Puyo Puyo

Puyo Pop, known in Japan as Puyo Puyo (ぷよぷよ) is a computer puzzle game made in 1991 by Compile. more...

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Since its creation using characters from Madou Monogatari, the game has become an international success, with many of its biggest fans residing in Japan and Korea. It was created by Masamitsu \"Moo\" Niitani, who was inspired by certain elements from the Tetris and Dr. Mario series of games.

The Game Gear version of Puyo Puyo is titled Puzlow Kids if the cartridge plays on a United States or European Game Gear, even though the game was never released in either market.

Gameplay

The object of the game is to beat your opponent in a battle by filling their grid up to the top with garbage. Puyos, little gelatinous creatures with eyes, commonly fall from the top of the screen in a pair (although for Puyo Puyo Fever, they can fall in triplets, double pairs, and Bigpuyos). The pair can be moved left and right and rotated clockwise and counterclockwise 90°. Bigpuyos, however, change color rather than rotate, The pair drops until one puyo falls onto another puyo or the bottom of the screen, following the rules of gravity. The pair then breaks, so the other puyo(s) free fall until it(they) fall onto another puyo or the bottom of the screen...

Rensa

When four or more puyos of the same colour form together to create a group, whether vertical, horizontal, or in a Tetris-shaped piece for four puyos (not including diagonally, they must be adjacent to each other either horizontally or vertically), these puyos erase and disappear. This is called a Rensa (Chain). Rensa can vary in size, groups, and steps. For example, the A pieces form groups in grids 1 and 2, but not 3:

When four or more puyos are connected in a group, they disappear. All puyos above those about to be cleared will then fall until they land onto other pieces or the bottom of the screen.

You can create combo chains in the same way. Either when more than four puyos form a group or more than one group is formed at one time (see Power Rensa). All the puyos in a \"combo\" are erased at the same time. For example, grid 4 has a 5 combo, grid 5 has two groups of 4 for an 8 combo, and grid 6 has 3 groups of 5 for a 15 combo:

Fluent Rensa (Step-Chain)

A Fluent Rensa is made when a single chain is formed after puyos fall into a space where a group was cleared, again following the gravity rule. After that group clears, if there are other puyos that link together, this then forms and erases, making the chain more powerful, making chains of length 3, 4, 5, and so on possible. For example, grid 7 will form a 2 chain, grid 8 will form a 3 chain, and grid 9 will form a 5 chain:

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