Time for a new GBAtemp book game club. For those new to this series the general idea is a game (or a few) are listed after which people get to play them (or recall a previous playthrough) before discussing it with the others in the thread.
games can be selected for many reasons although we do wish to note that this is not a simple top ? games list as we feel those have been done to death. To this end should a game have a neat mechanic, be a change of pace for a company, be an attempt at something new (or something not seen in a while) for the platform or something else along those lines it can just as easily find itself the subject of the club. The subjects of these clubs are mainly sourced from the long lists of rom hacks, homebrew, commercial releases and other code for the systems we traditionally covered around here (that is to say mainly Nintendo handhelds and consoles). On occasion we like to try to mix it up a bit by throwing in some additional criteria not directly related to the game itself (budget, region exclusivity, small runs or do compare and contrast or pose a challenge within a game.
#33- Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary (NDS translation)
Puyo Puyo has been around for about 20 years at time of writing and is often considered one of the premier puzzle game franchises and as such there are many games in the main series and even more if you account for the themed and spinoff versions but they seldom appear outside Japan meaning there are still those unfamiliar with it. To this end this edition features a fan translation of the 15th anniversary edition for the DS (versions for the PSP, wii and PS2 but the DS version is probably the most complete one). Unlike many other puzzle games that feature concepts almost immediately obvious to anybody that plays it (but with room for deep strategy) Puyo Puyo is better enjoyed if you go into it with a rough idea of what goes so for that we direct you to the umbrella site for this translation. On top of this much like recent tetris titles there are many modes with slight variations on the central themes along with the classic modes for the series.
Do note this translation is for the 0866 version if using numbered releases- the earlier one had a save bug and the fixed version is used as a base and the later release has not had this translation ported to it. A Spanish translation should also be available for those that want it.
Short fan video (others available)
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Fans of different boxart might wish to check the EU version[/p]
GBAtemp release thread[/p]
Filetrip download
Project release thread
Romhacking.net download[/p]
gbagotw should get you other links in this series
Thanks for the tip.
