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I couldn't pass up the chance to stan for Puyo! The article covers the question in the title: if you want to get into Puyo, should you get Puyo Puyo Tetris or opt for the new Puyo Puyo Champions?
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To echo what the author says, the current versions of Puyo Puyo Tetris are the most-complete iteration of a game that launched in 2014, so you're getting a lot more content and refinement. Puyo Puyo Champions offers a massive 8p local tournament mode, so that's a bonus for you couch players and convention weebs.
Anyone planning to snap up Puyo Puyo Champions?
I am new to Puyo Puyo.
Guess what? You should be playing Puyo Puyo Tetris! Part of this is because of the combination of Puyo Puyo and Tetris. Even if you aren’t familiar with the one puzzle game, odds are you know how the other one goes. You’re halfway to victory if you do!
Also, Puyo Puyo Tetris is very user-friendly. The campaign basically teaches you how to play both puzzle games. Its missions gradually increase in difficulty and feel designed to familiarize you with Puyo Puyo‘s mechanics.
It is especially a good place to start due to the demo. If someone has a Nintendo Switch, they can grab a free trial. It is a great way to get your feet wet.
I love puzzle games and silliness.
Puyo Puyo Tetris has the best story mode. I’m not exaggerating. It is hilarious. People on a Tetris-themed spaceship come to the Puyo Puyo world, with tetrominos falling everywhere. Every established character from the Puyo Puyo universe has to work with these new, original characters to solve the problem. Everyone is quirky. The localization is fantastic.
Plus, you are essentially getting three puzzle games in one. There’s Puyo Puyo, which is fantastic. You have Tetris, which is always fun. Then, the combination of the two basically feels like a third, original puzzle game that is absolutely worth playing. It is great.
I just want to play Puyo Puyo with friends.
Puyo Puyo Champions is all about that multiplayer experience, as the name would suggest. It has the Puyo Puyo Tsuu and Fever rulesets, local and online multiplayer option, 24 playable characters and an option to set up an eight-player tournament. It is all about proving yourself. (Though, there is an unranked Free Play online, if you just want to have fun.)
This isn’t to say there aren’t any single player options. You do have some challenge modes that let you try to earn certain amounts of points and such. There just isn’t a campaign, like there is in Puyo Puyo
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To echo what the author says, the current versions of Puyo Puyo Tetris are the most-complete iteration of a game that launched in 2014, so you're getting a lot more content and refinement. Puyo Puyo Champions offers a massive 8p local tournament mode, so that's a bonus for you couch players and convention weebs.
Anyone planning to snap up Puyo Puyo Champions?