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|title=<center>Pokémon Picross (GBC)</center>
|title=<center>Pokémon Picross (GBC)</center>
|image=PokémonPicross.jpg
|image=PokémonPicross.jpg
|imagecaption=Screenshot from a magazine.
|imagecaption=Screenshot from a magazine.
|status=<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|datefound=09 Sep 2020
|foundby=Anonymous
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In spring of 1999, a new Pokémon-themed ''Picross'' game for the Game Boy Color, simply titled '''''Pokémon Picross''''', was announced and widely advertised in Japanese magazines. It was cancelled for unknown reasons, however.
In spring of 1999, a new Pokémon-themed ''Picross'' game for the Game Boy Color, simply titled '''''Pokémon Picross''''', was announced and widely advertised in Japanese magazines. It was cancelled for unknown reasons, however.


Notably, on April 1st, 1999, a Japan-only downloadable SNES game (''Picross NP Vol. 1'') was released and featured twelve ''Pokémon'' puzzles. It is largely assumed that ''Pokémon Picross'' was either reworked into ''Picross NP Vol. 1'', or whatever had been finished of the game was implemented into it. Additionally, a Pokémon-themed Picross game from the same developers was eventually released for the 3DS.
Notably, on April 1st, 1999, a Japan-only downloadable Super Nintendo game (''Picross NP Vol. 1'') was released and featured twelve ''Pokémon'' puzzles. It is largely assumed that ''Pokémon Picross'' was either reworked into ''Picross NP Vol. 1'', or whatever had been finished of the game was implemented into it. Additionally, a Pokémon-themed Picross game from the same developers was eventually released for the 3DS.
 
In September 2020, a build of the game was leaked on 4chan.


==Gallery==
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==See Also==
==See Also==
*[[Pokémon Crystal Version (lost Japan-only mobile adapter GB content for game; 2001-2002)]]
*[[Pokémon Crystal Version (lost Japan-only mobile adapter GB content for role-playing game; 2001-2002)]]
*[[Pokémon Gold and Silver (found early Space World demo build of games; 1997)]]
*[[Pokémon Gold and Silver (found early Space World demo build of games; 1997)]]
*[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gold Rescue Team -Challenge the Gold Rank!- (lost South Korean promotional demo of Nintendo DS game; 2007)]]
*[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gold Rescue Team -Challenge the Gold Rank!- (lost South Korean promotional demo of Nintendo DS game; 2007)]]
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Revision as of 19:17, 10 September 2020

PokémonPicross.jpg

Screenshot from a magazine.

Status: Found

Date found: 09 Sep 2020

Found by: Anonymous

In spring of 1999, a new Pokémon-themed Picross game for the Game Boy Color, simply titled Pokémon Picross, was announced and widely advertised in Japanese magazines. It was cancelled for unknown reasons, however.

Notably, on April 1st, 1999, a Japan-only downloadable Super Nintendo game (Picross NP Vol. 1) was released and featured twelve Pokémon puzzles. It is largely assumed that Pokémon Picross was either reworked into Picross NP Vol. 1, or whatever had been finished of the game was implemented into it. Additionally, a Pokémon-themed Picross game from the same developers was eventually released for the 3DS.

In September 2020, a build of the game was leaked on 4chan.

Gallery

See Also

External Link