Art Style: PiCTOBiTS

Art Style: PiCTOBiTS, known as Art Style: PiCOPiCT in Japan, Europe and Australia, is a game released on DSiWare for the Nintendo DSi. Its price is 500 Nintendo points. As seen in the title, this game is from the Art Style series, which is only available for WiiWare and DSiWare, and also isn't actually a part of the Mario series, but Mario characters appear in, just like Tetris DS.

Gameplay
The gameplay of Art Style: PiCTOBiTS is to clear the falling megabits (also known as Mega PiCTOs), different forms of blocks, which are combined squares, by combining them with the same colored bits (PiCTOs), the squares self, to form sprites of character from a Nintendo Entertainment System game, such as Mario.

The game consists of 15 levels with their respective dark versions. The Player can store bits in a "reserve" at the left part of the screen, he can store up to eight. However, once the POW Block is used, the spaces will decrease.

Other game mechanics are:
 * POW Block - This button can be used to disappear the bits at the lower part of the screen. Each time it is used, one reserve space will disappear, therefore, it can't be used when only one space is remaining.
 * Coins - Coins can be used either to purchase Dark Levels, music, or restore reserve spaces (5 per restore). Coins can be earned by making combos, clearing a whole megabit in once or getting rid of Permabits.
 * Permabits - These blocks with an X on them can't be picked up, and when cleared, they will give the player a coin.

Game Modes

 * Music - Here, the player can buy songs with coins they have previously earned. There are 17 different songs, with prices going from 10 to 170 coins. Plus, an upgrade of the song, called "+" can be bought after buying the original song, this upgrade is more expensive.
 * Dark Levels (known as Remix Levels in Europe) - These are harder version of the levels which can be bought after clearing the normal level.

Represented games

 * Super Mario Bros.
 * Balloon Fight
 * Ice Climber
 * Wrecking Crew
 * Baseball
 * Excitebike
 * Devil World
 * The Legend of Zelda

Nintendo DSi Shop descriptions
''Your goal in Art Style: PiCTOBiTS™ is simple: clear large blocks 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 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™.''
 * American

''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!''
 * European

Trivia

 * The falling megabits in the last level spell "Thank you Mario! But our princess is in another castle!"