Art Style: PiCTOBiTS
Developer	Skip Ltd.
Publisher	Nintendo
Platforms	Nintendo DSi,Nintendo 3DS
Release dates	DSiWare: January 28, 2009[1] May 18, 2009[2] May 22, 2009[3] May 22, 2009[?] Nintendo 3DS (eShop): June 6, 2011[?] June 6, 2011[?] June 7, 2011[3] June 6, 2011[?]
Languages	English Japanese French (Europe) German Italian Spanish (Europe)
Genre	Puzzle
Ratings	ESRB: - Everyone[?] CERO: - All ages[?] PEGI: - Three years and older[?] ACB: - General[?]
Mode	Single player
Format	Nintendo DSi: Digital download Nintendo 3DS: Digital download
Input	Nintendo DS: Stylus Nintendo 3DS: Gamepad

Art Style: PiCTOBiTS (known asArt Style: PiCTOPiCT in Australia andArt Style: PiCOPiCT in Europe and Japan) is a puzzle game released onDSiWare in2009. Throughout the game's 30 stages, the player tries to assemble 8-bit sprites fromFamily Computer andNintendo Entertainment System games.

Gameplay[edit]

In the game, blocky pieces of non-uniform shapes and sizes called "megabits" fall on the touch screen. When a falling piece hits something and stops, players can tap the individual blocks, known as "bits", within the piece and place them in a palette, then transfer them into different spots on the screen. Blocks can be cleared when a falling piece hits something in such a way that it creates a rectangle. When blocks of each color are cleared, they travel to the top screen and are assembled into a shape, always of a sprite from a Famicom/NES game; when the sprite is fully assembled, the player has beaten the level. If the player fails to clear enough bits in time, and bits accumulate at the top of the screen, preventing new megabits from falling; if the player cannot clear the way in time, the game is lost. In order to prevent this, players can either manually move bits with the palette, or they can use aPOW Block button, which causes all the blocks to fall to the bottom of the screen, but forfeits one of the spots in the block palette.

Whenever players clear megabits, they getcoins, which appear using their sprite fromSuper Mario Bros. These coins can be used to purchase dark levels, which contain other sprites from the game in their corresponding light level. Beating a stage with a score above the stage's target will put aSuper Star icon next to the score display.

Levels[edit]

The following are theSuper Mario-themed levels.

Profiles[edit]

Nintendo eShop description[edit]

Americas:Your goal in Art Style: PiCTOBiTS is simple: clear large blocks that fall from above ("megabits") by combining them with "bits" (square blocks) of the same color. Add in the ability to pick up bits and place them anywhere on the Touch Screen, and you'll quickly find that strategy is critical to your success. By clearing the bits, you gradually reveal each stage's hidden game character—look for favorites from classic NES titles—and earn coins that can be spent to unlock DARK stages or to listen to the game's soundtrack in MUSIC mode. This grand mix of familiar elements and new gameplay leads to the uniquely enjoyable experience that is PiCTOBiTS.
Games in the Art Style series feature elegant design, polished graphics, and pick-up-and-play controls, creating an experience focused purely on fun and engaging game play.

United Kingdom/Australia: Jump into the world of PiCOPiCT and put your brain to the test with this colourful new puzzle game on Nintendo DSiWare. You have blocks of six different colours, and the idea behind the game is to build up pictures of classic NES Nintendo characters.

The blocks are known as PiCTOs and you can place them freely on the screen using the stylus. You have to use these PiCTOs to erase the Deca PiCTOs (groups of PiCTOs) falling from the top of the screen by combining blocks of the same colour together.

If you can erase the PiCTOs and complete the picture then you clear the stage. With its warm NES style graphics and immersive 8-bit music, in PiCOPiCT, you can experience a world where the old and the new coexist!

Staff[edit]

Main article:List of Art Style: PiCTOBiTS staff

Art Style: PiCTOBiTS was developed by Japanese developerSkip Ltd. and produced byKensuke Tanabe and Hiroshi Suzuki. The game's music was composed by Japanese chiptune bandYMCK.

Gallery[edit]

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  Logo

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  Title Screen

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  Level Select (Normal mode)

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  Level Select (Dark mode)

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  Gameplay of Stage 1, featuringMario fromSuper Mario Bros.

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  Gameplay of Stage 14, featuringBowser fromSuper Mario Bros.

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  Gameplay of Stage 6, featuring Mario fromWrecking Crew

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  Completed Stage 2:Goomba fromSuper Mario Bros.

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  Music Mode

Multimedia[edit]

Super Mario Bros. Part 1

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Super Mario Bros. Part 2

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Super Mario Bros. Part 3

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Super Mario Bros. Part 4

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Super Mario Bros. Part 5

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Notes[edit]

• On theGame Over screen, the background's design is a reference to the "pulse line" pattern featured on earlyFamicom game cartridges.
• Midway through every level, a musical cue fromSuper Mario Bros. plays and the stage's background music increases in tempo, despite there being no timer in this game.

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Wikipedia has an article onArt Style: PiCTOBiTS.

• Japanese website
• North American website
• European website

• Games
• DSiWare
• Puzzle games
• Nintendo DS games
• Nintendo 3DS games
• 2009 games

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