Puyo Puyon
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, also known as Puyo Puyo 4, and Puyo Puyo~n Party (N64 version) is the fourth installment of the Puyo Puyo
puzzle game series, created by Sega
and Compile
for the Dreamcast, PlayStation, Nintendo 64
and Game Boy Color
. Like many of the Puyo Puyo games, it was never officially released outside of Japan
.
The name of Puyo Puyo~n comes from the Japanese word , signifying the fourth game in the series.
games.
Satan-sama is found looking at some books in a magical library when he comes across a black box. He begins to examine the black box before it breaks free from his hands and opens. The next morning a Puyo Circus has arrived, and Arle alongside Carbuncle go to check it out. They are greeted by a mysterious figure in Pierrot, a jester-looking character.
When Arle arrives, something doesn't appear right, and Carbuncle disappears once more. Arle has to navigate her way past a number of foes as before. During her quest Draco, Seriri, Witch and Chiko join up with Arle as they face Schezo and Rulue. Rulue knew something was up with Satansama, and as Arle met him, he appeared strange and unlike his normal self. He freezes the other characters so that they don't interfere. Arle beats Satansama, who wakes up and asks why Arle was there. Satansama explains to Arle that he was brainwashed by a stronger foe, and Pierrot appears afterwards, revealing herself to be Doppelganger Arle. The two have a fight to see who exists in the world, and Arle was victorious.
Stages
Circus Stage
Stage 1 - Skeleton T
Stage 2 - Archan (Not Available in Game Boy Color)
Stage 3 - KikiMora
Valcano Stage
Stage 4 - Panotty
Stage 5 - Draco (Draco Joins your Party When you Beat Her)
Water Stage
Stage 6 - Nohoho
Stage 7 - Seriri (Seriri Joins your Party When you Beat Her)
Floating Stage
Stage 8 - Suketoudara
Stage 9 - Harpy
Stage 10 - Witch (Witch Joins your Party when you Beat Her)
Ruin Stage
Stage 11 - Dragon
Stage 12 - Chico (Chico Joins your Party when you Beat Her)
Stage 13 - Schezo
Outside Circus Stage
Stage 14 - Rulue
Another Dimension #1
Stage 15 - Satan
Another Dimension #2
Stage 16 - Doppelganger Arle
, with a new addition of character specials. As puyos are erased from the field, a power gauge fills up, and as it fills to the top, you can use a special. Each characters special ability differs from person to person, and these specials are very different between the domestic versions and the Game Boy Color version. Each grid in the domestic versions follows Rule Henka, where a preset field and special board rules are implemented. In the Game Boy Color version, whenever garbage was countered, Sun puyos would fall on the screens. This game also featured a few Tokoton modes where you could play on grids larger or smaller than 6x12 on the domestic versions, and featured a Free Battle mode where you could play against any of the other unlocked characters. The art is also vastly different to its predecessors, adopting a more serious tone compared to the other games.
. Pocket Puyo Puyo~n for the Game Boy Color used music from Pocket Puyo Puyo Sun as well as music from Puyo~n itself, had more characters and more specials, including some of the cast from Pocket Puyo Puyo Sun, and Minotauros instead of Zou Daimaou, but naturally only supported two players and had the same storyline, retaining the comic humour of the previous versions. Pocket Puyo Puyo~n also had a special Rally mode where you faced all 23 characters to unlock the specials, and you could choose which special you wanted to use before the game started. This version didn't have Rule Henka or any board-specific functions like the domestic versions had, nor did it have any of the different grid sizes for Tokoton Puyo Puyo, but it does feature the ability to play Endless similarly to Puyo Puyo Tsu
's Action Endless (where garbage appears in the tray, and helpers appear at random times depending on the difficulty setting).
The stance that Puyo Puyo~n has taken into the series may have been used as a base for Puyo Puyo 7
.
Puyo Puyo (series)
Puyo Puyo refers to a series of puzzle video games created by Compile and later Sonic Team.- History :Puyo Puyo, originally released by Compile in 1991, featured characters from the 1989 RPG Madou Monogatari, also made by Compile...
puzzle game series, created by Sega
Sega
, usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...
and Compile
Compile (software company)
Compile Co., Ltd. was a Japanese video game company established on April 7, 1982, under the name Programmers-3. Founded by Masamitsu Niitani , they were famed for developing shooters and puzzle games such as Aleste and Puyo Puyo.Compile filed for bankruptcy and disbanded in 2003, but the franchise...
for the Dreamcast, PlayStation, Nintendo 64
Nintendo 64
The , often referred to as N64, was Nintendo′s third home video game console for the international market. Named for its 64-bit CPU, it was released in June 1996 in Japan, September 1996 in North America, March 1997 in Europe and Australia, September 1997 in France and December 1997 in Brazil...
and Game Boy Color
Game Boy Color
The is Nintendo's successor to the 8-bit Game Boy handheld game console, and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan, November 19, 1998 in North America, November 23, 1998 in Europe and November 27, 1998 in the United Kingdom. It features a color screen and is slightly thicker and taller than...
. Like many of the Puyo Puyo games, it was never officially released outside of Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
.
The name of Puyo Puyo~n comes from the Japanese word , signifying the fourth game in the series.
Story
Unlike the previous games where the storyline is rather comical, ~n has a serious storyline, reminiscent of those in the Madou MonogatariMadou Monogatari
Madou Monogatari is a series of first-person dungeon crawler RPGs by Compile. The first game was released in 1989 for MSX and NEC PC-9801. The characters of this series would later be used in the puzzle game Puyo Puyo.-Gameplay:Gameplay is traditional RPG with some unique twists...
games.
Satan-sama is found looking at some books in a magical library when he comes across a black box. He begins to examine the black box before it breaks free from his hands and opens. The next morning a Puyo Circus has arrived, and Arle alongside Carbuncle go to check it out. They are greeted by a mysterious figure in Pierrot, a jester-looking character.
When Arle arrives, something doesn't appear right, and Carbuncle disappears once more. Arle has to navigate her way past a number of foes as before. During her quest Draco, Seriri, Witch and Chiko join up with Arle as they face Schezo and Rulue. Rulue knew something was up with Satansama, and as Arle met him, he appeared strange and unlike his normal self. He freezes the other characters so that they don't interfere. Arle beats Satansama, who wakes up and asks why Arle was there. Satansama explains to Arle that he was brainwashed by a stronger foe, and Pierrot appears afterwards, revealing herself to be Doppelganger Arle. The two have a fight to see who exists in the world, and Arle was victorious.
Stages
Circus Stage
Stage 1 - Skeleton T
Stage 2 - Archan (Not Available in Game Boy Color)
Stage 3 - KikiMora
Valcano Stage
Stage 4 - Panotty
Stage 5 - Draco (Draco Joins your Party When you Beat Her)
Water Stage
Stage 6 - Nohoho
Stage 7 - Seriri (Seriri Joins your Party When you Beat Her)
Floating Stage
Stage 8 - Suketoudara
Stage 9 - Harpy
Stage 10 - Witch (Witch Joins your Party when you Beat Her)
Ruin Stage
Stage 11 - Dragon
Stage 12 - Chico (Chico Joins your Party when you Beat Her)
Stage 13 - Schezo
Outside Circus Stage
Stage 14 - Rulue
Another Dimension #1
Stage 15 - Satan
Another Dimension #2
Stage 16 - Doppelganger Arle
Gameplay
The gameplay of ~n remains similar to Puyo Puyo TsuPuyo Puyo Tsu
is the second instalment of the Puyo Puyo games; the sequel to Puyo Puyo, made in 1994 by Compile. Compile put more thought into this game after its predecessor became successful, but never knew how much of a turnaround the game would bring. Due to its highly acclaimed success, it became the most...
, with a new addition of character specials. As puyos are erased from the field, a power gauge fills up, and as it fills to the top, you can use a special. Each characters special ability differs from person to person, and these specials are very different between the domestic versions and the Game Boy Color version. Each grid in the domestic versions follows Rule Henka, where a preset field and special board rules are implemented. In the Game Boy Color version, whenever garbage was countered, Sun puyos would fall on the screens. This game also featured a few Tokoton modes where you could play on grids larger or smaller than 6x12 on the domestic versions, and featured a Free Battle mode where you could play against any of the other unlocked characters. The art is also vastly different to its predecessors, adopting a more serious tone compared to the other games.
Differences
There were subtle differences between the domestic versions of ~n, but a vast difference between the domestic versions and the Game Boy Color version. Puyo Puyo~n: Kaa-Kun to Issho (lit. "Puyo Puyo~n: Together with Kaa-kun") for the PlayStation had the same music as the Dreamcast version of Puyo Puyo~n, but only supported up to two players. Puyo Puyo~n Party 64 for the Nintendo 64 had different music from the Dreamcast version and lacked the voiced cutscenes, but retained four player multiplayer and included a Transfer Pak mode where you could unlock more artwork by plugging in Pocket Puyo Puyo SUNPuyo Puyo SUN
is the third installment of the Puyo Puyo games series, and the sequel to Puyo Puyo Tsu, made in 1996 by Compile. After the highly acclaimed success of its predecessor, Compile took a slightly more retro approach, so players had a more original feel to the game over that of Tsu.The name of Puyo...
. Pocket Puyo Puyo~n for the Game Boy Color used music from Pocket Puyo Puyo Sun as well as music from Puyo~n itself, had more characters and more specials, including some of the cast from Pocket Puyo Puyo Sun, and Minotauros instead of Zou Daimaou, but naturally only supported two players and had the same storyline, retaining the comic humour of the previous versions. Pocket Puyo Puyo~n also had a special Rally mode where you faced all 23 characters to unlock the specials, and you could choose which special you wanted to use before the game started. This version didn't have Rule Henka or any board-specific functions like the domestic versions had, nor did it have any of the different grid sizes for Tokoton Puyo Puyo, but it does feature the ability to play Endless similarly to Puyo Puyo Tsu
Puyo Puyo Tsu
is the second instalment of the Puyo Puyo games; the sequel to Puyo Puyo, made in 1994 by Compile. Compile put more thought into this game after its predecessor became successful, but never knew how much of a turnaround the game would bring. Due to its highly acclaimed success, it became the most...
's Action Endless (where garbage appears in the tray, and helpers appear at random times depending on the difficulty setting).
The stance that Puyo Puyo~n has taken into the series may have been used as a base for Puyo Puyo 7
Puyo Puyo 7
is the seventh installment in the Puyo Puyo series released on Nintendo DS on July 30 and November 26, 2009 for PlayStation Portable and Wii. This game is endorsed by Erika Toda, following on from Sega's use of female Japanese stars to promote the series....
.