I regret leaving my Gameboy behind in the divorce. I wasn't thinking straight at the time.

Picross is the shit.

Yo this game was awesome

It's never too late to Picross (no really, Jupiter still makes them for Nintendo and you can find them on switch, and you can always pirate them if you have ethical concerns!)

If you want a different flavor, there's also Final Fantasy Pictlogica (also Jupiter made) but the most recent version is a defunct freemium mobile game. Go 3DS emulation for it.

Oh and honorable mention to indie game Murder By Numbers, although I felt like that was more VN than Picross.

They made it a video game?!
I remember doing these things on paper when I was a child!

I've been playing through this and collecting the RetroAchievements for it. I keep picking up my handheld for other games before deciding to tackle a few more puzzles instead. I'll be both relieved and a little disappointed to finish it.

I think I traded my cart of this for Motocross Maniacs 2

Picross games are all over the phone stores, touch screens make it so much easier, too.