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Puyo Puyo Tetris (JP) is a unique crossover game between Puyo Puyo and Tetris for the Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, and Nintendo Switch.
Gameplay[]
The game is a crossover between the Puyo Puyo and Tetris. The game can be played solely in one of them or can be alternated periodically. There is also a special mode where the player plays both at the same time with Puyos and Tetriminos in the same playspace following both games rules. There's a cast of playable characters with the Puyo Puyo characters coming from the past games and the Tetris characters being all new. The game's story mode has the player interact with the entire cast in their crazy adventures though it typically has Puyo Puyo characters play Puyo Puyo and the Tetris characters play Tetris. In multiplayer, the game type can be different between the players in the basic mode and puzzle modes.
Plot[]
After the power of Puyos reunites Ringo with Amitie, Arle, and Carbuncle, they are suddenly alerted by the appearance of strange blocks (Tetriminos) raining down on their world. They are then transported to a spaceship known as the SS Tetra, where they meet Tee and his crew, who come from a world where they battle using Tetris instead of Puyo Puyo. After the ship crash lands on Ringo's world, the girls help Tee repair his ship, only to discover some of their friends are acting strangely, foretelling the merging of dimensions. After managing to cure their friends of this mind control, the gang search in space to find who is responsible for the merging of the two dimensions. Upon reaching the edge of spacetime, they finally come across the Keeper of Dimensions and former captain of the SS Tetra, Ex, who has felt lonely from having to maintain the two dimensions. Tee offers to take Ex's place as Keeper, but luckily Ecolo and the Dark Prince manage to create a portal between the SS Tetra and the edge of spacetime so Tee can visit Ex at any time. With the matter solved, Tee and his crew bid farewell to Ringo and her friends as their dimensions are once again separated.
Development[]
Puyo Puyo Tetris was originally scheduled to be the direct sequel to Puyo Puyo 7 . However, due to various circumstances, it was rescheduled that Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary be released next and this game was pushed later. It was initially released for the Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, PlayStation 3 (following the replacement of EA's Tetris on PS3), and PlayStation Vita in Japan on February 6, 2014. Ports for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One were later released in December 2014, and included all DLC from the other versions. The Xbox One version is one of the seven Xbox One titles to be Japan exclusive. A Nintendo Switch version called Puyo Puyo Tetris S, which also contained all previously released DLC, was released in Japan alongside the system itself as a launch title, on March 3, 2017.
The PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch versions would later be localized in English and released in April 2017. The Switch version was released as Puyo Puyo Tetris.
On February 2, 2018, multiple games on the Steam marketplace published by Sega were given additions to their news feeds. These titles included Nights into Dreams, Tembo the Badass Elephant, Jet Set Radio, Binary Domain, and more. These posts were ASCII art representations of different Puyos and Tetriminos, hinting at the idea that there would be a PC port. It was officially confirmed by Sega on February 6, and released on Steam on February 27. This port contained all previous DLC, as well as 4K output support and the option to switch between the original Japanese voiceover and the English voiceover. It has been criticized for using the Denuvo DRM system to prevent cheating and piracy. The game suffered from issues at launch, but Sega has since fixed many user-reported bugs and crashes.
Reception[]
PlayStation LifeStyle gave the Vita version 8/10 and called it "an example of a franchise entry done right", somewhat disliking Big Bang Mode but with high praise for Adventure and Swap. Famitsu gave the game a score of 9/9/9/8. Eurogamer ranked the PlayStation 4 and Switch versions 24th on their list of the "Top 50 Games of 2017".
The 3DS version was the best-selling one in Japan, with 44,627 units sold in the first week compared to 10,306 for the PS3 version and 8,973 for the PS Vita version. The Wii U version did not chart. By November 2020, the game had sold over 1.4 million copies worldwide.
The PS4 and Switch versions won the award for "Game, Puzzle" at the National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards.
External links[]
- Puyo Puyo Tetris at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Puyo Puyo Tetris at GameFAQs
| Puyo Puyo series | |
|---|---|
| Console games | Puyo Puyo (1991) • Puyo Puyo (1992) • 2 • Super Nazo Puyo • Super Nazo Puyo 2 • Sun • ~n • Fever • 15th Anniversary • 7 • 20th Anniversary • Tetris • Champions • Tetris 2 |
| Handheld games | Nazo Puyo • Nazo Puyo 2 • Nazo Puyo: Arle no Roux • Gaiden: Puyo Wars • Puyo Pop • Fever 2 • Chronicle |
| Modified ports | Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine • Kirby's Avalanche • Kidō Gekidan Haro Ichiza |
| Related | Madō Monogatari • Compile • Sega • Columns • Puzzle League • Tetris |
| Tetris series | |
|---|---|
| Nintendo games | Tetris (Game Boy) • Tetris (NES) • Tetris 2 • Dr. Mario • 3D • Tetrisphere • The New Tetris • DS • Party Deluxe • Tetris 99 |
| Third-Party games | Tetris (Famicom) • Tetris (Tengen) • Blast • Hatris • Tetris 2 + Bombliss • Battle Gaiden • Super Tetris 3 • 64 • Magical Tetris Challenge Worlds • Party • Puyo Puyo • Tetraminos • V-Tetris • Plus • Advance • Pokémon Tetris • Axis • Ultimate • Tetris Effect • Puyo Puyo 2 The Grand Master |
| Related | The Tetris Company • BPS • Alexey Pajitnov • Henk Rogers • Knight Move • Wordtris Tetris Attack (Puzzle League) • Columns • Puyo Puyo |
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