Game History
The game was developed by Compile. The different versions are:
The release dates are:
Gameplay
All the Puyo Puyo variants are essentially two player games, where the opponent can either be another player or various characters played by the computer.
Blocks of two coloured 'Puyo's slide tetris like down the screen. You can rotate the block. When four or more of the same coloured 'Puyo's are connected in any formation they dissapear.
With careful planning (or luck!) chain reactions can be set up, where one block of colour dissapearing allows another block to come together, which in turn dissapears.
When large formations are destroyed, or large chain reactions occur, 'Ojyama puyo's falls onto the opponents side. 'Ojyama puyo's are grey and can only be destroyed by making a formation of a colour immediately adjacent to them.
All of the characters are animated in a child-like anime style, their expressions change depending on how well they are playing. When playing against the computer, cut scenes appear between each level to introduce the different characters.
In Puyo Puyo 4, different characters have different special abilities (listed in characters, below).
The animation, details, effects and sounds, along with one of the most compelling tetris variants, make this arguably the most fun puzzle game series ever.
Characters
- Archan - power in Puyo Puyo 4 removes puyos randomly
- Arle Nadja - main character, has 15 second ojama-puyo shield power
in Puyo Puyo 4
- Baabegaji
- Baromet
- Biri Ban
- Cait Sith
- Carbuncle - Arle's magic rabbit mascot, power in Puyo Puyo 4 turns every puyo on the field into
one of three colours
- Chico - power in Puyo Puyo 4 turns all puyos (and any attached) in
row 4 and 8 into the most common colour
- Chopun
- Cookatrice
- Demon
- Doppel Aruru
- Draco Centauros - power in Puyo Puyo 4 removes the top coloured puyo
from the screen
- Dragoon - power in Puyo Puyo 4 turns all puyos (and any attached)
in the highest column into the most common colour
- Fufufu
- Harpy - power in Puyo Puyo 4 to turn all ojama-puyo into random coloured
puyos
- High Flower
- Honey Bee
- Incubus
- Jyan
- Kiki Mora - remove all ojama-puyo power in Puyo Puyo 4
- Kimyu
- Kodomo Dragon
- Lagnus
- Leviathan
- Lycanthropy
- Mandragora
- Mamono
- Mini Zombie
- Mino
- Momomo
- Mummy
- Nasu Grave
- Nohoho - power in Puyo Puyo 4 rotates columns of puyos
- Nomi
- Owl Bear
- Pakista
- Panotty - power to remove all unattached colour puyos in Puyo Puyo
4
- Parara
- Pierott
- Rulue - power turns the playing field upside down and removes all
ojama-puyos in Puyo Puyo 4
- Samurai Mole
- Sasori Man
- Satan Sama - power in Puyo Puyo 4 removes all puyos in columns 3
and 4 and rows 6 to 9
- Schezo Wegey - power to remove an X shaped block of puyos from the
bottom of the screen in Puyo Puyo 4
- Seriri - power to turn all unattached colour puyos on the screen
into the most common colour in Puyo Puyo 4
- Skeleton-T - has damage multiplier power in Puyo Puyo 4
- Skyla
- Succubus
- Suketoudara - power to turn all of the most common colour puyos on
the screen into the second most common colour in Puyo Puyo 4
- Sukiya Podes
- Trio Of Banshee
- Vampire
- Water Elemental
- Willo The Wisp
- Wish
- Witch - power in Puyo Puyo 4 removes all puyos (and any attached)
in the highest column
- Wraith
- Yoyoyo
- Zoh Daimaoh
- Zombie
Thanks to fondue for the feedback!