I took another crack at Pixel Puzzle Collection between rounds of APAC and honestly it's pretty meh, I am so spoiled by the QoL features on Picross S

It doesn't even have what I call "maybe markers" (things you can put to indicate that a correct fill might be there but you're not sure yet).

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"Wait Rin, didn't you say you're somewhat unironically boycotting Konami?"
Well yeah but I didn't spend money on this
"But there's ads so you probably gave them a few yen"
well fuck, so what's the best country to move to apply for refugee/asylum status since I don't think American gamers are gonna forgive me for this

I beat all the puzzles in the Konami Pixel Puzzles app and I was about to resign myself to being the Candy Crush mom who emailed the company asking for more levels. But I was instead notified I had unlocked Expert Mode!

Turns out Expert Mode is the same ~400 puzzles again, but now you aren't allowed to make an × mark on the board!

...What?

Konami, a real Expert Mode would be something like adding 20×20 puzzles into the mix. (Pictopix on Steam goes up to 30×30!) Having me redo the same content but taking out a quality of life feature doesn't prove I'm an expert. That's just doing the same content again, that I already know the solution to, in a more arduous way. That proves that I'm stubborn.