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Puyo Puyo

ぷよぷよ
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Platform Mega Drive Year 1992
Publisher Sega Developer Compile
Region JP Language Japanese
Tags Puzzle, Two Player, Simultaneous Multiplayer, Japan Only, Arcade Conversion
Platform Mega Drive
Year 1992
Publisher Sega
Developer Compile
Region JP
Language Japanese
Tags Puzzle, Two Player, Simultaneous Multiplayer, Japan Only, Arcade Conversion

A competitive match four puzzle game where you fight against the CPU or another human. A story mode has you competing against 12 different opponents that behave differently. Make chains to launch Ojama Puyo at your opponent in order to make it more difficult to compete. Includes a tutorial as well as an endless mode with no opponent.
 
Good Bad
  • Cute colorful graphics
  • Includes a tutorial
  • Multiple play modes including story and 1v1
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Requiring chains adds strategy
  • Fun two player competition
  • Difficulty ramps up quickly
  • Little time to move once a piece has landed
  • Once falling behind it's hard to catch up
Good
  • Cute colorful graphics
  • Includes a tutorial
  • Multiple play modes including story and 1v1
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Requiring chains adds strategy
  • Fun two player competition
 
Bad
  • Difficulty ramps up quickly
  • Little time to move once a piece has landed
  • Once falling behind it's hard to catch up
 
8 Less casual than other puzzle games however the colorful graphics, charming characters, and addictive gameplay will keep you coming back. Not an easy game and often requires retrying a level however getting a combo that triggers four or five times is an amazing feeling.

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