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((Short description|1991 puzzle video game))
((More citations needed|date=September 2021))((Infobox video game
|title = Puyo Puyo
|image = PuyoPuyoArt.jpg
|caption = Front cover of the Mega Drive version featuring Arle, the protagonist of the game
|developer = ((ubl|[[Compile (company)|Compile]]|[[CRI Middleware]]|[[Lavastorm]]|[[Tokuma Shoten]]|[[Winkysoft]]))
|publisher = ((vgrelease|JP|((ubl|[[Compile (publisher)|Compile]]|[[Banpresto]]|[[Quest Corporation|Bothtec]]|[[CRI Middleware]]|[[NEC Avenue]]|SPS|[[Tokuma Shoten]]))|WW|((ubl|[[Sega]]))))
|director = Masanobu Tsukamoto <small>(FC and 1992–1996 releases)</small>
|producer = Masamitsu Niitani 
|composer = ((ubl|Masanobu Tsukamoto|Akiyoshi Nagao|Toshiaki Sakoda <small>(MSX2)</small>|Masaaki Harada <small>(MSX2, Famicom Disk System, Famicom)</small>|Daisuke Fujimoto <small>(Game Boy)</small>))
|programmer = ((ubl|Mitsugi Tanaka <small>(MSX2, Famicom Disk System, Famicom)</small>|K. Yoshinaka <small>(Mega Drive)</small>|Takayuki Hirono <small>(Super Famicom)</small>|Nattoh <small>(Game Gear)</small>|Shigemitsu Takamiya <small>(Game Boy)</small>|Masashi Katsuragi <small>(CD-ROM²)</small>))
|series = ''[[Puyo Puyo]]''
|platforms = ((collapsible list|[[MSX|MSX2]]|[[Arcade game|Arcade]]|[[PC-9801]]|[[Family Computer]]|[[Family Computer Disk System]]|[[Super Famicom]]|[[Game Boy]]|[[Mega Drive]]|[[Game Gear]]|[[TurboGrafx-16#TurboGrafx-CD/CD-ROM²|CD-ROM²]]|[[Mac OS]]|[[N-Gage (device)|N-Gage]]|[[Virtual Console]]|[[Windows 3.1x]]|[[Windows 95]]|[[Windows CE]]|[[X68000]]|[[FM Towns]]|[[Nintendo DS]]|[[Mobile phone]]|[[Nintendo Switch]]))
|released = ((collapsible list|title=((Nobold|October 25, 1991))|'''MSX2''', '''Famicom Disk System'''((vgrelease|JP|October 25, 1991))|'''Arcade'''((vgrelease|JP|October 1992<ref>((cite web|url=http://vc.sega.jp/vca_puyo/|title=ぷよぷよ（アーケード版） - セガ Wii(R) バーチャルコンソール公式サイト|website=Vc.sega.jp|accessdate=9 November 2017))</ref>|NA|1992|EU|1992))|'''Mega Drive'''((vgrelease|JP|December 18, 1992<ref>((cite web|url=http://sega.jp/archive/segahard/md/soft.html |title=[セガハード大百科] メガドライブ対応ソフトウェア（セガ発売） |publisher=[[Sega]] |accessdate=2015-05-31 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523211044/http://sega.jp/archive/segahard/md/soft.html |archive-date=May 23, 2012))</ref>))|'''Game Gear''', '''PC-98'''((vgrelease|JP|March 19, 1993<ref>((cite web|url=http://sega.jp/archive/segahard/gg/soft.html |title=[セガハード大百科] ゲームギア対応ソフトウェア（セガ発売）|publisher=[[Sega]] |accessdate=2015-05-31 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601115130/http://sega.jp/archive/segahard/gg/soft.html |archive-date=June 1, 2012))</ref>))'''Family Computer'''((vgrelease|JP|July 23, 1993))|'''Super Famicom'''((vgrelease|JP|December 10, 1993))|'''FM Towns'''((vgrelease|JP|March 18, 1994))|'''X68000'''((vgrelease|JP|March 25, 1994))|'''CD-ROM²'''((vgrelease|JP|April 22, 1994))|'''Game Boy'''((vgrelease|JP|July 31, 1994))|'''Windows 3.1'''((vgrelease|JP|May 28, 1995))|'''Windows 95'''((vgrelease|JP|August 2, 1996))|'''Windows CE'''((vgrelease|JP|May 1, 1998))|'''Macintosh'''((vgrelease|JP|December 28, 1996))|'''Mobile phone'''((vgrelease|NA|June 13, 2003))|'''Nintendo DS'''((vgrelease|JP|December 16, 2004|NA|February 4, 2005|WW|May 30, 2005))|'''Wii Virtual Console'''((ubl|Mega Drive((vgrelease|JP|December 2, 2006))|Arcade((vgrelease|JP|April 12, 2011))))|'''3DS Virtual Console''' (Game Gear)((vgrelease|JP|January 30, 2013))|'''Nintendo Switch'''((vgrelease|JP|March 28, 2019|WW|August 22, 2019))))
|genre = [[Puzzle video game|Puzzle]]
|modes = [[Single-player]], [[multiplayer]]
))

((nihongo|'''''Puyo Puyo'''''|ぷよぷよ)) is a puzzle video game released in 1991 by [[Compile (company)|Compile]] for the [[MSX|MSX2]].<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/puyo|title=MAWS - showing resource: puyo|website=Mameworld.net|accessdate=2 September 2017))</ref> Since its creation, it uses characters from ''[[Madō Monogatari]]''. It was created by Masamitsu "Moo" Niitani, the founder of Compile, who was inspired by certain elements from the ''[[Tetris]]'' and ''[[Dr. Mario]]'' series of games.

The game was released by [[Tokuma Shoten]] on the same day of the MSX2 release under the name ((nihongo|'''''Famimaga Disk Vol. 5: Puyo Puyo'''''|ファミマガディスク Vol.5 ぷよぷよ|Famimaga Disuku Boryūmu Faibu: Puyo Puyo)) and as part of the Famimaga Disk series for the [[Family Computer Disk System]]. A year after the MSX2 and FDS versions, [[Sega]] released an arcade version, which heavily expanded the previous versions by including a one-player story mode and a two-player competitive mode.

==Gameplay==
((Main|Puyo Puyo))
The main game of ''Puyo Puyo'' is played against at least one opponent, computer or human. The game itself has three modes, Single Puyo Puyo, Double Puyo Puyo, and Endless Puyo Puyo. In Single mode, the player takes on the role of [[Arle Nadja]], a 16-year-old female spellcaster that has the pleasure of foiling the Dark Prince's plans. The Dark Prince wishes to take over the world, and Arle stands in his way. As such, Arle must first however battle her way through 12 opponents before facing the Dark Prince. With the exception of Rulue, they are not sent by the Dark Prince, and mostly they just want to pull shenanigans with her (for Rulue, she fell in love with the Dark Prince). Once Arle has beaten the Dark Prince, the world is saved, so she can return home. As in all main Puyo games, the story mode consists of playing Puyo matches against a fixed sequence of characters in one of three courses. In Double mode, two players play against each other. In exactly the same fashion as before, by out-chaining one another, the player tries to fill up their opponent's grid. Since the rules of sending so many garbage blocks made games short-lived, no matter how many chains are sent, Compile added the rule of Offsetting in ''Puyo Puyo 2'' and onwards. This lets players counter opponents' attacks with chains of their own, sending any garbage blocks back to them as a result of overflow. In endless mode, the player must continually match puyos to get the highest score they can. In Mission mode, the player must complete 52 missions requiring the Puyos on the field to be eliminated by using limited pieces.((Citation needed|date=December 2015))

==Development==
An English-translated version of the arcade original was created and released internationally which replaces the original voice work, changes many of the characters' names, and removes the wings of the Harpies (which are called Dark Elves in the English version).<ref>((Cite web |title=Puyo Puyo (Arcade) - The Cutting Room Floor |url=https://tcrf.net/Puyo_Puyo_(Arcade) |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=tcrf.net))</ref> Sega had re-released ''Puyo Puyo'' for the [[Mega Drive]] on December 18, 1992 and the [[Sega Game Gear|Game Gear]] on March 19, 1993 in [[Japan]]. The Game Gear port of ''Puyo Puyo'' contains an English version named ''Puzlow Kids''; this version appears whenever the game cartridge is used in a North American or European system. A [[PC-9801]] port was released by [[Compile (publisher)|Compile]] on the same day the Game Gear port was released. [[Tokuma Shoten]] had re-released their version ''Puyo Puyo'' for the [[Family Computer]] itself on July 23 the same year, which added a 2-player competitive mode. [[Banpresto]] released a version for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Famicom]] under the title ((nihongo|''Super Puyo Puyo''|す〜ぱ〜 ぷよぷよ|Sūpā Puyo Puyo)) on December 10, 1993. In 1994, a port to the [[Game Boy]] was developed by [[Winkysoft]], published by [[Banpresto]] and released on July 31 under the original name. [[NEC Avenue]] released their version of ''Puyo Puyo'' for the [[PC Engine]]'s CD-ROM² on April 22, titled ((nihongo|''Puyo Puyo CD''|ぷよぷよCD|Puyo Puyo Shī Dī)). [[CRI Middleware]] released their version of ''Puyo Puyo'' for the [[FM Towns]] in December. The game was ported to Amiga by request of ''[[Amiga Power]]'' magazine and was featured on a [[Covermount|cover disk]] under the name ''[[Super Foul Egg]]''. It was then ported to [[RISC OS]] on Acorn by Owain Cole (and featured on an [[Acorn User]] cover disk), and finally ported to Java. In late 1995 it was ported to the [[Apple IIGS]] by [[Bret Victor]].<ref>((cite web|url=http://worrydream.com/iigs/#puyopuyo|title=Bret's IIgs software|website=Worrydream.com|accessdate=2 September 2017))</ref> 

Before the series was branded as ''Puyo Pop'' internationally, the [[Sega Genesis|Genesis]] version of the first game saw release outside Japan in 1993 as ''[[Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine]]'' in North America and Europe; this version omitted the characters and setting of the original release, replacing them with characters from the ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' animated series. The Game Gear version was likewise altered for North America and Europe, and also ported to the [[Master System]] in Europe. Two years later, the game was released for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]] as ''[[Kirby's Avalanche]]'' in North America and as ''Kirby's Ghost Trap'' in Europe, utilizing characters from [[Nintendo]]'s ''[[Kirby (series)|Kirby]]'' series.

== Reception ==
((Video game reviews
|Fam = 24/40 (CD-ROM²)<ref name="PCEFamRev">((cite magazine|url=https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=533&redirect=no|title=NEW GAMES CROSS REVIEW: ドラゴンボールZ 武勇烈伝|magazine=[[Famitsu]]|publisher=[[ASCII Corporation]]|date=April 29, 1994|number=280|page=38|access-date=July 13, 2022|lang=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703033519/https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=533&redirect=no|archive-date=July 3, 2019|url-status=live))</ref>
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| rev1 = ''[[Mean Machines Sega]]''
| rev1Score = 90% <small>(Mega Drive)</small><ref name="mms">((cite magazine|date=November 1993|title=Puyo Puyo|magazine=Mean Machines Sega|issue=13|pages=56–57))</ref>
))

In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed the arcade version of ''Puyo Puyo'' on their December 15, 1992 issue as being the fifth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.<ref>((cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)|magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]|issue=440|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]]|date=15 December 1992|page=29|lang=ja))</ref>

The Mega Drive version was a bestseller in Japan for four months.<ref>Official Japanese Mega Drive sales chart, September 1993, published in [[Mega (magazine)]] issue 12, page 12</ref>

== Legacy ==
The [[Sega Genesis|Mega Drive]] version was re-released for the [[Wii]]'s [[Virtual Console]] in Japan on December 2, 2006, while the arcade version was released on April 12, 2011. The arcade VC release features online play.((Citation needed|date=December 2015))

An [[Sega System C2|arcade]] version was re-released for the [[Nintendo Switch]] under the ((Nihongo|'''''Sega Ages Puyo Puyo'''''|SEGA AGES ぷよぷよ)) brand in August 2019, with online-playing features.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/sega-ages-puyo-puyo-switch/|title=SEGA AGES Puyo Puyo for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Game Details|website=www.nintendo.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-11))</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* ((KLOV game|id=9163))
* [https://hg101.kontek.net/puyo/puyopuyo.htm Hardcore Gaming 101 - Puyo Puyo] - details the entirety of the series and all of its spin-offs

((Puyo Puyo series))

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