

When the player runs out of time, the game is over and they must restart the puzzle. Once started, the player also has the option to use another hint roulette at the expense of 5 minutes deducted from the timer this can be used multiple times as long as there is enough time remaining. At the start of the round, the player has the option to use a hint roulette, which cycles through the grid to completely reveal one row and one column.

In puzzles with time limits, the player is allotted 30 minutes to complete the puzzle, and is penalized for time for each wrongly marked square 2 minutes for the first mistake, 4 minutes for the second, and 8 minutes for each mistake thereafter. In Mario's set of puzzles, the player is given a time limit. There are two sets of puzzles, each divided into several levels. New to Mario's Super Picross is the ability to mark the hint numbers along the sides of the grid at will, preferably as each consecutive group of squares is solved on that line inside the grid. Labeling squares with an "X" serves no purpose in the solution of a puzzle, and is only used to assist the player. The player can also label squares with an "X" if they believe the square should not be marked. If there is more than one number, they all appear in that line in their respective order, but there must be at least one blank square between them.

For example, a "5" horizontally means that there are 5 consecutive marked squares somewhere in that respective row. In order to reveal the picture, number clues are given to show how many squares go in each row or column. Picross is a logic puzzle game in which the player uses a chisel and rock hammer to uncover pictures.
