My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Non-Canon Information

My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is a downloadable puzzle game for the Nintendo 3DS. It is a crossover with the Picross series with themes based on Twilight Princess. The game launched in 2016 as an exclusive My Nintendo reward to commemorate the program's launch in each region. It costs 1,000 Platinum Points.^[1] Due to the Nintendo 3DS eShop closing on March 27, 2023 and My Nintendo removing all exclusive Nintendo 3DS downloadable content as a result, it is no longer possible to officially download this game.

Gameplay

A Picross is a logic puzzle, also known as a nonogram, where certain squares on a grid must be filled in order to create a picture. These grids come in sizes ranging from 5×5 up to 20×15. Hint numbers are adjacent to each horizontal and vertical row, which indicate how many squares in that row must be filled. During each puzzle, the elapsed time is shown; if the player is able to finish within 60 minutes, the completed picture will be displayed in full color. Puzzles can be solved using stylus and touchscreen controls, button controls, or a combination of both.

The game includes three modes: Picross, Mega Picross, and Micross. The former two share the same puzzles, but in a different order. Mega Picross features larger hint numbers called Mega Numbers, which span over two rows at a time, providing a greater challenge. Micross is a single, extra-large puzzle consisting of multiple smaller puzzles. The pictures in each puzzle are based on Characters, Enemies, Locations and Items from Twilight Princess, with the exception of the tutorial puzzles.

Midna provides the player with tutorials and tips on how to complete the puzzles. Several help settings can also be turned on and off, including Answer Autocheck, Hint Number Autocheck, Navigation, and a Hint Roulette. When enabled, the Hint Roulette can be spun at the beginning of every puzzle, correctly filling one horizontal and one vertical row of the puzzle. Navigation provides some further hints by turning the hint numbers blue for any rows which can be partially or fully solved through deduction, helping the player to find the solution more quickly. Hint Number Autocheck tracks the player's progress by fading out certain hint numbers when the corresponding squares have been filled, while the Answer Autocheck function automatically corrects any square filled erroneously, at the cost of minutes added to the timer.

Upon completing a puzzle, a Miiverse Stamp is awarded based on the puzzle's solution,^[2] which was then able to be shared on Miiverse before its closure. When a mode is fully completed, a gold medal appears next to it on the title screen. Once every mode is completed, the combined completion time of each mode appears on the title screen.

Picross Puzzles

ID	Title	Size
01	Bomb	10 × 10
02	Bottle	10 × 10
03	Compass	10 × 10
04	Monkey	10 × 10
05	Hylian Shield	10 × 10
06	Malo	10 × 10
07	Ordon Pumpkin	10 × 10
08	Slingshot	10 × 10
09	Jar	10 × 10
10	Wolf Link	10 × 10
11	Heart Container	10 × 10
12	Lantern	10 × 10
13	Iron Boots	10 × 10
14	Small Key	10 × 10
15	Princess Zelda	10 × 10
16	Door	15 × 15
17	Scarecrow	15 × 15
18	Postman	15 × 15
19	Letter	15 × 15
20	Ilia	15 × 15
21	Cucco	15 × 15
22	Gale Boomerang	15 × 15
23	Skull Kid	15 × 15
24	Master Sword	15 × 15
25	Link	15 × 15
26	Bokoblin	15 × 15
27	Ooccoo	15 × 15
28	Fishing	15 × 15
29	Ivy	15 × 15
30	Midna	15 × 15
31	Epona	15 × 15
32	Goron	15 × 15
33	Clawshot	15 × 15
34	Shadow Beast	15 × 15
35	Hero's Shade	15 × 15
36	Sledding	15 × 15
37	Dominion Rod	15 × 15
38	Sky Cannon	15 × 15
39	Zant	15 × 15
40	Ganondorf	15 × 15
41	Sumo	20 × 15
42	Bridge of Eldin	20 × 15
43	Spinner	20 × 15
44	King Bulblin	20 × 15
45	Hyrule Castle	20 × 15

Mega ID	Title	Size
01	Lantern	10 × 10
02	Monkey	10 × 10
03	Bomb	10 × 10
04	Wolf Link	10 × 10
05	Heart Container	10 × 10
06	Small Key	10 × 10
07	Bottle	10 × 10
08	Jar	10 × 10
09	Compass	10 × 10
10	Princess Zelda	10 × 10
11	Ordon Pumpkin	10 × 10
12	Iron Boots	10 × 10
13	Malo	10 × 10
14	Slingshot	10 × 10
15	Hylian Shield	10 × 10
16	Master Sword	15 × 15
17	Door	15 × 15
18	Letter	15 × 15
19	Scarecrow	15 × 15
20	Ooccoo	15 × 15
21	Sledding	15 × 15
22	Goron	15 × 15
23	Ivy	15 × 15
24	Zant	15 × 15
25	Gale Boomerang	15 × 15
26	Hero's Shade	15 × 15
27	Cucco	15 × 15
28	Ilia	15 × 15
29	Dominion Rod	15 × 15
30	Sky Cannon	15 × 15
31	Fishing	15 × 15
32	Clawshot	15 × 15
33	Shadow Beast	15 × 15
34	Postman	15 × 15
35	Bokoblin	15 × 15
36	Skull Kid	15 × 15
37	Midna	15 × 15
38	Ganondorf	15 × 15
39	Epona	15 × 15
40	Link	15 × 15
41	Hyrule Castle	20 × 15
42	Sumo	20 × 15
43	King Bulblin	20 × 15
44	Spinner	20 × 15
45	Bridge of Eldin	20 × 15

ID	Title	Size
01	Decisive Battle	80 × 80

ID	Title	Size
01	Clock	5 × 5
02	Iron	5 × 5
03	Snowman	10 × 10
04	Cup	10 × 10
05	Apple	10 × 10

Speedrun Records

Category	Runner	Time	Date
Any%	Anorakkis	1h 50m 27s	April 2, 2022
"How to Play" Levels	Anorakkis	5m 44s	April 2, 2022
All Levels	Maste_Rem	22m 42s	October 25, 2020
Micross	qwertylool	13m 41s	May 13, 2017

Gallery

Game Icon
Title screen showing completion times
Midna teaching how to play Picross
A "Mega Picross" puzzle in progress
Japanese logo

References

↑ Brian, My Nintendo launched in Japan , Nintendo Everything, published March 17, 2016, retrieved March 19, 2016.
↑ Brian, My Nintendo Picross – Zelda: Twilight Princess includes Miiverse stamps , Nintendo Everything, published March 22, 2016, retrieved March 22, 2016.