Puyo Puyo Box

Puyo Puyo Box
Boxart of Puyo Puyo BOX
Developer	Compile
Publishers	Compile Sega (PSN)
Rightsholder	Sega
Platforms	PlayStation, PlayStation Network
Players	1-4 players
Release date	PlayStation December 21, 2000 PSOne Classics (PSN) November 22, 2017

Puyo Puyo Box (ぷよぷよBOX, Puyo Puyo BOX)is a compilation game consisting of modes from previous Puyo Puyo games. It is the last Puyo Puyo title with Compile's involvement.

Puyo Puyo Box, being a compilation, primarily consists of modes from earlier Puyo Puyo games, but also contains original content.

Story

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The story begins with Arle playing a Puyo Puyo match against Draco Centauros in the town of Planbha (プランバー). Upon winning the match, Arle receives a Puyoman from a mysterious masked person named Nununu? and Draco flies off. Before Arle and Carbuncle can head home, Nununu stops her and gifts her a medal. At first, Arle protests and says she doesn't need this medal, but Nununu proceeds to tell her a legend: if she collects all six of the medals and brings them to the tower, she can make a wish to obtain true happiness. Arle's interest is piqued, so she resolves to find the medals after she and Carbuncle eat some curry.

Gameplay

Puyo Puyo Box has a plethora of game modes available to the user. It contains ports of Puyo Puyo and Puyo Puyo Tsu, as well as a RPG-styled quest mode in which the player plays as Arle and battles against members of the other cast in Puyo Puyo matches. It also houses a marathon mode named Scramble Mode in which the player faces 10, 20, or 30 opponents, as well as two multiplayer modes which can be played with either other players or AI substitutes.

For the Quest mode itself, it allows the player to customize the armory in ways in which made Arle stronger with a double-edged sword effect. You could remove the Puyo Rings in order to beef up her attack at the expense of being unable to see your next pieces for example, and the amount of experience gained and gold won was relative to how big a chain was scored and how quickly the opponent was defeated.

The key point in the Puyo Puyo gameplay of Box is that the player can choose a ruleset from either Puyo Puyo, Puyo Puyo Tsu, Puyo Puyo Sun, and Puyo Puyo~n. This can effectively lead to four-player battles where each player plays with independent or mixed rules. This game also allowed for team battles to take place. A special multiplayer mode was made available in this game, known as Treasure Mode, which was adapted in Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary as its Excavation Mode.

Scramble Mode

Scramble Mode prompts players to choose between a 10-man, 20-man, and 30-man course. After that, the player is given a semi-randomized gauntlet consisting of characters representing all four mainline Puyo Puyo games released as of the year 2000. The opponents can use any one of the four gameplay rulesets, and the player is prompted to choose one at the start of the game and after each continue.

There are a few things that are not randomized in Scramble Mode:

• The 10-man course ends with Witch (Sun), Schezo (Sun), and Satan (Original).
• The 20-man course ends with Lagnus, Doppelganger Schezo, Doppelganger Arle (Original), Rulue (Tsu) and Satan (Yo~n).
• The 30-man course ends with Chico, Schezo (Yo~n), Doppelganger Arle (Yo~n), Rulue (Yo~n), and Masked Satan.
• Each Yo~n-rule opponent is assigned a Super Attack that they will always choose.

Original-rule Opponents

• Dark Witch
• Doppelganger Arle
• Doppelganger Schezo
• Draco Centauros
• Minotauros
• Mummy
• Nasu Grave
• Panotty
• Sasori Man
• Satan
• Skeleton T
• Succubus
• Suketoudara
• Zoh Daimaoh
• Zombie

Tsu-rule Opponents

• Banshee Trio
• Baromett
• Cait Sith
• Cockatrice
• Dragon
• Fufufu
• Lycanthrope
• Mamono
• Masked Satan
• Mini Zombie
• Momomo
• Nomi
• Owlbear
• Pakista
• Parara
• Rulue
• Samurai Mole
• Scylla
• Sukiyapodes
• Uroko Sakana Bito
• Will-o-Wisp

Sun-rule Opponents

• Carbuncle
• Choppun
• Beast Draco
• Harpy
• Honey Bee
• Incubus
• Kikimora
• Kodomo Dragon
• Lagnus the Brave
• Nohoho
• Schezo Wegey
• Witch

Yo~n-rule Opponents

• Archan - Super Attack: Pinpoint
• Arle Nadja - Super Attack: Barrier
• Black Kikimora - Super Attack: Solitude
• Chico - Super Attack: Triple Wave
• YON Doppelganger Arle - Super Attack: Hyper Barrier
• YON Draco - Super Attack: Split
• YON Dragon - Super Attack: Freeze
• YON Harpy - Super Attack: Wildcard
• YON Incubus - Super Attack: Hard Strike
• YON Kikimora - Super Attack: Sweep
• YON Lagnus - Super Attack: Slice
• YON Minotauros - Super Attack: Cut
• YON Nohoho - Super Attack: Parallel Wave
• YON Panotty - Super Attack: Teleport
• YON Rulue - Super Attack: Neo Break
• YON Satan - Super Attack: Transfer
• YON Schezo - Super Attack: Neo Slash
• Seriri - Super Attack: Sympathy
• YON Witch - Super Attack: Thunder

Puyo Puyo Quest characters

• Arle Nadja (shadow puyo)
• Burning Soul
• Draco Centauros (YON-like outfit)
• Gray Wolf
• Mandrake (cameo)
• Merrow
• Muhoho
• Schezo Wegey (naked)
• Satan (Tuxedo)
• Tsujigiri Mole
• Wood Hunter
• Yaki Nasu Grave

Gallery

In-game Artwork

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  Quest Mode ending

Promotional Artwork

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  Artwork for Puyo Puyo Box featured on Compile's website