Puyo Puyo Tetris translation

[BrianC]

ED: Whoa wait, apparently the DS is region free? I would rather play Puyo on DS if they're just as good on that system.

Original DS and most handhelds before it are region free. DSi and 3DS aren't region free, but the regular DS games will play on DSi or 3DS of any reigion. There are only a handful of DSi enhanced games (and, as far as I know, none of them are puyo games). These won't play on DSi or 3DS outside the region, but will still play on any region of the original DS.

[Special World]

The computer isn't properly able to match my skills in Big Bang (Fever) mode. I beat 21 CPUs in a row before suiciding -_-

[Special World]

ED: Whoa wait, apparently the DS is region free? I would rather play Puyo on DS if they're just as good on that system.

Original DS and most handhelds before it are region free. DSi and 3DS aren't region free, but the regular DS games will play on DSi or 3DS of any reigion. There are only a handful of DSi enhanced games (and, as far as I know, none of them are puyo games). These won't play on DSi or 3DS outside the region, but will still play on any region of the original DS.

Awesome. I'm looking at the anniversary games... apparently they're better on DS (though is that just because of the soon-nonexistent multiplayer rankings?), but I'd probably go with PSP since it seems to be the cheapest at ~$10.

[glitch]

i have 15th anniversary for DS.
it's pretty good, as far as i can tell.

[antares]

There are only a handful of DSi enhanced games (and, as far as I know, none of them are puyo games). These won't play on DSi or 3DS outside the region, but will still play on any region of the original DS.

DSi games can be played on a regular DS? Cool, never heard of that before.
So out of curiosity, is it also possible to play DSi games from Nintendo's eshop on a regular DS? Maybe with one of those DS flash cards?

[trap15]

No, the only DSi carts that exist are "DSi-enhanced", which means they have extra features for DSi only but have a lower-quality mode for regular DS. DSiWare is DSi only and uses things that don't exist on a regular DS.

[antares]

Well, there goes my hope of playing Metal Torrent on my DS.

[BrianC]

Sorry, I didn't make that clear. DSi enchanced means they have extra features on DSi, so I thought it would be redundant to mention that they lack the extra features on the regular DS. There are actually a handful of carts that are DSi only (and of course region locked), as well.

[Special World]

Puyo Puyo Tsu Remix comes in the mail tomorrow ;D

Hopefully I broke off the tabs cleanly enough when I modded my SNES. I wanted to open up the console and do it right, but I guess I stripped the last screw and couldn't get it out for my life. So I just reached some sharp scissors in the cartridge slot and wore them down a bit, then snapped them off with pliers. Here's hoping.

[colour_thief]

That sounds very reminiscent of the way I modded my SNES!

[Pretas]

Sorry, I didn't make that clear. DSi enchanced means they have extra features on DSi, so I thought it would be redundant to mention that they lack the extra features on the regular DS. There are actually a handful of carts that are DSi only (and of course region locked), as well.

Is it true that Solatorobo has a smoother framerate when played on a DSi? While labeled as a DSi enhanced game, the only promoted feature is the ability to take a picture for your save file (which appears on a viewscreen near the end). It has considerable slowdown on an original DS.

[Special World]

While we're here, do you guys have any other suggestions for (hopefully cheap) import SNES games? I assume at least one of the Twinbee games or Parodius games are good? At some point I want to play Seiken Densetsu 3, but it seems like it'd be too much of a pain to play with a translation guide. I hate emulating games though :\

Honestly, it seems like the US got most good SNES games, and those we didn't get are all RPGs.

[BrianC]

While we're here, do you guys have any other suggestions for (hopefully cheap) import SNES games? I assume at least one of the Twinbee games or Parodius games are good? At some point I want to play Seiken Densetsu 3, but it seems like it'd be too much of a pain to play with a translation guide. I hate emulating games though :\

Honestly, it seems like the US got most good SNES games, and those we didn't get are all RPGs.

This isn't true at all. There are plenty of good SFC games with no language barrier.

Some JP imports I like:
Pop 'n Twinbee
Goemon 2 (lots of text, but playable without knowledge of Japanese)
Goemon 4 (has a couple sticking points like ebismaru's boss stage where you try to match the object to text, but I managed to beat it 100%. Has a faq on gamefaqs)
Super Pinball 2
Jaki Crush
Panel de Pon (last boss was actually made harder for Tetris Attack, it's western counterpart, though)
Return of Double Dragon (came to US, but JP version is more polished)

Asider from these, there are plenty of ones I heard good things about that aren't RPGs like Super Bomberman 4 and 5, Super Bonk 2, Macross Scramble "Valkilly", various Tetris and other puzzle games like Gussen Oyoyo (sp?), and Ghost Chaser Densei.

[Special World]

Awesome, appreciate the post. I definitely plan to get Pop'n Twinbee and the Goemon games at some point. Is Jaki Crush a SNES port of Devil's Crush? If so, any reason to choose it over the TG-16 version?

Also, is there any reason to get Panel do Pon if I have and love Tetris Attack? I assume it's mostly the same thing only with original characters. Or is that not the case? I mostly play Poke Puzzle League over Tetris Attack anyhow, since it has better game logic.

[glitch]

snes imports? if we're talking tetris uih anyway...
dunno how it holds up, but i had loads of fun with tetris battle gaiden as a teen.
versus-focused tetris with a lot of character and fun special attacks, and lots of neat touches, like both players drawing from the same stack of upcoming pieces (leading to funny drop-timing competition for upcoming l blocks and such) and a variant gravity mode that allows for chaining.

[Obiwanshinobi]

Is Tetris officially the name of the genre now? I wouldn't know.

[trap15]

Also, is there any reason to get Panel do Pon if I have and love Tetris Attack? I assume it's mostly the same thing only with original characters. Or is that not the case? I mostly play Poke Puzzle League over Tetris Attack anyhow, since it has better game logic.

Panel de Pon has an extra stage in the story mode iirc. Aside from that, I think they're basically the same unless you're trying to break the game

[Special World]

snes imports? if we're talking tetris uih anyway...
dunno how it holds up, but i had loads of fun with tetris battle gaiden as a teen.
versus-focused tetris with a lot of character and fun special attacks, and lots of neat touches, like both players drawing from the same stack of upcoming pieces (leading to funny drop-timing competition for upcoming l blocks and such) and a variant gravity mode that allows for chaining.

Oh God, I totally forgot that I needed to play this. Thank you!

Is Tetris officially the name of the genre now? I wouldn't know.

Absolutely not. The broader genre is puzzle games, reflex puzzlers if you want to differentiate them from static/logic puzzle games like Chip's Challenge and Portal, and battle puzzlers if you want to emphasize puzzle games having a great versus mode.

[Special World]

Also, is there any reason to get Panel do Pon if I have and love Tetris Attack? I assume it's mostly the same thing only with original characters. Or is that not the case? I mostly play Poke Puzzle League over Tetris Attack anyhow, since it has better game logic.

Panel de Pon has an extra stage in the story mode iirc. Aside from that, I think they're basically the same unless you're trying to break the game

what does that last bit mean...

[trap15]

Panel de Pon and Tetris Attack each have their own "score-breaking" glitch.

Tetris Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iijyM6B5yc
Panel de Pon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfiDdbAvmHs

In Tetris Attack, hitting 13x will give you a large amount of points because it reads past the array that contains the score for the chains.
In Panel de Pon, hitting a 32-block combo will give a large amount of points because it reads past the array that contains the score for the block combos.

Same type of glitch, different activation method, both silly and really hard to do.

[Special World]

never gonna be a problem, haha

[glitch]

Is Tetris officially the name of the genre now? I wouldn't know.

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[BrianC]

Also, is there any reason to get Panel do Pon if I have and love Tetris Attack? I assume it's mostly the same thing only with original characters. Or is that not the case? I mostly play Poke Puzzle League over Tetris Attack anyhow, since it has better game logic.

Panel de Pon has an extra stage in the story mode iirc. Aside from that, I think they're basically the same unless you're trying to break the game

If I remember correctly, Panel de Pon has fewer stages, unless you go up against the hidden boss, where in Tetris Attack, you still get Bowser no matter what. However, S Hard Bowser works like the hidden boss and seems to rack up combos a lot more. Probably not worth getting Panel de Pon if you already have Tetris Attack, but I like the original graphics. I was surprised to find out that the music is mostly the same, as well (some of it was just moved to different places).

Special World, some of these questions were answered elsewhere on the forum and youtube videos would probably answer some of your questions a bit faster. I think there was a topic talking about SNES imports too. Jaki Crush is a different game from Devil's Crush. It's the third game in the series and a very good game in its own right. I like it better than Alien Crush, but not as much as Devil Crush. It's also the strangest and more surreal game in the series with some crazy bonus stages. Definitely worth getting and, last I checked, not super expensive either.

I'm not sure about Soltorobo having a smoother framerate on DSi. I only just found out about it being DSi enhanced. I heard the Pokémon B/W games and Sonic Collection do run better on DSi and 3DS, though. Personally, I had no problem with DS/DSi games on 3DS. The filter is decent and the smaller screen mode works very well.

This thread has mentions of some SFC imports mixed in with the western games.

[Special World]

But I like talking to *you* guys

[Special World]

For some reason I thought Puyo Puyo Tsuu Remix had a world map that you'd travel around... no idea why I thought that. This game gets really hard really fast, though. Those CPUs aren't afraid to speed drop puyos :O

[Pretas]

For some reason I thought Puyo Puyo Tsuu Remix had a world map that you'd travel around... no idea why I thought that.

You were probably thinking of Puyo Puyo Box. It has a Quest Mode with a RPG overworld.

[Special World]

For some reason I thought Puyo Puyo Tsuu Remix had a world map that you'd travel around... no idea why I thought that.

You were probably thinking of Puyo Puyo Box. It has a Quest Mode with a RPG overworld.

I don't think so... I was thinking of the Puyo Puyo game my friend downloaded on Wii Virtual Console. But that's just the Genesis version of Puyo Puyo Tsuu, so I guess I'm just crazy. Maybe I'm combining two different puzzle games in my head.

[Special World]

Wrote up a Puyo Puyo Tetris review on my blog if you guys wanted a more detailed look:

http://catstronaut.wordpress.com/2014/0 ... yo-tetris/

[BrianC]

I don't think so... I was thinking of the Puyo Puyo game my friend downloaded on Wii Virtual Console. But that's just the Genesis version of Puyo Puyo Tsuu, so I guess I'm just crazy. Maybe I'm combining two different puzzle games in my head.

The Genesis version has no map mode. Maybe it was one of the Nazo Puyo Games? The Nazo Puyo games are based more on set puzzles with goals, similar to the challenge mode in Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine for Game Gear, rather than beating a computer opponent. The Super Nazo Puyo games for SFC have a map screen. Nazo Puyo is also similar to Fever mode in some ways in that they are both based on preset formations.

[Special World]

Nah. As far as I know, Puyo Puyo 2 was the only Puyo game released for Wii. Fairly certain his Wii wasn't hacked.