PUZZLE #64: Picross Words

PUZZLE #64

PICROSS WORDS

Well, it's the 64th puzzle on Redhead64's Obscure Puzzle Blog, so to celebrate, I'm going to do something a little different. You see, many years before I started this blog, I made a few puzzles on a site called Griddlers.net, where you can solve and create your own Picross puzzles (You can still solve my puzzles through this link). So as a way of returning to my puzzle-making roots, I've decided to create another Picross puzzle and post it on this blog!

The numbers outside each row and column reveal how many groups of black squares there are in that line, all in order, and how many black squares there are in each group (So for example, "5 1" means there are five consecutive black squares followed by a single black square). If there's more than one number in that line, that means they're separate from each other and there's at least one empty square between them (Empty spaces could also be found at the start or end of a line). In case you're stuck or don't know what to do, you can always get some tips, tricks and techniques through this link.

As an added twist, the grid has been filled out by letters, though they don't mean anything yet, so just ignore them while you proceed to solve the puzzle.

Once the Picross has been solved, you should get a picture of a video game character. Read the letters that have been shaded in, left to right and up and down, and you'll get a sentence that will reveal this week's FINAL ANSWER: The character's name, and the video game that the character originated from.

Once you believe you've figured out the FINAL ANSWER, send it to either redhead64@chartermi.net or itsredhead64@gmail.com (though I'm more likely to check the second one) and I'll put your name on a solvers list once I post the answers in about two weeks. You can also use those email addresses to give me some comments and feedback (or get a hint from me in exchange for a "hint star", more details for that are on the sidebar to the right) or send me the answer to last week's puzzle, if you haven't already figured that one out. If you have a printer and want to solve this puzzle on paper, just head below the break for a version you can print out!