Puyo Pop (video game)
| Minna de Puyo Puyo | |
|---|---|
North American cover art
|
|
| Developer(s) |
Sonic Team Caret House |
| Publisher(s) |
Sega |
| Distributor(s) | Infogrames (EU) |
| Director(s) | Akinori Nishiyama |
| Producer(s) | Yuji Naka |
| Programmer(s) | Atsushi Ohike Akira Semimaru |
| Artist(s) | Yuji Uekawa |
| Composer(s) | Hideki Abe |
| Series | Puyo Puyo |
| Platform(s) | Game Boy Advance |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Puzzle |
| Mode(s) | 1 to 4 players |
Puyo Pop, known as Minna de Puyo Puyo (みんなでぷよぷよ?, "Everybody Puyo Puyo") in Japan, is the first of the Puyo Puyo games made for the Game Boy Advance, and the first produced by Sonic Team after Compile went bankrupt and sold the rights to Sega. However, at the same time, it is the last to use the original Madou Monogatari cast. It was not counted in the "official" sequence, nor were the later Anniversary games, as evidenced by the naming of Puyo Puyo 7.
The Japanese title refers to the game's four player mode and became a staple in future games. The Western title is simply named Puyo Pop, because previously all other releases had been masked by various alterations (except for the Neo-Geo Pocket version of Puyo Puyo Tsu). Some fans(who?) have dubbed it Puyo Pop GBA, to avoid confusion when using its English title.
Out of all the Puyo Puyo games, this one seems to be the most directly influenced by Puyo Puyo Tsu, though some of the elements in game are reminiscent of Puyo Puyo~n, such as Rule Henka.
Satan, the main "villain" from the previous games, is once again up to no good. He splits up five gold runes, and they are handed off to different individuals across the globe. Satan then sets up a Puyo Puyo contest. Carbuncle runs off for it, and Arle gives chase, thus starting her strange journey to collect the runes and find Carbuncle. At the end, it is revealed that the runes are actually a ticket for Arle and himself to go and bathe at some hot springs, made from the finest curry powder with the faintest scent for Carbuncle to trace. Arle then breaks the curry blocks, foiling Satan once again and leaving him to cry hysterically, whilst Arle uses the blocks to make curry.
In the English versions of the game, Satan's name was changed to Dark Prince, for obvious reasons concerning religion.
...
Wikipedia