Nyoki Nyoki: Tabidachi Hen

2016 video game

Nyoki Nyoki: Tabidachi Hen

Developer(s)| Compile Maru
Publisher(s)| D4 Enterprise
Platform(s)| Nintendo 3DS
Release| Nintendo 3DS:

* JP: November 11, 2016[1]

Genre(s)| puzzle video game
Mode(s)| Single-player
multiplayer

Nyoki Nyoki: Tabidachi Hen (にょきにょき たびだち編, Nyokinyoki tabidachi-hen) is a puzzle video game developed by Compile Maru and published by D4 Enterprise for the Nintendo 3DS. This is a "fighting puzzle" video game based on 2003 Neo Geo game Pochi and Nyaa, co-produced by Aiky, Taito and SNK, and inspired by Puyo Puyo.[2]

## Gameplay

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The game consists of two 8x16 grids, one for each player, where the Nyokis fall in pairs, and each player must gather several adjacent Nyokis to clear them from the board, and send nuisance Nyoki to the opponent. The game ends when the Nyoki reach the top of the third column.

Unlike Puyo Puyo, where the mechanics is to gather 4 or more adjacent Puyos of the same color and form chains, the player can accumulate as many adjacent Nyoki as they want and eliminate them when they consider it convenient by converting the falling Nyoki pair into an "activator", forming a chain reaction through the adjacent Nyoki.[3]

## Development

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Masamitsu Niitani, Compile founder and the creator of Puyo Puyo, founded Compile Maru at 2016, with Nyoki Nyoki: Tabidachi Hen being his first announced project.[4] Niitani's intention was to "eliminate the" complexity of the chains "in conventional puzzles", where "Puzzle beginners are welcome".

During 2017, intentions to launch the video game for the Nintendo Switch were announced. The funds would be collected through a crowdfunding campaign; However the campaign failed to reach the 10-million-yen goal for the port[5][6]

## See also

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* Pochi and Nyaa
* Puyo Puyo (series)

## References

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1. ^ "Nyoki Nyoki: Tabidachi Hen for the Nintendo 3DS". Nintendo. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
2. ^ "Puyo Puyo Creator's Nyoki Nyoki Tabidachi Hen Looks Familiar". Siliconera. 2016-07-06. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
3. ^ "Compile Maru's Nyoki Nyoki for 3DS playable at BitSummit 4th". Gematsu. 2016-07-06. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
4. ^ "Introducing Nyoki Nyoki: Tabidachi Hen". Famitsu (in Japanese). 2016-07-11. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
5. ^ "仁井谷社長、命を燃やしてぷよぷよを超える！プロジェクト！！". camp-fire.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-26.
6. ^ "Video on Japanese Nintendo". Japanese Nintendo. 2017-06-17. Archived from the original on January 9, 2021. Retrieved 2019-12-27.

## External links

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* Official website (Japanese)
* OpenNyoki, an open source Nyoki Nyoki mechanics implementation