Switch City, Vol. 5: Picross S2

Vol. 4: Enter the Gungeon

Attention, everyone! I'm back with a hot-off-the-presses new release on the Switch. It's the sequel to Picross S, Picross S2!!!!

I had no idea this was coming out. It just sort of dropped from the heavens and I was more than happy to pick it up. I've still got a long way to go in Picross S (and I've barely touched mega picross) but I wanted to see what was up in the sequel.

The first piece of good news is that all the features from the last game are back. That includes both normal and mega picross, as well as the adjustable assist options. Once again, this is great variety for players of all skill levels. Once again, all puzzles are unlocked from the get-go. However, this is not the case for the new mode, clip picross.

There are five larger images in clip picross, each made up of a set of ten puzzles. This sort of thing has been done before in other picross games, but in this case each piece must be unlocked by playing the other puzzles. With this setup, I might be forced into playing mega picross more. What I really love about clip picross is the weird shapes some of the grids take. In the main game there are only a few sizes, so the new layouts change your thinking.

And one last addendum: the game reuses some music and sound effects, but the main theme playing during puzzles has been changed to a new, more chill track that I like a lot more. Even still, picross has always been one of those "podcast games" everyone loves so much.

I've barely started playing Picross S2, but it's already looking promising. Yes, it's sort of a known quantity, but maybe it flew under your radar. If you've still never checked out a Picross game I definitely recommend it. At only nine bucks, you should check it out!!