jailbreak a 3DS!
    Logic Pro (arcade) and Logic Pro Adventure (PSX) are also pretty solid and have the unique concept of an adaptive timer; solving tiles refills it, so long pauses are your biggest threat. Logic Pro 2, though, my GOD I've never seen a more infuriating approach to these games. Enemies spawn on the field at an utterly merciless pace and will run around randomly sweeping up your X'd tiles or detonating and clearing your marked tiles. You can't spare the time to chase after them, but you also can't _not_ spare the time because they erase your progress faster than you can undo the damage! This could possibly have worked as a DS adaptation because of the efficiency of using the stylus, but when you're having to maneuver the cursor around to chase after stuff it's an absolute nightmare.
    edit: Nevermind, the original Logic Pro is also some advanced garbage for having completely unsolvable puzzles that force you to guess starting with level 5. I guess that's their version of Arcade Difficulty.

  • @kazy8029
    @kazy8029 2 года назад +1

    I got into picross with Super Mario Picross on the switch and got addicted to it without knowing anything about it or understanding Japanese during the early months of the pandemic. It really helped keep me sane.

  • @bergermeistermeisterburger
    @bergermeistermeisterburger 3 года назад +1

    Awesome topic for a video essay. Niche enough to be interesting but broad enough that most people know what it is but haven’t played themselves, like me.

  • @baging1
    @baging1 6 месяцев назад

    12:12 real missed opportunity to say the cream of the picrop

  • @pixelbit5
    @pixelbit5 3 года назад +5

    Hey. As someone who plays a decent number of these, thank you.

  • @NATE-op9tq
    @NATE-op9tq 3 года назад +2

    such a chill video good work

  • @sweir7720
    @sweir7720 3 года назад +1

    I searched up Picross Origins looking for the jerma video, and now I cant take my eyes off this instead

  • @MiraiND
    @MiraiND 2 года назад +1

    This is a puzzle game that I have been a fan of since I started Mario’s Super Picross on the Switch and eventually got that magical 300 on my save file. Small correction about that game: the NSO release bringing the game to the west only applies to North America. Europe and Australia got the game on all three Virtual Consoles prior (Wii, Wii U, and New 3DS).
    I suspect the reason Jupiter pumped out so many Picross games on the 3DS and Switch eShops is due to the lack of replayability in nonograms. Once you solve a puzzle, the solution is the same every single time you go back to it, and the only incentive to do so is to clear it in a faster time. Essentially, a long time would have to pass for the player to forget the puzzles for the experience to be somewhat fresh again.
    There actually are two free Picross browser games that solve this by featuring randomly generated puzzles. The obvious downside is that the vast majority of solutions are incoherent dots instead of actual pictures, but almost no two puzzles are the same.
    It’s awesome that even a series as overlooked as Picross can have a history video like this. The only pitfall here is that I discovered that someone actually thought it was a good idea to call these griddlers. Like, what the hell?

  • @honeyhiveunderscore
    @honeyhiveunderscore 3 года назад +1

    we love to see a sniss video, especially one thats about picross

  • @Wince_Media
    @Wince_Media 2 года назад

    Thank you for making the exact video I wanted to figure out right now. I love picross so much!

  • @decoy3540
    @decoy3540 Год назад +1

    New viewer here (I think?) the Rock N Stone thrown in at the end really caught me off guard as I didn't know that you even made Deep Rock content

  • @jonothanrennert3098
    @jonothanrennert3098 Год назад +1

    For mobile, I like Nonograms katana. It has a bunch of customization, a ton of levels, and a cool aesthetic

  • @lampdevil
    @lampdevil Год назад +1

    A great overview of things, thank you for this video! I will say that your assessment of the Picross S series (and in general Jupiter's aesthetic approach to the games) is not at all wrong, but it is actually something that I LIKE about them. They've got a polish to them that shines amidst a lot of crappy mobile shovelware nonogram games I've experienced. (Love Picross S5's citypop vibes, too, woo.) I devour picross puzzles like potato chips and the ones in the Jupiter-made games have a feel to them that's a nice balance of challenging and fair, and the art style of the puzzle results is classy and clear. Meanwhile I've played cheap games that gave me five damn mugs in a row, but one was a stein and one was "beer" and one was "coffee" and one was "tea". Picross S and its variants and precursors are the *baseline* for good nonogramming, as far as I'm concerned.

  • @sarahk6353
    @sarahk6353 2 года назад +2

    There's an alternate universe where the Zelda one is called Twilight Picross and that's one I want to live in

  • @nngnnadas
    @nngnnadas 6 месяцев назад +1

    I did play all of picross DS (it's strong stuff) and I totally blanked when you mentioned there were minigames.

  • @twobadour
    @twobadour Год назад

    Had his pop up in my recommended. Glad to see some appreciation for my favorite puzzles! I got into the series thanks to the Twilight Princess one, and since then I’ve played S Series 1, Pokémon Picross, and 3D Round 2, with S Series 1 being my most played out of the bunch. Definitely will give series 3 and onwards a shot - color picross sounds fun!

  • @wickn4849
    @wickn4849 8 месяцев назад

    just got this video recommended to me today, love seeing the series (or genre?) get the recognition it deserves! one note about pokemon picross; it's so good, if you just hack your save first. i used an online save editor with my modded 3ds to get infinite currency so i could buy infinite energy. when you do that, the game actually has a super interesting powerup mechanic with the pokemons that you equip to your "party". can definitely recommend it, and basically all other 3ds picross games. the 3ds is the perfect picross machine, and i love it dearly.
    also, super mario picross on the snes is the best picross game ever, i will not debate this.

  • @N8-Squared
    @N8-Squared 10 месяцев назад

    21:50 Pokemon Picross got me into the series but I agree that it seems like toxic waste. I will say that the fact that you could build a party and use abilities in the picross game itself is really damn cool.

  • @ruxcooking
    @ruxcooking Год назад +1

    I only discovered picross on the DS so this video is a retrogamong gold mine for me

  • @mrhenderson9261
    @mrhenderson9261 3 года назад +3

    update 35 lookin hype😳

  • @PhilipLL
    @PhilipLL 3 года назад +3

    Still rock and stone for the outro.
    I like it
    rock
    and
    stone B)

  • @Cam_K9
    @Cam_K9 2 года назад +1

    I wasn't expecting downloading Pokemon picross to mod my 3ds to lead to a new obsession

  • @Source_of_Sanctuary
    @Source_of_Sanctuary 3 года назад +2

    Hopefully this video doesn't get completely ignored by the drg subs

  • @biblequotesdaily6618
    @biblequotesdaily6618 3 года назад +2

    griddlers sounds like a breakfast menu item

    • @sniss
      @sniss  3 года назад +3

      you are 100% correct Bible Quotes Daily

  • @timothyshoup5044
    @timothyshoup5044 Год назад +2

    I feel you were too harsh on the Switch Picross S for its aesthetics. The puzzles themselves are really well made and that's what really matters in the end.

  • @SuperFruitbat99
    @SuperFruitbat99 3 года назад +1

    When you said "cream of the picross crop" you missed out on a chance to say picrop

  • @maziar_d
    @maziar_d Год назад

    great video 👍enjoyed the reggie reference in the end

  • @nickramsey9362
    @nickramsey9362 11 месяцев назад

    I used to do Paint by Numbers in Games magazine in the late 90s. Loved it then, love it now!

  • @shybandit521
    @shybandit521 2 года назад

    Pokemon Picross is my introduction to Picross lmao, never finished it because I lost my 3DS, but Picross has been one of my favorite puzzles ever since.

  • @Silver-Rexy
    @Silver-Rexy 3 года назад

    I've lost sleep over picross3D, thank you for enabling me further Mr. Niss

  • @DodgeThatAttack
    @DodgeThatAttack 2 года назад +1

    12:12
    I guess you could say... cream of the picrops :>

  • @friedtomato7067
    @friedtomato7067 3 года назад +1

    All I know is jerma is addicted to this

  • @angle6895
    @angle6895 2 года назад +1

    There's a game called Across-Stitch which combines this premise with cross-stitching!

  • @cheychc
    @cheychc 11 месяцев назад

    great video! thanks for the rundown :D

  • @Mittens_McG
    @Mittens_McG Год назад +1

    I had never heard of this game before. I thought I would try it out. Its been hours. I can't stop. Send help.

  • @cakes1831
    @cakes1831 3 года назад

    Finally not busy to watch this master piece

  • @MACIEJ454545
    @MACIEJ454545 4 месяца назад

    Monogram Katana players are shook to their bones, there are dozens of us! Dozens!

  • @DonjiPicudo
    @DonjiPicudo Год назад

    I'm so happy to have found this channel, this my ish 😁

  • @davidconde2100
    @davidconde2100 2 года назад

    i enjoyed the video, thanks for taking your time researching abut this, my first picross game i played, was the picross 3d on the 3ds, and i loved it

  • @knobbly
    @knobbly 2 года назад +1

    I'm here because of Jerma playing Pickman 2 and the youtube algorithm suggesting this video

  • @primeflyhigh2648
    @primeflyhigh2648 3 года назад +1

    Oh my god this video was so good

  • @magnetic9089
    @magnetic9089 Год назад

    I love the style of your videosman

  • @Peztllence
    @Peztllence 3 года назад +2

    How did you make me unwittingly watch a 30 minute video about picross, something I only looked up upon seeing the announcement community post?

  • @sollysion
    @sollysion 3 года назад +2

    Man, Picross 3D is such a good game

  • @pelaajacreeper
    @pelaajacreeper 2 года назад +2

    19:30 ඞ AMONG US ඞ

  • @muffincatgames
    @muffincatgames 3 года назад +3

    I will only refer to these as Griddlers from now on

    • @sniss
      @sniss  3 года назад +2

      oh no. what have i done

  • @brotherscarecrow
    @brotherscarecrow Год назад

    Recently started Picross e on a whim and was curious about the history of these games, glad i stopped to research because Picross DS looks great. Gonna jump straight into that one

  • @Arkantolas
    @Arkantolas Год назад +1

    god i love picross so much

  • @lostandlikingit
    @lostandlikingit 3 года назад +1

    I learned things today, thanks.

  • @vealchop2490
    @vealchop2490 Год назад

    I thought I was the only one who enjoyed picross this much... I've had Logic Pic on my phone for probably 5 years and I play it for at least 30 minutes a day, sometimes longer. Its one of the only things I use to put my mind in zen mode

  • @biblequotesdaily6618
    @biblequotesdaily6618 3 года назад

    19:28 you've gotta be fucking kidding me...

  • @VictorTheVictini
    @VictorTheVictini 8 месяцев назад

    My first interaction with Picross was with Scott the Woz- In videos where he made jokes mentioning Picross DS. I got the game for myself as a joke of some kind (I do that-) but I actually kind of like the game when I tried it. Fast forward a year now I have all 8 Picross e games released in North America plus Sanrio Picross- (I made myself a mission to complete all of them, all 2.1k puzzles.)

  • @matt25675
    @matt25675 2 года назад

    I have never heard of the satellaview, that’s fascinating. It was basically the forerunner of the E-shop

  • @SnakebitSTI
    @SnakebitSTI 3 месяца назад +1

    26:50 It's a baby carriage! ... allegedly. I don't see it, to be honest, but that's what the label says.
    26:55 Stilts. It actually does look like stilts, but wow that is underwhelming.
    One recommendation I'd add is "Illust Logic DS + Colorful Logic". It's got regular, color, and mosaic modes.

  • @UnknownFlyingPancake
    @UnknownFlyingPancake 3 года назад +1

    I actually got into the series because of the 3DS' Pokemon Picross. There was an option to just buy the game outright at least.

  • @TamsmitSam
    @TamsmitSam 2 года назад

    Wonderful video, deserves way more views 👏

  • @Mumble8988
    @Mumble8988 Год назад

    I just recently started getting into picross puzzles. I went from finding it boring to finding it kind of addicting haha.

  • @Enderspearl184
    @Enderspearl184 4 месяца назад +2

    Pokémon picross is good if you hack ur save to make it think you spent the max amount of money on it

  • @mr.pyroland4144
    @mr.pyroland4144 3 года назад

    You forgot that was the year of the bite of ‘87

  • @livejamie
    @livejamie 9 месяцев назад

    Came here because Logiart Grimoire came out and I had no idea what it was about

  • @SpacedogD
    @SpacedogD 3 года назад

    PicrossDS got me into picross and i love it

  • @wojciechpiaseczny3246
    @wojciechpiaseczny3246 2 года назад

    Great video.

  • @rodgermccallister1606
    @rodgermccallister1606 2 года назад

    You should check out the new Zachtronics game called Last Call BBS. It's a puzzle game collection, and the one called Dungeons and Diagrams is inspired by picross. As a fan of picross, it changes the formula just enough to be really refreshing.

  • @Wubbman18
    @Wubbman18 3 года назад +1

    This was a great watch. I bought s4 to get into it and ive had a blasr

    • @sniss
      @sniss  3 года назад

      glad to hear that :)

  • @briochebananabread
    @briochebananabread Год назад +1

    i only ever played the demo of pictoss 3d and pokemon picross and im still only on area 5 because i never bought some of them and im not super great at them but ive been playing mario picross on the switch and i really like BGM 1 for Wario its one of my favorite songs :)

  • @cavifax
    @cavifax 2 года назад +1

    They ruined Falcross with an energy meter too and lots of ads, so sad.

    • @sniss
      @sniss  2 года назад

      nOoooo

  • @hippolytew
    @hippolytew 3 года назад +1

    So... I am not alone