Title:
Super Puyo Puyo
Rating:
7+
Genre:
Puzzle
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Release Date:
1969-12-31
Date Added:
2018-07-03 15:04:44
Game Summary:
Released 1993
Puyo Puyo, originally released by Compile in 1991 by Masamitsu ’Moo’ Niitani (the founder of Compile), featured characters from the 1989 RPG Madou Monogatari, also made by Compile. Puyos were enemy monsters in said game, as the rough equivalent of the slime monsters from the Dragon Quest game series.
The series was the second and more successful mainstream attempt to compete with the ubiquitous falling-block game Tetris, the first being Columns.
Puyo Puyo grew in popularity when it was released as an arcade game in 1992. This was the first version that included the aforementioned one-player story mode, in which the human player plays against computer opponents of increasing difficulty. This feature was an immediate success because it allowed players to play by themselves. Future versions of Puyo Puyo for console systems also included this feature.
Sega had hopes of releasing it outside of Japan, and, although they did, they didn’t have the original names or characters. The first was released in February 1993 under the name Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine (for Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear). Nintendo would also get their version of Puyo Puyo for the Super NES outside Japan, but under the name Kirby’s Avalanche (Kirby’s Ghost Trap in Europe), in which the original characters were replaced by the Kirby series ones. Spectrum HoloByte also released Puyo Puyo for Microsoft Windows 3.1 and the Macintosh in August 1995, under the name Qwirks.
Puyo Puyo, originally released by Compile in 1991 by Masamitsu ’Moo’ Niitani (the founder of Compile), featured characters from the 1989 RPG Madou Monogatari, also made by Compile. Puyos were enemy monsters in said game, as the rough equivalent of the slime monsters from the Dragon Quest game series.
The series was the second and more successful mainstream attempt to compete with the ubiquitous falling-block game Tetris, the first being Columns.
Puyo Puyo grew in popularity when it was released as an arcade game in 1992. This was the first version that included the aforementioned one-player story mode, in which the human player plays against computer opponents of increasing difficulty. This feature was an immediate success because it allowed players to play by themselves. Future versions of Puyo Puyo for console systems also included this feature.
Sega had hopes of releasing it outside of Japan, and, although they did, they didn’t have the original names or characters. The first was released in February 1993 under the name Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine (for Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear). Nintendo would also get their version of Puyo Puyo for the Super NES outside Japan, but under the name Kirby’s Avalanche (Kirby’s Ghost Trap in Europe), in which the original characters were replaced by the Kirby series ones. Spectrum HoloByte also released Puyo Puyo for Microsoft Windows 3.1 and the Macintosh in August 1995, under the name Qwirks.
Platform:
Nintendo Super Famicom
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Players:
1-2
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Automatic Estimated Value:
~$3.87
Automatic Estimated Date:
2024-08-12
Date Added:
2018-07-03 15:04:44
