Nintendo Switch Exclusive Picross S Namco Legendary Edition Announced Alongside Release Date

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Jupiter Corporation has announced Picross S Namco Legendary edition for Nintendo Switch, due out exclusively via the eShop on May 30 priced $10.99 / €10.99 / £9.89.


Picross S Namco Legendary edition is based on various Namco franchises, including Pac-Man, and makes their famous characters available as Picross puzzles. A total of 30 Namco titles and over 500 puzzles are included in the legendary collection. Here’s the list, per Jupiter Corporation:

• GALAXIAN
• PAC-MAN
• XEVIOUS
• MAPPY
• GALAGA
• DIG DUG
• WARPMAN
• THE TOWER OF DRUAGA
• BATTLE CITY
• PAC-LAND
• STAR LUSTER
• DIG DUG II
• MYSTERY TOWER
• THE ADVENTURE OF VALKYRIE
• SKY KID
• SUPER XEVIOUS MYSTERY OF GUMP
• MAPPY-LAND
• METRO-CROSS
• DRAGON BUSTER
• YOUKAI DOUCHUKI
• THE QUEST OF KI
• SANGOKUSHI CHUGEN NO HASHA
• FINAL LAP
• THE GENJI AND THE HEIKE CLANS
• WAGAN LAND
• ROLLING THUNDER
• DRAGON SPIRIT
• SPLATTER HOUSE Wanpaku Graffiti
• WAGAN LAND 2
• WAGAN LAND 3

Picross S Namco Legendary edition features four Picross modes familiar from the Picross S series: Picross, Mega Picross, Color Picross, and Clip Picross, as well as the Extra bonus content. It follows the release of Sega-themed entry Picross S Mega Drive & Master System back in 2021.

Picross S Namco Legendary edition is yet another Nintendo Switch exclusive due out in 2024. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Remake launches tomorrow, May 23 (check out IGN's review), then there’s Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD in June, and Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition in July.

A June Nintendo Direct will shed more light on the Switch’s twilight years, with Metroid Prime 4, Professor Layton and the New World of Steam, and Pokemon Legends: Z-A all waiting in the wings. It will now, however, discuss the in-bound Switch 2.


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