Picross NP series

The Picross NP series comprises eight volumes of nonogames, by Jupiter Corporation. It was distributed via the Super Famicom Nintendo Power cart rewriting system in two-month intervals.

Themes

Each volume has six single player modes, two of which contain themed puzzles. In each volume one theme will be based on a Nintendo property (referencing mostly the most recent title), and the other more general (The Wizard of Oz, or the Olympics, for example)

Volume 1 Pokémon Japan
Volume 2 Yoshi The Wizard of Oz1)
Volume 3 Kirby The country?
Volume 4 Starfox Er… water?
Volume 5 The Legend of Zelda The zodiac
Volume 6 Mario Italy
Volume 7 Wario Water fauna
Volume 8 Donkey Kong The Olympic Games
Volume 1
Volume 2
Volume 3
Volume 4
Volume 5
Volume 6
Volume 7
Volume 8
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Picross S4 also has this theme in its 'Clip Picross' mode.