Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop

Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop
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Developer	Sega; h.a.n.d.
Publisher	Sega
Platform	Apple Arcade (iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS)
Players	1-4 players
Release date	WW: April 4th, 2024

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Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop ( ぷよぷよパズルポップ , Puyopuyo pazuru poppu) is an Apple Arcade exclusive game for iOS, iPadOS, macOS and tvOS) released on April 4th, 2024. It follows Amitie and her friends in a new adventure after being pulled into the Dream World by the mysterious creature Meena.

Story

After waking from a mysterious dream, Amitie discovers herself in the World of Dreams. This is just the beginning of a whimsical journey, unravelling the mysteries and magic of this realm, while winning Puyo Matches to find a way to break free and return home!

—Official synopsis^[1]

Summary

Main article: Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop/Story

Gameplay

Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop is an action-puzzle game with a variety of modes and features. Its Adventure Mode uses a map system similar to Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 but with 3D models and artwork similar to the style of Puyo Puyo Chronicle.

On the Adventure Mode map, the player progresses by defeating opponents in Puyo Puyo matches with varying challenges. The game is episodic similar to Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary where each character in the game's roster has their own episode, but only some characters have an episode classified as a "main story". Characters who do not have a main story must have their side stories unlocked by using a side story key, which is obtained by playing through the main story. Extra challenge stages can be unlocked by completing a character's episode.

It also offers local and online multiplayer between compatible Apple devices, but mobile devices are unable to crossplay with Mac.

Modes

Puyo Card

Main article: Puyo Card

Similar to Puyo Puyo Champions and Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 which featured customizable icons, the Puyo Card is a customizable feature that allows a player to freely select two titles, a background, a card frame, a badge, and character artwork to represent themselves in online play.

Photo Mode

Photo Mode allows a player to freely arrange characters, change their expressions, and change the background and add text bubbles with the game's manzai demo system.

Characters

Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop included 9 characters at launch, with 15 being added in free updates after. Each character has their own story, where only some are a part of the main campaign.

Playable characters available at launch

Amitie - Main story
Arle Nadja - Main story
Ringo Ando - Main story
Lemres - Main story
Suketoudara - Side story
Raffina - Side story
Klug - Side story
Feli - Side story
Maguro Sasaki- Side story

First update (April 25th, 2024)

Schezo - Main story
Ms. Accord - Main story

Draco Centauros - Side story
Lidelle - Side story
Ally - Side story
Risukuma - Side story

Confirmed playable in future updates

Unconfirmed playability

Enemies

These enemies are shadowy versions of existing characters wearing animal masks.

Shadow Mouse
Shadow Giraffe
Shadow Rabbit
Shadow Fox
Shadow Lion

Available as icons

Icon	Name	How to Obtain
	Amitie	Available from start
	Arle	Available from start
	Ringo	Available from start
	Lemres	Earn 3★ in Lemres's Episode Ch. 1
	Suketoudara	Earn 3★ in Suketoudara's Episode Ch. 1
	Raffina	Earn 3★ in Raffina's Episode Ch. 1
	Klug	Earn 3★ in Klug's Episode Ch. 1
	Feli	Earn 3★ in Feli's Episode Ch. 1
	Maguro	Earn 3★ in Maguro's Episode Ch. 1
	Arle (Puyo Puyo Quest)	Purchased for 1000 Puyo Points
	Amitie (Puyo Puyo Quest)	Purchased for 1000 Puyo Points
	Ringo (Puyo Puyo Quest)	Earn 3★ in Maguro's Episode EX-3
	Maguro (Puyo Puyo Quest)	Earn 3★ in Ringo's Episode EX-2
	Raffina (Puyo Puyo Quest)	Earn a Gold Mark in Raffina's Episode EX-1
	Suketoudara (Puyo Puyo Quest)	Purchased for 1000 Puyo Points
	Klug (Puyo Puyo Quest)	Earn a Gold Mark in Klug's Episode Ch. 4
	Feli (Puyo Puyo Quest)	Earn a Gold Mark in Feli's Episode EX-1
	Donguri Gaeru	Earn 3★ in Amitie's Episode EX-1
	Serilly	Earn a Gold Mark in Suketoudara's Episode EX-2
	Ragnus	Chest in Arle's Episode
	Harpy	Complete Ringo's Episode M-2
	Frank & Stein	Reward from Puyo Miles
	Gogotte	Earn 3★ in Amitie's Episode EX-2
	Tartar	Earn a Gold Mark in Raffina's Episode Ch. 2
	Hoho
	Baldanders	Earn 3★ in Feli's Episode EX-3
	Santa Arle	Earn a Gold Mark in Arle's Episode EX-2
	Dark Arle	Earn a Gold Mark in Arle's Episode Ch. 8
	Doppelganger Arle	Earn a Gold Mark in Arle's Episode EX-3
	Nega Kikimora
	Kikimora	Get 100 All Clears (Total)
	Chico	Reward from Puyo Miles
	Panotty	Reward from Puyo Miles
	Jaan	Earn 3★ in Ringo's Episode Ch. 2
	Momomo
	Baromett	Complete Ringo's Episode M-3
	Nohoho	Spend 100,000 Puyo Points (Total)
	Fufufu	Earn a Gold Mark in Suketoudara's Episode EX-1
	Hed
	Ciel	Reward from Puyo Miles
	Alex	Reward from Puyo Miles
	Irene	Earn a Gold Mark in Lemres's Episode Ch. 4
	Bestoll	Reward from Puyo Miles
	Aegis
	Tilura
	Lilim	Earn a Gold Mark in Maguro's Episode Ch. 7
	Undine
	Shio	Earn a Gold Mark in Suketoudara's Episode Ch. 5
	Wynn	Purchased for 1000 Puyo Points
	Hilda	Purchased for 1000 Puyo Points
	Eldur	Purchased for 1000 Puyo Points
	Friede	Purchased for 1000 Puyo Points
	Wacht	Purchased for 1000 Puyo Points
	Mappela	Purchased for 1000 Puyo Points
	Nukahokkori	Reward from Puyo Miles
	Hippalloon	Purchased for 1000 Puyo Points
	Umiushi	Purchased for 1000 Puyo Points
	Floré
	Roco	Reward from Puyo Miles
	Lux
	Abyss	Reward from Puyo Miles
	Zara	Earn a Gold Mark in Lemres's Episode Ch. 5
	Aldera	Earn a Gold Mark in Lemres's Episode Ch. 8
	Nasos	Earn a Gold Mark in Lemres's Episode Ch. 7
	Rufus	Earn a Gold Mark in Lemres's Episode Ch. 6
	Osa	Earn a Gold Mark in Suketoudara's Episode Ch. 2
	Uto	Earn a Gold Mark in Suketoudara's Episode Ch. 4
	Nari	Earn a Gold Mark in Suketoudara's Episode Ch. 1
	Wata	Earn a Gold Mark in Suketoudara's Episode Ch. 3
	Minoa	Reward from Puyo Miles
	Katya
	Dina	Reward from Puyo Miles
	Yana	Reward from Puyo Miles
	Rebecca	Earn 3★ in Amitie's Episode EX-3
	Grace	Purchased for 1000 Puyo Points
	Chiquita	Purchased for 1000 Puyo Points
	Hotaru Ika	Purchased for 1000 Puyo Points
	Jose	Earn a Gold Mark in Amitie's Episode EX-2
	Edgar	Purchased for 1000 Puyo Points
	Patri	Purchased for 1000 Puyo Points
	Maurice	Purchased for 1000 Puyo Points
	Lisette	Purchased for 1000 Puyo Points
	Nina	Purchased for 1000 Puyo Points
	Isabella	Earn a Gold Mark in Ringo's Episode EX-3
	Severio	Earn a Gold Mark in Ringo's Episode EX-2
	Starlight Lemres	Earn a Gold Mark in Lemres's Episode Ch. 1
	Chetta	Earn a Gold Mark in Feli's Episode Ch. 2
	Lewis	Earn a Gold Mark in Feli's Episode Ch. 3
	Needo	Earn a Gold Mark in Feli's Episode Ch. 4
	Mrs. Saccharo	Reward from Puyo Miles
	Edoss	Reward from Puyo Miles
	Lulisia	Earn a Gold Mark in Feli's Episode EX-3
	Popping Amitie	Earn a Gold Mark in Amitie's Episode Ch. 3
	Neptunian Rebecca	Earn a Gold Mark in Amitie's Episode EX-3
	Atari & Puubot	Reward from Puyo Miles
	Wishing Star Amitie	Earn a Gold Mark in Amitie's Episode Ch. 4
	Leader Raffina	Earn a Gold Mark in Raffina's Episode EX-2
	Stargazer Klug	Earn a Gold Mark in Klug's Episode Ch. 7
	Rockin' Ringo	Earn a Gold Mark in Ringo's Episode Ch. 1
	Adventuring Mage Arle	Earn a Gold Mark in Arle's Episode EX-1
	Primp Town Amitie	Earn a Gold Mark in Amitie's Episode Ch. 7
	Primp Town Raffina	Earn a Gold Mark in Raffina's Episode Ch. 6
	Primp Town Klug	Earn a Gold Mark in Klug's Episode Ch. 4
	Primp Town Arle	Earn a Gold Mark in Arle's Episode Ch. 3
	Primp Town Lemres	Earn a Gold Mark in Lemres's Episode Ch. 3
	Primp Town Feli	Earn a Gold Mark in Feli's Episode Ch. 5
	Laun	Reward from Puyo Miles
	Mushut
	Havilah
	Margin	Earn 3★ in Suketoudara's Episode EX-3
	Merylise	Reward from Puyo Miles
	Carol	Reward from Puyo Miles
	Giselle	Reward from Puyo Miles
	Resta	Earn a Gold Mark in Feli's Episode Ch. 7
	Spille	Earn 3★ in Lemres's Episode EX-1
	Swordfighter Klug	Earn a Gold Mark in Klug's Episode EX-1*

Note: As the result of a bug, Swordfighter Klug is currently not selectable from the Icon Character menu.

Development

Pre-announcement

Prior to the game's formal announcement, series producer Mizuki Hosoyamada tweeted that he had one more announcement for the day following a Puyo Puyo!! Quest livestream.^[2] Shortly after he posted this, the trailers and store pages for Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop were announced on Twitter and other social media outlets.

Pre-release

The game was first formally announced on March 12th, 2024 in a Tweet from the Twitter account puyopuyo20th.^[3] Based on early images and the initial announcement trailer, the game appeared to have individual routes per character similar to Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary and Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary. The overworld system was reminiscent of Puyo Puyo Tetris 2's adventure mode, but styled in 3D similar to Puyo Puyo Chronicle. The first characters shown in these early trailers and images included: Arle, Amitie, Ringo, Sig, Maguro, Carbuncle, Draco Centauros, Lemres, Klug, Raffina, and Feli, and Suketoudara along with several characters exclusive to Puyo Puyo!! Quest returning as icons.

On March 17th, 2024, a demo of the game was available to play at the Puyo Puyo Grand Prix 2024 Finals.^[4] Developers at this tournament stated that the game would be updated on a roughly monthly basis.

On March 21st, 2024, it was revealed that the game would have 9 characters at launch: Suketoudara, Arle, Ringo, Maguro, Feli, Klug, Amitie, Raffina, and Lemres, with the final playable roster totaling to 24 characters.^[5]

On March 24th, 2024, the new character Meena (メエーナ) was officially named. The same post also confirmed that the story would be fully-voiced, and characters' individual stories would have to be completed before they could be used outside of story mode.^[6]

On March 26th, 2024, the new "Photo Mode" where players can freely choose backgrounds and arrange and pose the characters was previewed.^[7]

On March 27th, 2024, a tweet showcased the "My Puyo Card" (マイぷよカード) system which allows players to customize an ID card with special titles, backgrounds, and characters.^[8]

On March 28th, another promotional video was released for the game which gave a closer look at the different game rules, online play, Lesson Mode, Endless Mode, Photo Mode, Adventure Mode, My Puyo Card, game updates, and confirmed that new modes would be added in future updates along with new characters.^[9] The game's Japanese website was updated the same day with short introductions for the playable characters. Meena's voice actress, Asami Hotori, was also first shown in this website update along with her own announcement on Twitter.^[10]

Post-release

The game ranked #1 on the Japanese App Store on April 5th, 2024.^[11]

The first game update was announced on April 21st, 2024 and released on April 25th, 2024. It included Schezo, Accord, Draco, Lidelle, and Risukuma's episodes and added a new map called the "Challenge Dungeon". The new game mode Pair Score Attack was added along with new music.^[12]

Trivia

This is the first Puyo Puyo game to feature Nazo Puyo in the Adventure Mode.
The game's official Japanese abbreviation is "Puyo Pop" (ぷよポップ) by official Japanese developers and news sources, but it is not to be confused with Puyo Pop or Puyo Pop Fever.
The game's logo is notably in English with a Japanese subtitle. According to Mizuki Hosoyamada, this was done to follow the example of the Sonic franchise which targets a global audience.^[13]