Unsung Moments in Video Gaming! - Never Forgotten: a Foster's Home Community

cartman414 · 06-11-2008, 10:16 AM

Amen to Kefka and Final Fantasy VI, Nathander. With FFIV DS not too far off, I so hope they get around to remaking VI.

One unsung moment, or rather, gaming series that comes to mind, at least outside of Japan, is Puyo Puyo/Pop, a puzzler franchise featuring a young sorceress named Arle and a motley crew of adversaries. The basic mechanics involve dropping sets of colored blobs called Puyos and matching them in sets of 4 or more, causing them to fall and possibly chain with other Puyos.

Puyo Puyo/Pop is often credited with starting the vs. puzzler subgenre, of which Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo is the most well-known example. And it's easy to see how the phenomenon started here, as the fun really takes place in vs. mode, where two (or more in certain releases of the game) players try sending the other garbage by setting off combos of their own.

The first Puyo Puyo/Pop game saw release the US in the form of two separate localized forms: Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine for the Genesis/Mega Drive and Game Gear, and Kirby's Avalanche/Ghost Trap for the Super NES. Both console versions are available on the Virtual Console. Earlier this year, the Genesis/Mega Drive version of the sequel, Puyo Puyo Tsuu, was also added to the English regions of the Virtual Console.

To find out more about the Puyo series and the series of which it was an offshoot, Madou Monogatari, check out the Hardcore Gaming 101 pages (http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com).

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06-11-2008, 10:16 AM	#10
cartman414 At Home Has too much time on his hands. Er, hooves. Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 204	Amen to Kefka and Final Fantasy VI, Nathander. With FFIV DS not too far off, I so hope they get around to remaking VI. One unsung moment, or rather, gaming series that comes to mind, at least outside of Japan, is Puyo Puyo/Pop, a puzzler franchise featuring a young sorceress named Arle and a motley crew of adversaries. The basic mechanics involve dropping sets of colored blobs called Puyos and matching them in sets of 4 or more, causing them to fall and possibly chain with other Puyos. Puyo Puyo/Pop is often credited with starting the vs. puzzler subgenre, of which Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo is the most well-known example. And it's easy to see how the phenomenon started here, as the fun really takes place in vs. mode, where two (or more in certain releases of the game) players try sending the other garbage by setting off combos of their own. The first Puyo Puyo/Pop game saw release the US in the form of two separate localized forms: Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine for the Genesis/Mega Drive and Game Gear, and Kirby's Avalanche/Ghost Trap for the Super NES. Both console versions are available on the Virtual Console. Earlier this year, the Genesis/Mega Drive version of the sequel, Puyo Puyo Tsuu, was also added to the English regions of the Virtual Console. To find out more about the Puyo series and the series of which it was an offshoot, Madou Monogatari, check out the Hardcore Gaming 101 pages (http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com).