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Jigsaw Island: Japan Graffiti

Jigsaw Island is a jigsaw puzzle game, and the third title in Nippon Ichi's jigsaw series. As in Jigsaw Party and Jigsaw World, it combines the jigsaw puzzle with elements of arcade puzzle games, tasking two…

13 September 1996

Jigsaw Island: Japan Graffiti is a puzzle developed by Nippon Ichi Software, released 13 September 1996 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation and Android.

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What Jigsaw Island: Japan Graffiti is

Jigsaw Island: Japan Graffiti is a puzzle game developed by Nippon Ichi Software and released in 1996. It was published by Hamster Corporation. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Jigsaw Island is a jigsaw puzzle game, and the third title in Nippon Ichi's jigsaw series. As in Jigsaw Party and Jigsaw World, it combines the jigsaw puzzle with elements of arcade puzzle games, tasking two players (or a player and the computer) with solving a set of puzzles as quickly as possible. Pieces are supplied to each player in a specific order, and there are also power-ups that can be used to hinder the other player. A localize port removing the anime storyline, "Jigsaw Madness" was released in the west.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Jigsaw Island: Japan Graffiti launched on 13 September 1996, within three weeks of Crash Bandicoot, The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, Wipeout XL and Die Hard Trilogy.

Released around the same time: Crash Bandicoot, The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, Wipeout XL, Die Hard Trilogy.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Jigsaw Island: Japan Graffiti come out?
Jigsaw Island: Japan Graffiti was released on 13 September 1996 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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