Showing posts with label Nintendo 3DS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nintendo 3DS. Show all posts

Friday, 20 September 2024

178 pokémon picross - salary increased to 10 picrites!

 Dear Readers,

Glorious day! I'm working away as normal on the daily grind. A few days after I was banned for a day I kept at it and earned enough to unlock a new area. I unlocked an area that was branched off from one of the older areas and that made my pay packet increase to 10 picrites.

I was thinking if I concentrated on getting as far as possible that my pay would increase faster, but no, it depends on how many areas you've unlocked altogether.

Thursday, 19 September 2024

177 pokémon picross - banned from earning picrites until tomorrow

Dear Readers,

Well this game sucks in a way I've just discovered. At the time of writing it's April and I set the clock forward on the 3DS. The game picked it up and banned me from earning Picrites until tomorrow. A game should not do something like that. I don't care if it's free-to-play.

Monday, 9 September 2024

176 pokémon picross - s12-09 yveltal

Dear Readers,

This 20 x 15 puzzle was very dense and had some super big clues, but then got smaller and harder to find towards the end. I had a good start with Zygarde 10% and Manaphy, but it still took over 10 minutes to complete. It's a bit too detailed to tell what it is as well. Bigger, meaner Pokémon can be like that.

Saturday, 31 August 2024

175 pokémon picross - forgot a day on the grind

Dear Readers,

I'm still grinding as usual but I forgot one day! Then it was late and I just did the next day. I could just change the clock but I don't really want to change over and change back. I'll just take the loss of a day.

It's no worries and I won't beat myself up over it. I'll just continue on as much as I can. Things will get done. The next session I did went fine and it was just over 3 and a half minutes.

I realised earlier in the evening but then I got distracted by something else and forgot to play before midnight. That's the plan if I ever miss a day, to make sure I play before and after midnight.

Sunday, 25 August 2024

174 pokémon picross - s12-04 quagsire

Dear Readers,

Quagsire has a very simple shape and face, so it was really easy! The missions were very easy too and I only had to do three of them. Setting grass types was the only major restriction besides the 5 minute time limit.

Saturday, 24 August 2024

173 pokémon picross - m01 second row, sixth column

Dear Readers,

This one was very tricky because the clues had very small numbers. I had to inch as much as I could and I got stuck for a while until another clue jumped out at me. Then I was able to push all the other answers out smoothly. The result was like the edges of two opposing circles or you could say it was like a closed parenthesis with an open parenthesis coming after it. It all seems out of place on its own but it joins well with the tile underneath in a nice straight line.

Friday, 23 August 2024

172 pokémon picross - s12-03 grovyle

Dear Readers,

I didn't have Combusken, so I couldn't do all the missions. I chose Zygarde and Swirlix. It was all random reveals and it revealed a good bit in my favour, so the puzzle itself only took 17 seconds. I took the reveals gratefully!

Thursday, 22 August 2024

171 pokémon picross - s12-02 sandile

Dear Readers,

Again I couldn't do all the missions, so I just picked Pokémon to blast this puzzle in just a few seconds. I chose Zygarde and Talonflame. Between the two of them I revealed a lot. I revealed so much that I only had a small amount of squares to fill which took just 9 seconds.

Sandile has a nice big smile and big eyes. Very cute and goofy looking Pokémon! Also I finally have a Pokémon that knows slash reveal! Yay!

Wednesday, 21 August 2024

170 pokémon picross - s12-06 pidgeot

Dear Readers,

I still don't have a Pokémon that has slash reveal. When am I going to get one? I have no idea. In any case, I can't do all the missions on this one right now.

I can do the electric mission no problem.

I used Zygarde to reveal as much as I could. I revealed the centre square straight away and waited until I had 2 remaining blank 5x5s to use the other 2 goes I had of its reveal move. I was able to do this big puzzle in a decent amount of time.

Tuesday, 20 August 2024

169 pokémon picross - a nice day on the grind

Dear Readers,

I'm still getting around the 3 minute finish time on my grind and the puzzles seem to be getting easier. Maybe I'm getting better at them as I do them every day? Who knows. It'll be nice to get bonuses again. It's taking ages to get to new areas now.

Monday, 19 August 2024

168 pokémon picross - m01 sixth column, seventh row

Dear Readers,

This tile had an interesting beginning because the big fills came from hints going from 10, 9, 8, 7 and so on which made a bit of a pyramid. Other clues came in and I was able to do the puzzle handily. It ended up looking like a filled triangle with an empty triangle perpendicular to it, especially when joined with the tile to the left of it. If you use your imagination it kind of looks like a lady in a dress holding a weapon and pointing it to the left.

Sunday, 18 August 2024

167 pokémon picross - s12-05 alakazam

Dear Readers,

This was a biggish puzzle and I needed 3 Pokémon to do all the missions, so I just used Zygarde and got as much revealed as I could so I could do it quick. I'll have to return to this puzzle anyway so I didn't really feel like doing much. I got the mural tile anyway so that's good for now.

Saturday, 17 August 2024

166 pokémon picross - s12-01 scraggy

Dear Readers,

It feels good to unlock another new area after so long! The first stage here is Scraggy. For this I just set a fighting type and used Zygarde to get it done ASAP. I didn't really bother getting a real feel for the puzzle. I was able to do all the missions this way so that was good enough for me right now.

Friday, 16 August 2024

165 pokémon picross - daily grind in 3 minutes

Dear Readers,

Today I made a grind in about 3 minutes! Usually I'm much longer, like 3 and a half or 4 or 5 minutes. Maybe I'm getting better and I'll start getting bonuses again, which will be nice. I don't mind either way as long as I keep getting some kind of pay.

Sunday, 11 August 2024

164 pokémon picross - listening to wario land 4 hurry up! theme while grinding

Dear Readers,

Having already listened to the Pizza Time theme from Pizza Tower, I thought I'd try out the theme that inspired it!

I listened to the Hurry Up! theme from Wario Land 4 while doing the grinding today. I got it done in just over 4 minutes, which was longer than what I got while listening to Pizza Time. Hm...

It could mean something with the musics, but the puzzle differences matter as well. There are other themes I could use as well. I'll see.

Saturday, 10 August 2024

163 pokémon picross - listening to pizza time from pizza tower while grinding

Dear Readers,

On one of the daily grinds lately I decided to carry it out while listening to the Pizza Time music from the Pizza Tower soundtrack. It's equivalent to the Hurry Up! theme from Wario Land 4. It made the grind enjoyable and I finished it in 3 and a half minutes, which is better than my usual records lately! Listening to music could be the way to go!

Sunday, 4 August 2024

162 pokémon picross - m02 eighth row, sixth column

Dear Readers,

This one was lovely and easy. Lots of empty spaces and the resulting fills had nice easy clues. When I got it done it looked like a minimalist drawing of a man holding out a golf club, though that takes a bit of imagination to see!

Saturday, 3 August 2024

161 pokémon picross - s11-05 espurr

Dear Readers,

Espurr was more or less just a face with beady eyes and small mouth. It is cute but not the most compelling. However a couple of interesting things happened here.

I wasn't able to get all the missions, but I set Snorlax for the rising reveal and Zygarde 50% for the square reveal. The square reveals for this are random and it landed on a bunch of squares that I had already filled, so I got the unlucky medal for failing to reveal anything new! Hooray! I'm glad I got something good out of this!

I met the target time and got a mural piece as well.

Friday, 2 August 2024

160 pokémon picross - i could swear the dailies are getting harder

Dear Readers,

It took me almost six minutes to do the grind today. It's ok but it took me ages to even do the first one. I'm just glad I didn't make mistakes so I was extra careful. It was nice to get it done and out of the way. Gimme my 9 Picrites, Professor!

Thursday, 1 August 2024

159 pokémon picross - m01 second column, seventh row

Dear Readers,

Oh my goodness this was an extremely hard one that just popped up without warning. All the clues were of really small numbers and I had to get right down to the bare amount to help me fill in the squares. It took ages and I had to clear the slate twice because of mistakes. This one was tough to do. The pattern was kind of like a messed up ribcage or fence. I'm just glad it's finished. Get me outta here!