Puyo Puyo Champions | |
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Developer(s) | Sega |
Publisher(s) | Sega |
Director(s) | Harumasa Nakajima |
Producer(s) | Mizuki Hosoyamada |
Designer(s) | Harumasa Nakajima[1] |
Programmer(s) | Koichi Nomura Toshiyuki Ito[2] |
Artist(s) | Shinichi Moroka |
Composer(s) | Jun Senoue |
Series | Puyo Puyo |
Platform(s) | Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 Xbox One Microsoft Windows Arcade video game |
Release | Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4Xbox One
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Genre(s) | Puzzle |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Puyo Puyo Champions (Puyo Puyo eSports (ぷよぷよeスポーツ) in Japan), is a 2018 puzzle video game developed and published by Sega for the Nintendo Switch,[3] Xbox One,[4] PlayStation 4,[5] and in 2019 for Microsoft Windows[6] (through the Steam platform).[7]
Released in Japan under the name Puyo Puyo eSports, the game was localized for international release in 2019 under the name Puyo Puyo Champions. As with Puyo Puyo Tetris, the international release features English characters voices, allowing the player to change between the original Japanese and the English localized voices; the game interface is also available in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and Korean.[8]
The game features two separate gameplay rules based on the earlier games:
The game modes available include:
In both Multiplayer and Tournament modes, players are eliminated if they top out, and the last player (or side) standing wins the round.
As its Japanese title implies, this game is aimed at eSports and thus focuses on competitive multiplayer, so it lacks the single player campaign prominently featured in the previous games.
Puyo Puyo Champions also features 24 playable characters, complete with their own distinct AI behavior and Fever drop pattern, though some of these characters simply reuse the existing AI of characters not appearing in the game as playable. These characters include fan-favorites from the original Compile game series such as Arle Nadja and Dark Prince, as well as newer characters such as Ally, who debuted in the Japan-only Nintendo 3DS game Puyo Puyo Chronicle. The 2.02 update, released in August 2020, added two hidden characters, Rafisol and Paprisu, each of whom can be selected by inputting a specific button combination while selecting character.
The game also allows players to personalize their in-game profile image, with over a hundred characters to choose from both the main game series and Puyopuyo!! Quest, as well as a selection of backgrounds and borders, all of which seem to be carried over from Puyopuyo!! Quest.
Aggregator | Score |
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Metacritic | 74[9][10] |
Publication | Score |
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Nintendo Life | 80[12] |
Nintendo World Report | 70[15] |
Pocket Gamer | 70[16] |
CGMAGAZINE | 80[11] |
Nintenderos | 78[13] |
Multiplayer.it | 75[14] |
Gameblog.fr | 70[17] |
Hobby Consolas | 76[18] |
InsiderGamer.nl | 78[19] |
Nintendo Insider | 70[20] |
The game received mostly favorable reviews. The Nintendo Switch version received a score of 74/100 at Metacritic, based on 10 reviews,[9] while the PlayStation 4 one received a score of 74/100, based on 4 reviews.[10]
Nintendo Life says that Puyo Puyo Champions ably covers the essentials of the series at a great price point, leaving a score of 80/100.[12]
Lead Game Designer: Harumasa Nakajima
Programmers: Koichi Nomura, Toshiyuki Ito