Puyo Puyo

[warelander]

Happeh nuw yeer evrubuddeh, here's something neat I just found :


The Drama CD that came with the Puyo Chronicle Special Edition ripped for your listening pleasure.

Your guess is as good as mine on what's going on there, but I am curious, especially with Strange Klug being involved, despite him not even appearing in Chronicle.

 

[SurrealBrain]

I've tended to try and guess from both voice acting and visuals. Or at least visuals.

I have no visuals here. Still, nice of someone to rip it, so hopefully someone will subtitle this.

 

[warelander]

Also:
https://www.twitch.tv/icewindful/v/110308631


This japanese streamer is how I have seen the full main campaign of PPC's RPG mode, so if you had problems trying to find footage, because of the embargo or any other potential reason, you can go here.

 

[warelander]

I brought mention to it on my Tumblr, but here is a bit more about Puyo Puyo The Medal Edition:



The other arcade game that I make a reference to is the Pachislot;


Not gonna lie I have grown an odd fascination with these obscure 15th Anni. based arcade games, they are just very unique and largely forgotten relics of the Fever era with some interesting spins on Puyo. Not to mention Medal Edition has dozens of exclusive cutscenes (appearently Sig thought Carbuncle is a bug) and the Pachislot is notable for the far more dynamic then usual presentation.

 

[SurrealBrain]

Exclusive content? And even less of a chance for people over here to experience it...

But it's neat regardless, and it's always nice to see these. That animated Amitie, too...

 

[warelander]

It quite a shame, I'd actually really love to try these out for myself, but even if I somehow ended up in Japan at any point of my life, I honestly doubt that any arcades still have one of these around nowadays.

Ah well, I'm at least glad that videos like these exist so we can at least see them in full and heck, know that they exist to begin with.

 

[Magma]

Another Japanese-only thing that'd be difficult to experience as a foreigner but would like to are those Puyo Quest-themed cafes with the Puyo themed food and decor.

I'm not sure how great the food would be but it'd be cool to go to.

 

[warelander]

A minor thing to point out, but thanks to a Tumblr user I follow, I just found out that the Puyo Nexus link leading to the installer for a fully english patched Puyo Puyo Sun PC version has finally been repaired.

So for those who haven't gotten to try out the english patch and want to, this is the easiest and quickest way.

 

[Magma]

I'm probably slow on this but it just ocurred to me that the PPC artstyle is likely some result of the recent Hatsune Miku games.

 

[warelander]

And one of those games did have the Puyo Puyo minigame, wouldn't be shocked if there was some overlap in development.

 

[Magma]

Hype for Tarutaru

 

[warelander]

Actually I just got a note that it's fake, still looks good thought, fooled me.

 

[Magma]

Tarutaru won't get his grand comeback just yet...

 

[warelander]

I know it sounds weird to be impressed by it, but this is the first time in my life that I have seen a non-japanese Puyo ad, not gonna lie, I thought non existed until now.

 

[Magma]

Looking at this again, it's kind of weird to see that the blurb makes it seem as if Puyo Puyo is a familiar returning franchise...

 

[warelander]

I find it surpring that they remembered Minna de Puyo/Puyo Pop, that's if that is what they are alluding to with the mention of the series returning.

 

[Magma]

That's what my guess is but yeah it is surprising since that was a pretty obscure release...

 

[warelander]

Speaking of which, it's interesting to note that the trademark for the ''Puyo Pop Fever'' name has been cancelled last December:
http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=78375130&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch

Considering that all the recent and surprisingly numerous western Puyo outings used the normal Puyo Puyo name I can't say I'm surprised, it seems like SEGA is doing some streamlining there.

 

[Magma]

Spotted Puyo Tetris I think in the Nintendo Switch presentation. No region locking this time around so uh???

 

[warelander]

It really was there, even with an English trailer and the Logo that we saw leaked with the Trophys, could it be ?!