What is Puyo Puyo? A Brief Overview 

That’s awesome. So you’re telling me that a man looked at Tetris and said “I want to make a game just as good as that one!” And now his game is debut side-by-side with Tetris? Good for him!

I hope the series stays alive in the west

To be honest, if it wasn't for Tetris, I wouldn't have gotten the game. But now, Puyo Puyo Tetris has quickly became one of my favorite games of all time. Really hope for more Puyo Puyo games in the future!

Oh my, the collective crowd "bayoen" made my day.

This is just what Western Puyo needs! Thank you!

4:50 YO DAT ME ON THE LEFT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA But in all seriousness, this is actually a well made and informative video about puyo, so well done you guys!

I can't wrap my head around chain making but damn, Puyo is addictive as heck. It's like playing Tetris for the first time and trying to figure out Tetris chains.

Always nice when Kirby's Avalanche is actually mentioned next to Puyo and Mean Bean Machine!

For this reason, I think a conclusion is that USA and Europe people have rights to experience Puyo Puyo, Because the game is extremely competitive and fun! Don't get me wrong, it is absolutely fun to play, especially to remove away your stresses.

Nice video! I just expected you to mention that Puyo Puyo wasn't idealized from scratch as a puzzle game, but was actually a spin-off of a Japan-exclusive RPG series called Madou Monogatari, where puyos were one of the creatures you could find.

3:00 gotta love the crowd channeling their inner arle

This is a nice video, but what about the characters? I feel like many people are also into Puyo for it's hilarious and endearing characters...

My Mom who worked in Japan got this for me on my PS2 about 10 years ago. Don't know which version of Puyo Puyo it is since it was written in Japanese but it was a huge part of my childhood along with Klonoa 2. That being said, I never knew Klonoa 2's title until I rediscovered it last year since everything was in Japanese. I used to always not mention it since I didn't know what the game was called even though I loved it so much.

3:05 The crowd saying the chains XD

Nice video guys!

You know what the Puyo Puyo franchise could've done (and probably still could do) as far as marketing outside of Japan is concerned? More cameos in other SEGA games, including Sonic All-Stars, and heck, even Super Smash Bros. In fact, I think the Western rebranding of the 1st few Puyo Puyo games as Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine and Kirby's Avalanche was a poor move in the long-term, as that created confusion as to whether or not those games had a common identity (unless you happened to have played both of them, which is unlikely), effectively preventing the Puyo Puyo franchise from taking the Western world by storm, just as it did within Japan.

I thought it was called "Offsetting" instead of "Neutralizing"

I do wish Compile still made them. Best songs, characters and concepts. It's certainly more unique looking on the Sonic Team side of things, but that's not what I'm talking about. The story and more is what made me love them, especially being able to play the next Madou Monogatari game after each Puyo Puyo and seeing what assets they'd use next. The Compile games still sold more, too. Which makes me question how they ever went bankrupt.

This is a nice video. I'm going to link this video to those who don't know or play Puyo Puyo.

I'm sure there will be many people who will be learning how to play Puyo and also good video Puyo Nexus

There's a surreal feeling to hearing a crowd chanting puyo's chains, but it's pretty neat lol

I got the Puyo Puyo Tetris hoping I'd be able to appreciate Puyo Puyo more. It did not disappoint!

“Tetris is at a slight disadvantage”

Y’know, Puyo Puyo Tetris is a great west localization But I think what really sold it was Sonic Mania’s debut of the mean bean machine as a boss battle. That was epic.

No mention of Candy Crisis? To be fair, that's one of the more obscure remakes

2:04 Suketoudara's face makes me laugh

I feel like the beginning of the video should have had a mention about Puyo Puyo being a spin-off of Madou Monogatari.

I have played a ton of PuyoPuyo games on IRC with the mIRC plugin. Holy shit i forgot about this game. I am sure i did not think about it for 10 years. Memories. Nice video

I suck at Puyo, but I keep getting drawn back to the game because I love its colorful cast, graphics, and it's groovy music. It's so unique, charming and fun (chain reactions especially). Wish me luck, I'm trying to learn the game 😄 (struggling with the Blocking Method currently).

Puyo Puyo 2 on the Neo Geo Pocket Color was localized in the west as Puyo Pop. There's also Puyo Pop on the N-Gage. Puyo Puyo on the Game Gear was localized as Puzlow Kids but never released.

Well, thanks for this great history video. I have always wondered why this series never caught on here like it did in Japan. I guess competitive puzzle games don't work as well in appeal factor? :/ Idk. Well still, great video man.

Great overview, I am going to send this to some people I know who don't get this game but hear me talk about it all the time.

Good job on explaining the series

Been a long time lurker. Happy to see this upload.

In my opinion puyopuyo is better and more fun than tetris Sad that it's not popular outside of Japan.

This was a great introduction to this series.

Just wanted to say thanks for this video. You did a great job making it. 👍

Puyo puyo never fails to piss me off. Good thing it's so damn fun.

Puyo Puyo is the home of Waifu Draco

To me, the first Puyo-like game I saw was back in 1997-8 or so with an indie PC game called (I think) "Critmass". At the time, the only game I could compare it to was Dr.Mario but it was much more dynamic and faster paced (even the timed demo supported up to 4 players with decent AI levels), even ignoring the special tiles.

I used to play this unknowingly~ I had a Sega Plug and Play with Dr.Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine and stuff like Flicky and Golden Axe

Puyo Pop Fever was my childhood!

I love Puyo Puyo!

We need more puyo games in the west

Now all we need is Arle as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. 6 (as a puzzle rep (Dr. Mario doesn’t count since he’s just a reskin or Mario) and as the third Sega rep other than Sonic and Bayonetta).

"Maybe half of you recognize these blobs, or seen them under a different name." Um... Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine?

I live in China, and several years ago I used to play a game that is similar to puyopuyo online for a while. I think the game is pretty close to puyopuyo in the rule, except one key difference: you send colored blocks rather than colorless blocks to your opponent. (But I think those blocks are more similar to the germs in Dr Mario that, unlike the block you drop, you have to drop new block onto it in order to "ignite" it.) And you can choose different "attack pattern" that, I kinda forgot what they do besides deciding the block pattern you send to your opponent. There's even an "all-red" pattern that makes all the block you send red, super risky but there's some neat effect. I forgot what effect it has, but if I remembered correctly it would make you send way more blocks than usual, which is useful if you are good at setting up long chains that can blow your opponent in one shot, I guess? If that's the case it would be more like "all or nothing" kind of deal XD Not sure if that game is still online though, but, the chance is still high, I guess? I haven't played competitive puzzle games for years.

What PuyoPuyo songs are playing in the background? I can only recognise the mean bean machine song

What was the music that played last in the video? It reminded me of "Faceoff in Puyopuyo World! ~ Magical Confrontation!"

there was a puyo puyo minigame in the hatsune miku project mirai dx game

Now I’m like addicted to PPT but I still play mean bean every so often

I love Puyo Puyo

Now we have PPC - just what the western puyo esports community needed.

Please do not hurt the baby Draco, she does her best. (aka playing Puyo on the same level a westerner does for the first time)

fun fact: puyo puyo was also a minigame in hatsune miku project mirai dx!

I have never seen those blobs (puyos) until Puyo Puyo Tetris

If Puyo Puyo had another crossover, I think It should be with Mario.

Can someone tell me about the Madou game this was from? I'm interested in how that added to this game.

BAYOEN!! - Everyone at the contest

i hope this game makes the puzzle scene bigger in the u.s.

Tldr; Connect Four, but it's brutal and merciless

Literally encountered this bug right off the bat: puyo puyo tetris is-puyo puyo tetris

0/10 didnt mention that puyo puyo is actually a spinoff of the series madou monogatari /s

What's the best version of Puyo on the DS? (Imported from Japan, of course)

Did you know that you can spam infinite T-Spin clicks if you have a turbo (A) or (B) button masher?

I used to play puyo puyo all the time

Wait, Does that mean, Hold on... Puyo Puyo Tetris is Actually the SECOND game to be released in English, after Puyo Pop Fever.

No mention of how alot of the characters actually originate from a different series entirely ok

Aye ya forgot to mention that Tsu did came to the west but in a compilation known as Sega 3D Classics on the 3DS. It wasn't translated much.

Mean bean was my childhood

Oh la ti da!!

"Oshare Has a perfectly circle head Just noticed that" "But Oshare doesn't have fins" Okay

Fortnite: Babies Minecraft: Chads Puyo Puyo Tetris: 100 mafia boss

Finna send a three chain at Sega if they don’t friggin’ port Puyo Puyo.

Puyo Puyo is a spinoff of Kitsy Cat!

They forgot about Puyo Puyo 2 in the Sega 3D collection!

Just got done playing puyo puyo 1, then ceruoise enough to look it up if they made more games of it knowing theres a ps4 game of puyo puyo all ready out...

Puyo Puyo Champions: Am I a joke to you?

So this's what Kamen Rider Ex-Aid Perfect Puzzle based on..

3:08 *b a y o e n*

oh wait this is the other version of Sega vs nientendo

Puyo puyo Tetris isn't the first us localization for puyo puyo the first localization for puyo puyo in the us with the name puyo puyo was probably in the game hatsune miku project mirai dx which was released in the us Japan and Europe in 2015 or 2014. It's the game i know that has puyo puyo that's more recent

Is it sad i got introduced to Puyo Puyo from Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine?

I remember the kirby poyo poyo one.

PPT for xbox?

Puyo Puyo? Don’t you mean *Dr. RoBoTnIk’S mEaN bEaN mAcHiNe*. (Yes I know you mentioned it). Nice Video.

mean bean machine thats all i have to say.

You didn't mention the Neo Geo Pocket Color Puyo Pop - it was before the GBA Puyo Pop.

Connect 4, but merciless, unyielding, and hard as hell.

3:00 HEY FIRE ICE STORM DA YA QU TO FLAME DAMETO YUQUEMU *B A N Y O E E E N* *B A N Y O E E E N*

Now i sorta understand it

i played the dreamcast version puyo puyo 4 love it not good at it

am I the only person who’s interested in the story of Puyo puyo but sucks at the game

Sig.

nice

I get it now.

*AAAH PUYO PUYO*

i`ve seen a form of puyo puyo.. its dr eggman`s mean bean machine!

*bayo-end me please*

Let's make a list of games that would make the developers money but that they don't want by not localizing them I'll start THE LEGENDARY STARFY