It's so weird there's no puyo puyo representation of any kind in smash, considering that Arle is such an iconic character in Japan (and thanks to puyo puyo Tetris, she was known a bit more in the west); there's not even a spirit, it makes you wonder if Nintendo /Sega were against it or if something else was going on at the time
Watching this video again really just puts into perspective how big Puyo Puyo is / was in Japan. Like this was 1997?! With huge events and commentators and a live crowd. Maybe one day I can dream of Puyo being this large in the west...
I can't help but see, in the year 2020, how far e-sports broadcasting has come. A lot of the outside-the-game elements are cool, but the fact the game remains absolutely tiny for the vast majority of the match so we can see the players staring at the screen is deeply frustrating, it's hard to even see what they're doing a lot of the time.
