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Puyo Puyo (Series) Review
Posted: 2 years ago, last updated 9 weeks ago.
Author: @GeekDadGamer and Jo Robertson.
Overview
Puyo Puyo Champions (Puyo Puyo eSports in Japan) is the latest in a puzzle game series where you line up slime-like Puyo creatures who fall from the top of the screen. The trick is to rotate the groups of two, three, and four colours to line up with those already in play. When four or more line-up they connect and pop. You can achieve more points and bonuses by chaining colours together. Play is hindered when opponents send out nuisance Puyo that get in the way of lining up colours.
Puyo Puyo Champions has 24 characters each with their distinct playstyle and patterns. You can also personalize your in-game profile image, with over a hundred different player characters. It includes a choice of puzzle mechanics from Puyo Puyo Tsu and Puyo Puyo Fever.
Puyo Puyo was first released in 1992, recent versions of the game include the following:
Puyo Puyo Champions has recently added a Spectator mode to watch matches between other players online and send support stamps before a match.
Puyo Puyo Champions has 24 characters each with their distinct playstyle and patterns. You can also personalize your in-game profile image, with over a hundred different player characters. It includes a choice of puzzle mechanics from Puyo Puyo Tsu and Puyo Puyo Fever.
Puyo Puyo was first released in 1992, recent versions of the game include the following:
- Puyo Puyo Tetris (2014)
- Puyo Puyo Chronicle (2016)
- Puyo Puyo Champions (2018)
- Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (2020)
Puyo Puyo Champions has recently added a Spectator mode to watch matches between other players online and send support stamps before a match.
Game Details
Release Date: 07/05/2019
Price: 75% off
Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Content Rating: PEGI 3
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Players: 1-8 (2 online)
Genres: Action, Puzzle and Collecting
Accessibility: 22 features
Components: 2D Side-On
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Duration
Play Time: It takes between 1 minute and 5 minutes to play a round of this game.
Play Style
You can play with 1 to 8 players in the same room or as a 2-player online game. Multiplayer is the main focus of the game and can be played locally on the same device or via Wifi or online. You can play casually or competitively in one-vs-one battles. Tournament play is a local multiplayer mode for up to 8 players, featuring a single-elimination tournament. Lessons is a single-player mode for learning the basics of the game and training. Challenges is a single-player test of skills
You can play this game in the following styles:
Age Ratings
Content Rating
Users Interact: The game enables players to interact and communicate with each other, so may expose players to language usually associated with older rated games.
Skill Rating
8+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game.
Account Rating
- You need be 18-years-old to to subscribe to Xbox Live Gold for online play, but can then configure family accounts for younger players to play online with Xbox One.
- You need be 18-years-old to subscribe to Nintendo Online, but can then create accounts for children of any age to play online with Nintendo Switch.
- You need be 18-years-old to subscribe to PlayStation Plus for online play, but can create sub-accounts for younger players of 7-years or older to play online with PlayStation 4.
Costs
Puyo Puyo usually costs £7.99 to £34.99.
It's important to set up your accounts and devices appropriately. More information is on our Financial Resources page.
Puyo Puyo Champions
Puyo Puyo Tetris
Puyo Puyo Tetris 2
Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 Launch Edition
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There are the following additional costs associated with this game:-
You need a subscription to play online:
- You need to purchase a Nintendo Online subscription to play online with Nintendo Switch.
- You need to purchase a PlayStation Plus subscription to play online with PlayStation 4.
- You need to purchase a Xbox Live Gold subscription to play online with Xbox One.
It's important to set up your accounts and devices appropriately. More information is on our Financial Resources page.
Accessibility
Our Puyo Puyo Accessibility Report documents 22 accessibility features:
Recent updates added more settings. This was driven partly by competitive eSports aspect of the game but also with some good general accessibility enhancements.
Colour Adjustment lets you choose colour calibration for Trichromatism, Protanopia, Deuteranopia, and Tritanopia as well as adjust colour strength. Game Speed option lets you pick normal, 2/3 and 1/2 speed Changing this setting does not affect how a match starts and ends, the fall speed of Nuisance Puyo, or Quick Drop time. In addition to the "Comeback Assist", there are Settings that offer Sweet, Super Sweet or Auto Play. This enables the computer to automatically perform up to 10 drops once you have done 5 of your own.
Recent updates added more settings. This was driven partly by competitive eSports aspect of the game but also with some good general accessibility enhancements.
Colour Adjustment lets you choose colour calibration for Trichromatism, Protanopia, Deuteranopia, and Tritanopia as well as adjust colour strength. Game Speed option lets you pick normal, 2/3 and 1/2 speed Changing this setting does not affect how a match starts and ends, the fall speed of Nuisance Puyo, or Quick Drop time. In addition to the "Comeback Assist", there are Settings that offer Sweet, Super Sweet or Auto Play. This enables the computer to automatically perform up to 10 drops once you have done 5 of your own.
Diversity and Inclusion
We haven't documented diversity and inclusion information for this game yet.
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