#TETRIS 2 PLUS#

Puyo Puyo nearly always involves battling against an AI or human opponent. This sends clear вЂњjunkвЂќ Puyos to the opponentвЂ™s playing field, potentially pushing the enemy towards defeat. The emphasis is on setting up chain reactions in which multiple groups of Puyos get eliminated in one move. Matching four or more Puyos causes them to disappear. Puyo Puyo, for the uninitiated, is a puzzle game in which pairs of colored blobs called Puyos fall from the sky. Thankfully, the game includes robust tutorial lessons for both core game types as well as Fusion and Skill Battle types. To succeed in Adventure Mode, players must develop a proficiency in both Puyo Puyo and Tetris puzzle mechanics, as every level involves battling AI opponents in one game mode or the other вЂ“ and sometimes even both. The English voice actors do a great job, though, and the cinematics are skippable anyway.ДЄdventure mode starts out pretty easy (even if the star objectives are sometimes a pain), but the difficulty ramps up quite a bit later on. Each level starts and ends with a whole lot of dialogue between characters вЂ“ perhaps too much.

The story involves a mysterious figure who is merging the separate realities of Puyo Puyo and Tetris in order to facilitate puzzle battles. This one consists of 7+ chapters and more than 80 levels spread across several maps, each with 3+ stars to earn for completing optional objectives. Like the first game, Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 offers a meaty single-player Adventure Mode.

#TETRIS 2 PLUS#

Thankfully, Sega has seen fit to release Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 in English on all platforms this time, including Xbox! This sequel features 4-player online co-op, plus a fully voiced story mode, lots of new characters (including Sonic), and numerous modes that will please Tetris and Puyo Puyo fans alike.

I wrote an import guide for the Japanese Xbox version! The first game did eventually make it to English marketsВ on some platforms, but not poor Xbox. The first Puyo Puyo Tetris cleverly combined two classic falling block puzzle franchises, but it almost stayed in Japan.