Puyo Puyo 7: Idoling our days away

[a butt]

Speculation time is over. Now is the time to step into the future.


Puyo Puyo 7
Codename: Project RINGO
Platforms: Wii/DS/PSP
Release Date: Japan: July 30th (DS), November 26th (Wii/PSP) USA: O0
Website: http://puyo.sega.jp/puyopuyo7
Theme Song "Puyo no Uta": http://puyo.sega.jp/puyopuyo7/swf/sound.mp3

Updates
(07/03/2009) Puyo no Uta single announced; Sega absolved of all wrongdoing
(06/20/2009) Some How to Play videos
(05/22/2009) Sega remakes website, character list complete?
(05/03/2009) Added some vidoes that I forgot about
(04/14/2009) Sega holds a press conference. Nobody cares.
(04/03/2009) Official Website opens.
(04/02/2009) Full Famitsu article posted.
(03/31/2009) Scans of the next Famitsu have started to crop up around the internet. Keep an eye out for images and gameplay details over the next couple of days.

Starting on about February 12, Sega created a little teaser site here promising information about a new game of theirs. The thread following the teaser site is here. Being that the only information given were silhouettes of a girl(?) throwing an apple, most people didn't speculate much about what the new game would be. Still, the extreme similarities between the way the silhouette and PPF-style characters was enough to get some people (myself not included) hoping for a new Puyo game. The teaser promised more information at a later specified date

Of course, with Sega being typical , the big "reveal" ended up being another trailer teasing a few more graphics, the phrase "What's 247?", and another date to watch out for. This blue-balling cat-and-mouse game went on all the way until March 24th, when they released a final trailer showing distinctively Puyo graphics and characters, and a set date for a formal announcement in the April 3rd issue of Famitsu.

Now that scans of the issue have been linked, we've got confirmation that the game indeed is Puyo Puyo 7.

Momochi descends from the moon to bring you the Famitsu article in English:

I'm glad it has the tutorial, the chain maker, and the Endless Match.
Brief translation of Famitsu (it is the biggest video game magazine in Japan):

News Flash! The 18-year-old popular puzzle game series is releasing a new game for 3 platforms!
Aim for big chains and come-from-behind with the new rule "Transformation!" Puyopuyo 7
We got information that the newest game of the popular puzzle game "Puyopuyo" is to be for 3 platforms. In this first report, we tell the attraction of this newest game. With the new rule, characters transform into grown-ups and chibis!

Story: Suddenly, a lot of "Puyopuyos" have fallen from the sky over Andou Ringo's school. A mysterious girl "Arle" tells her how to pop Puyos, and she has to play "Puyo Matches" with the people at school...

ANDOU Ringo: The protagonist, a junior high school girl (so she's 12-15 years old) in Suzuran (lily of the valley) shopping district. She is a member of the physics club, which is actually a club for anything. (It sounds like a typical place name. I don't think Suzuran shopping district is meant to be in Tokyo but somewhere in Japan.)
Arle: A magician in the making from another world(?). Something is strange about her this time.
Amitie: A student of Magic School from another world(?).
Carbuncle: A strange creature always with Arle. He can shoot beams from his forehead.
Many more characters from the former series!!

Fight against Dark Arle Army to protect the world!!
Episode 1: SOS! The School in Flood (VS Skeleton T) - The school's gonna be buried under "Puyos"!? The first match is simply... Puyo Match with Tsu rule!
It has a story mode and a lot of other modes!

In the new "Transformation" mode, erasing Nuisance Puyos and offsetting fill the Transformation gauge. When it gets full, you go into 2 "Transformation Modes," "Little Puyo Fever" (characters transform into kids) and "Giant Puyo Rush" (into grown-ups).
Little Puyo Fever: This mode erases all of your Puyos and "Little Puyos" fall in chains. You can make big chains easily. It is like Fever Mode from PPF.
Giant Puyo Rush: "Giant Puyos" fall. These Puyos will pop when 3 of the same color connect. In this mode, erasing Puyos after another erasing makes chains ("Added Chain"). Keep Adding and make chains bigger!

Daihenshin Mode
[float=left][/float]Selecting Henshin

At the start of each game, you can choose one of either "Deka", "Passive", or "Chibi" modes. Deka and Chibi will always cause you to jump into their respective transformations, while the henshin you launch into during Passive may depend on the color of the last Puyo popped.[float=left][/float]
[float=right][/float]Quick Drop

You can immediately set down puyo by pressing "Up", although the usual method of holding "Down" still works. You can only use quick drop in Daihenshin mode.[float=left][/float]
[float=left][/float]Going into Henshin

Offsetting nuisance puyo or erasing nuisance puyo off your side of the field increaes your Henshin gauge by one bar per action. This also increases your Henshin time. When seven bars fill up your Henshin gauge, Henshin occurs. You'll enter the type of Henshin prescribed by what you selected at the beginning of the game. Henshin mode continues until your Henshin time reaches zero. During Henshin, you will not get Game Over even if puyos reach X. Instead, your Henshin time decreases greatly.[float=left][/float]

Deka Puyo Henshin & Chibi Puyo Henshin
Deka Puyo Henshin (Giant Puyo Rush)
With Deka Puyo, three like-colored puyo are all that are necessary to pop them. By clearing puyo on the 3x6 board within the time limit, the cleared puyo are added onto a continuous Extra Chain. An Extra Chain of up to 99 is possible.

Chibi Puyo Henshin (Tiny Puyo Fever)
Your Puyo become tiny in Chibi Puyo mode. In this mode, chains are laid out for you on a 10x18 board. By successfully finding the trigger point, larger pre-made chains can be obtained, while failing to find the trigger point leads to smaller pre-made chains. By utilizing Fever extensions, a maximum chain of 47 is possible.

Standard Modes
Many classic Puyo modes are also available. You can have matches of between 2-8 players in teams or solo in Puyo Puyo, Puyo Puyo Tsuu, and Puyo Puyo Fever, and 2-4 players in Mission Puyo.

Puyo Puyo
The original Puyo Puyo mode. Offsetting is not possible in this mode. Nuisance Puyo will fall as soon as your chain ends. Rotation techniques are effective in this mode.

Puyo Puyo Tsuu
Offsetting was introduced in this mode. When nuisance puyo are about to fall on you, completing your own chain reduces the amount of nuisance puyo that will drop on you by amount of the point value of the chains. You can only send garbage to the opponent by exceeding the point value of the total amount of nuisance puyo about to fall on your side of the board.

Puyo Puyo Fever
Enter Fever mode by successively offsetting nuisance puyo by your opponent. Here, chains are premade for you, and increase in size depending on your success at clearing the chains, or by achieving All Clears.

Mission Puyo
Be the first to clear tasks set out for you to win this mode. Tasks include "Clear 5 or more Puyo at once", "Get a chain of 3 or more", or "Get exactly a 2 chain."

School
School (????) is designed to help budding Puyo players get better at chaining and playing the game in general. It features three different modes of varying design. The producer of Puyo 7 has stated that his goal is to get players who can only do 2 or 3 chains with regularity to start doing 7-chains easily.



Primer
The basic rules of Puyo, from Foundation to Technique to the various game rules can be learned from Ichi.

Practice
Drills to pratice techniques ranging from chaining to transitioning.

Study Notes


Build and test your own chains to your heart's desire. You can either start from scratch or a base pattern with a set number of chains and colors already set. Chains can be swapped between players via a password system, which will be intercompatible with the PSP and Wii versions of Puyo 7.

Puyo Puyo 7 has nineteen characters, many whom are from previous games. You start out with twelve characters, and unlock the other seven through Story mode.

[float=left][/float]Ringo (???????)
A junior high school girl who resides in the Suzuran Shopping District. She is a member of the physics club, which is more like an "anything club".
(Baby | Adult)
(Dropset: Yu)[float=left][/float]
[float=right][/float]Arle (???)
A magician-in-training from another world(?). Something is strange about her this time.
(Baby | Adult)[float=left][/float]
[float=left][/float]Amitie (????)
A magic school student from another world(?). Although careless, she is full of energy.
(Baby | Adult)[float=left][/float]
[float=right][/float]Carbuncle (??????)
A mysterious being always seen with Arle. The stone on his head is capable of firing beams.
(Baby | Adult)
(Dropset: Carbuncle (Fever))[float=left][/float]
[float=left][/float]Maguro (??????)
This Suzuran Shopping District's resident is the fashionable eldest son of the fishmonger. Really fashionable, but really weird.
(Baby | Adult)
(Dropset: Dongurigaeru)
Unlock: Beat all substories in Act 1.[float=left][/float]
[float=right][/float]Risukuma (????????)
Former chemistry club member. Three months ago, the chemistry clubroom blew up after an experiment went wrong, so he is currently renting the physics clubroom.
(Baby | Adult)
(Dropset: Onion Pixy)[float=left][/float]
[float=left][/float]Raffine (?????)
A student of the magic school. Daughter of a high-class family. Skilled at taijutsu, she seeks beauty so she continues to train.
(Baby | Adult)[float=left][/float]
[float=right][/float]Sig (??)
A student of the magic school. Constantly daydreaming, but he seeks out his favourite insects with seriousness. His left hand and eye are strange from a little before.
(Baby | Adult)[float=left][/float]
[float=left][/float]Klug (????)
A student of the magic school. Yearning for the dark magic of Lemres, he obsessively studies the book he is carrying.
(Baby | Adult)[float=left][/float]
[float=right][/float]Feli (????)
An elite student of the magic school. She is smitten with her mentor, Lemres. Her skills in divination are unrivaled.
(Baby | Adult)[float=left][/float]
[float=left][/float]Lemres (????)
An elite student of the magic school. Already a sorceror by playing an active role. Loves sweets, and always carries them around.
(Baby | Adult)[float=left][/float]

Other Characters
Skeleton-T (Baby | Adult) (Dropset: Oshare Bones) Unlock: Beat Chapter 1
Sukedotora (Baby | Adult)
Schezo (Baby | Adult)
Draco Centauros (Baby | Adult) (Dropset: Rider) Unlock: Beat her in Story mode
Satan (Baby | Adult)
Rulue (Baby | Adult)
Dark Arle (Dropset: Arle)
Ekoro (Dropset: Accord) Unlock: Beat Chapter 22

Early screens (1|2|3)
Advertising Assets (1)

Announcement Trailer

SEGA Conference Video

Demo Gameplay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC4jj1bE9RM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2usNlzNPkwQ
http://www.4shared.com/file/118828070/2 ... 6291_.html

Shoutouts to Momochi/Chrono Tata/BBH and others for information, translations, and screens

[Keiji]

I went ahead and shoved the relevant stuff here on the wiki.

[kirbykrew]

Not sure how relevant this is, but Arle is wearing a blue version of the protagonist's outfit.

Also, can someone translate the scan? I think that could help alot.

[a butt]

HQ scans:

[NickW]

HOLY SHIT IS THAT SKELETON T?

And what the fuck is on Amitie's head?

And it's good to know that Fever mode is still in the game.

[Chrono_Tata]

What happened to all the epic April's Fool posts? Anyway, Skeleton-T confirmed! And it seems the character have different looks depending on what mode you're playing? Chibi characters for "Chibi Puyo Fever" and grown-up characters for Giant Mode? I hope there will be a normal Fever mode where all the characters look normal, because Amitie's school outfit looks awful.

[a butt]

Strike that, Amitie looks awful in general.

[Mudoon Roa]

I was seeing alot of art of this Andou Ringo character on Pixv lately and was wondering where she which Puyopuyo game she was from. Looks like I have my answer and a fine answer it is too~

[NickW]

What happened to all the epic April's Fool posts? Anyway, Skeleton-T confirmed! And it seems the character have different looks depending on what mode you're playing? Chibi characters for "Chibi Puyo Fever" and grown-up characters for Giant Mode? I hope there will be a normal Fever mode where all the characters look normal, because Amitie's school outfit looks awful.

Normal fever mode is in the bottom right of the second picture and she is still wearing her outfit.

[Chrono_Tata]

DAMN YOU SEGA!


Anyway, Giant mode seems to be called "Giant Puyo Rush" (translating deka into giant that is). What's the difference between normal giant mode and rush mode?

[Hernan]

Looks like Sega finally realized how crap their version of Carbuncle was. He's back to 'normal', yay!

[a butt]

DAMN YOU SEGA!


Anyway, Giant mode seems to be called "Giant Puyo Rush" (translating deka into giant that is). What's the difference between normal giant mode and rush mode?

If you're talking about what I posted before it's because I was translating ラッシュ as lash and wondering WTF that meant

[NickW]

Looks like Sega finally realized how crap their version of Carbuncle was. He's back to 'normal', yay!

At least his eyes won't scare me anymore (referring to the cutscenes in 15th anniversary).

[nmn]

I like Amitie's new Puyo hat more than her old one.

[Chrono_Tata]

DAMN YOU SEGA!


Anyway, Giant mode seems to be called "Giant Puyo Rush" (translating deka into giant that is). What's the difference between normal giant mode and rush mode?

If you're talking about what I posted before it's because I was translating ラッシュ as lash and wondering WTF that meant

I didn't see what you posted before, actually. Pretty sure that should be "rush". Either that or lush but lush wouldn't make any sense. So, is it part of the new transformation mechanics?

I like Amitie's new Puyo hat more than her old one.

I think your brain's aesthetic centre may be broken. O_____o