One of the better ones we’ve seen on mobile, to be honest. And just to wrap the whole thing up with a nice little bow, Pixel Puzzle Collection is also an incredibly competent take on Picross.
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But how familiar are you with Roc ‘N Rope, Nuts & Milk, or Esper Dream? The Japan-only dating sim series Tokimeki Memorial even gets a significant amount of attention here. You may even know Mystical Ninja and Twin Bee. Sure, we all know Castlevania, Gradius, and Bomberman.
The most surprising thing of all, however, is just how much of both Konami’s and Hudson’s history is included here. It’s a free game with no IAP at all, and even the amount and severity of ads isn’t terribly out of line. Konami hasn’t seemed all that interested in the mobile market of late, at least outside of Japan, and it certainly isn’t known for Picross games or even all that many puzzle games in general. Still, even keeping all that in mind, Pixel Puzzle Collection (Free) is a bit of a surprising release.
What this adds up to is that Konami owns a huge amount of Japanese gaming history, and even if it’s not so keen on pushing out new games, it’s at least not shy about exploiting that old catalog. Along the way, it also gradually bought up Hudson, another famous Japanese game publisher who didn’t make quite so smooth a transition to 3D games. Hits like Frogger, Contra, Castlevania, Gradius, and Metal Gear buoyed the company to dizzying heights in the 8-bit and 16-bit era, and unlike many other publishers who found success in those early generations, Konami was able to carry its momentum forward into the 3D era.
Despite its recent partial retreat from the games business, the company has had a major presence in almost every generation of gaming since the 1980s. Though the company seems to forget it from time to time, Konami has one of the richest histories of any game publisher around.
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