How to play Club Nintendo Picross Plus on Mac

Game summary

Club Nintendo Picross Plus is a Japan-only Nintendo 3DS eShop Picross title, sequel to Club Nintendo Picross. It is very similar to its predecessor, featuring all the original content from the first, as well as being packed with over 100 new puzzles. The game could only be downloaded through the Club Nintendo rewards program. The above text is from the Super Mario Wiki and is available under a Creative Commons license. Attribution must be provided through a list of authors or a link back to the original article. Source: https://www.mariowiki.com/Club_Nintendo_Picross_Plus
First released: Oct 2014

Play Club Nintendo Picross Plus on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Club Nintendo Picross Plus on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.

Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.

Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).

Club Nintendo Picross Plus installation steps for Mac

Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install Club Nintendo Picross Plus like you would on any PC.
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