Pokémon Picross (found build of cancelled Game Boy Color puzzle game; 1999)

Screenshot from a magazine.

Status: Found

Date found: 9 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 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.

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

Gallery

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  Japanese magazine feature.

See Also

• 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 Mystery Dungeon: Gold Rescue Team -Challenge the Gold Rank!- (lost South Korean promotional demo of Nintendo DS game; 2007)
• Chuggaaconroy's Pokémon Platinum videos (found YouTube series; 2008)
• Twitch Plays Pokémon (partially found footage of Let's Play channel; 2014)
• Pokémate (inaccessible Japanese mobile phone app; 2006)
• PokéPark: Asari Taikai DS (lost DS Download Play game; 2005)
• Pokémon.com online games (lost online games; pre-2010 to 2011)
• Pokémon 2000 Adventure Game (partially found browser-based online game; 2000)

External Link

• Bulbapedia page on Pokémon Picross. Retrieved 31 Aug '19