Picross and The Rising of the Shield Hero announced for Switch

Jupiter is readying yet another Picross game for Switch, this time having announced Picross and the Rising of The Shield Hero. It launches on October 3, 2024.

This time around, Jupiter is collaborating with an anime. The Rising of The Shield Hero will be featured with familiar characters and more.

Here’s an official overview:

The Rising of the Shield Hero anime series is now available as a puzzle game!

Picross and The Rising of The Shield Hero anime series are collaborating. The game features an Episode mode for fans of The Rising of the Shield Hero. You can relive the adventures of Naofumi, Raphtalia, Filo and friends while solving puzzles.

Not only can you play the usual Picross, Mega Picross, and Color Picross from the Picross S series, but Clip Picross and Extra also recreate famous scenes with large puzzles.

The number of puzzles is 166 each for Picross and Mega Picross, four for Clip Picross, and more than 40 piece puzzles each for a total of 175 puzzles, 47 puzzles for Color Picross and eight for Extra.

We have a trailer for the game below.

Official Trailer

Picross and The Rising of the Shield Hero will be sold on the Switch eShop for $10.99 / €10.99 / £9.89. We have coverage on Jupiter’s other Picross games here.