Jupiter has announced Picross S7 for Nintendo Switch, with a launch set for December in Japan and Europe, and January 2022 for the west.

Picross S7 is launching for Switch on December 23rd in Japan, December 27th in Europe, and January 10th, 2022 in North America.

Here’s a new trailer for Picross S7:

Here’s a rundown on the game:

The 7th Picross in the S Series supports touchscreen controls!

This release introduces support for touchscreen controls. Players can no select “Touch Hold” or “Touch Toggle” as an input method on the puzzle board.

Touchscreen Support

Players can now select “Touch Hold” or “Touch Toggle” as an input method on the puzzle board.

• Touch (Hold) – The input mode will be turned on while holding the button or stick, and turned off when released.
• Touch (Toggle) – The input mode will be toggled on or off every time the button or stick is pressed.

Changes to linked series titles for bonus content Extra

In this release, link play data from Picross S4, Picross S5, and Picross S6 to unlock three large 40×30 Extra puzzles.

Unlock Piece puzzles by completing Mega Picross puzzles

Clip Picross piece puzzles can now be unlocked by completing Mega Picross puzzles in addition to Picross puzzles.

There are 300 Picross and Mega Picross puzzles, 150 Clip Picross piece puzzles, 30 Color Picross puzzles, and 5 Extra puzzles, a grand total of 485 puzzles!