I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
I would also like to know this. I'm getting impatient. Cant wait to play this game. Demo was so good.
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Puyo Puyo Tetris |OT| From Russia With Blob
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I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
Why so late? PSN updates way earlier than that. Boo Nintendo. Boo.
-shadow-
Member
Another hour? Well damn...
If it's any consolation, when the clocks are forward in the UK the eshop updates at 3pm, so it could've been a longer wait depending on the date 
I'd recommend trying to get the stairs combo down for Puyo, which is illustrated in depth here.
As the guide states, it's a good combo to learn starting out as its execution difficulty is reasonable, it was enough to get me through the Adventure mode. If you want to see how to set it up in motion, the expert lesson for Puyo in game shows you.
I'd recommend trying to get the stairs combo down for Puyo, which is illustrated in depth here.
As the guide states, it's a good combo to learn starting out as its execution difficulty is reasonable, it was enough to get me through the Adventure mode. If you want to see how to set it up in motion, the expert lesson for Puyo in game shows you.
SliceSabre
Banned
Who else goes into full panic mode like me whenever half your screen is taken up?
I always feel like I'm drowning at that point and it is only a matter of time before I lose. This happens more often on Tetris since Puyo you can get lucky sometimes and get multiple matches you didn't plan on.
I always feel like I'm drowning at that point and it is only a matter of time before I lose. This happens more often on Tetris since Puyo you can get lucky sometimes and get multiple matches you didn't plan on.
UK gaffer here. I had this game preordered from thegamecollection, but it hasn't been shipped yet... I'm going to pick up Mario Kart tomorrow in Game and if I see Puyo I might buy it and cancel the online preorder. However, thegamecollection handles preorders weirdly and has already taken my money and apparently you can't cancel the preorder. What do I do?
The story mode is really fun.
Getting 3 stars on 1-10 was a huge pain. The match was so easy that I had to try and prolong it to get the required score.
I do. The second things start going wrong I start freaking.
Getting 3 stars on 1-10 was a huge pain. The match was so easy that I had to try and prolong it to get the required score.
I do. The second things start going wrong I start freaking.
-shadow-
Member
Just under an hour left. The wait is killing me ;_;
Thanks, I'll check this out!
Oh, I didn't even check any lessons or tutorials... I just hopped straight into the adventure mode and haven't stopped since.
MikeBison
Member
What time? At work playing multiplayer with a friend and just want to buy the full game!
I've been trying to master this for several days now and my combo game is only 2-3x on average with 4x making me feel like some sort of savant.
My brain doesn't seem to be wired to work out what I need to do when the dropping Puyos aren't the colors I need.
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
Don't be afraid to build the stair stacks out of order, or really jagged and bulky. Making your chains nice and organized is something that comes with practice. For example this is a perfectly workable 5 chain
ryanofcall
Member
Wanted to get it at midnight or this morning on the eShop because I could play it on my way to work. Not sure wether I should get it now since I'll play Mario Kart 8 (will that be 2pm tomorrow as well?!) from tomorrow on ... and could just wait for a sale or something. Decisions decisions
Heh, it's hard to see it for me at first.Don't be afraid to build the stair stacks out of order, or really jagged and bulky. Making your chains nice and organized is something that comes with practice. For example this is a perfectly workable 5 chain
Is there a way to practice chaining in a no-pressure environment? Nothing dropping until I'm ready for it? I don't think PPT has it, but something online?
I can't for the life of me get anything more than one star on 2-3
I'm finally getting the hang of doing 3 chains but even those only seem to get me ~1000 points and enough junk blocks to KO Jay and Elle after 3 or 4 of those. I need to get 8000 points and I can never get more than 6000.
Do I just need to get incredibly lucky with patterns to be able to get a full clear or is there an easier way I'm just missing?
I'm finally getting the hang of doing 3 chains but even those only seem to get me ~1000 points and enough junk blocks to KO Jay and Elle after 3 or 4 of those. I need to get 8000 points and I can never get more than 6000.
Do I just need to get incredibly lucky with patterns to be able to get a full clear or is there an easier way I'm just missing?
Playing through the demo, I've learned that if you have a Tetris-only battle against 3 CPUs, and you're the first to die, the match lasts forever. One match I played yesterday continued for ten minutes after I died with just two CPUs going back and forth. Having at least one person use Puyo mode makes matches go by a lot faster.
Matesamo
Member
Played online for the first time and got destroyed with a capital D. Lost five games and they were not even close, I was building a solid base and got hit by Tetris after Tetris. I finally won my first match to tie up 1-1 and was laying the final pieces for my first win when there was a connection error and my win went bye-bye.
Lumination
'enry 'ollins
Realized playing 4p online vs tends to crater your unranked w/l ratio haha. Switched to unranked 1v1 and just kept getting people who would dc when close to a loss. On unranked too? Really? Missing basic rudamentary dc penalties sort of kills the online aspect for me.
Wow, I legitimately didn't think that ragequitting would be prevalent in this game.
Also, I went to Game today and they told me that they're getting physical shipments tomorrow. So I'm going to attempt to cancel my thegamecollection preorder somehow. It still hasn't been shipped yet, unfortunately, yet I could buy it off of the eShop today if I wanted to.
Solidus187
Member
Is there no version of Satan's theme/the DRMBM versus music in this game? I went through the first 15 or so seconds of all the BGMs and didn't hear it.
It's really stupid, but at least ranked properly penalizes DCers.
Lumination
'enry 'ollins
Oh really? That's great to hear. Is it considered a win for the remaining player?
I'm starting to get better at a Puyo Puyo, I can regularly get three chains now but that fourth chain 😭 I have a hard time building it and not accidently covering my trigger up. I'm just so much better at Tetris though so that's what I spend most of my time on multiplayer playing
Been playing a few matches online using Puyo since my Tetris game is limited and weak, and I was getting crushed against puyo players. I was able to get a few wins just making x2 combos with the rate x3 and x4 when things build up a bit more. A stream of those seems to capable of messing up clearly more experienced players than myself though I haven't played against anyone doing crazy T spins yet.
Same in Denmark.
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
You might want to try out the Endless Fever mode, it's basically a solo version of Big Bang, which under Puyo gives you pregenerated boards to solve. All of them have exactly one set of trigger Puyo that cascades the entire board, and the game lets you know if you succeeded or not (and rewards you with bigger or smaller boards henceforth). Try to play "spot the trigger" with them, then when you feel brave you can actually extend the prebuilt chains and make them even longer.
MikeBison
Member
Holy shit I'm so out of the loop on Tetris I never knew what T-spins were. Can't do them for the life of me and by trying to set them up I screw my whole game up. Feel I do better playing 'traditionally' and going for Tetris' and clearing the junk lines when they come my way.
Will I get totally blown up online if I'm not T-spinning?
Will I get totally blown up online if I'm not T-spinning?
Charles Brandon
Member
So much this. T-spins are hard as fuck and when you fuck them up, which is every time you attempt one, it tends to fuck you over in a major way.
bubaglobalj
Member
Nah I can't T-spin either and I won 5/5 so far.
You don't buy any of the characters, you'll simply unlock more by progressing through Adventure mode. The only thing you can buy in relation to them is alternative voice packs, though a lot of those are also unlocked via the story.
This game is so great. It's a really great package of different modes and has an awesome presentation. I love that they don't force you to play the newer stuff and you can just play an old school game of tetris or puyo with a friend if you want. And the mash-up modes work so well.
I'm surprised I like it this much considering I've played a lot of puyo and tetris before and this is just one more new entry in each.
I'm surprised I like it this much considering I've played a lot of puyo and tetris before and this is just one more new entry in each.
T-Spins aren't that hard to set up. Just align your pieces so that you have the "steps" into which a T piece will fit like this:
...and then block one of the corners with pretty much any piece. Then you just drop the T on its side and rotate. To set them up further just keep on the lookout for stuff you can turn into that "steps" shape and repeat.
I'm way better at Puyo now, can reliably do 5-6 chains with the sandwich pattern pretty happy that my training is paying off, I spent a substantial amount of time practicing with the demo and it absolutely worked.
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XX XX...and then block one of the corners with pretty much any piece. Then you just drop the T on its side and rotate. To set them up further just keep on the lookout for stuff you can turn into that "steps" shape and repeat.
I'm way better at Puyo now, can reliably do 5-6 chains with the sandwich pattern
pretty happy that my training is paying off, I spent a substantial amount of time practicing with the demo and it absolutely worked.
Charles Brandon
Member
T-Spins aren't that hard to set up. Just align your pieces so that you have the "steps" into which a T piece will fit like this:
Code:X X XX XX
...and then block one of the corners with pretty much any piece. Then you just drop the T on its side and rotate. To set them up further just keep on the lookout for stuff you can turn into that "steps" shape and repeat.
I'm way better at Puyo now, can reliably do 5-6 chains with the sandwich pattern
That's helpful. Thanks.
Also is it better to target combo or tetrises. A single tetris is equal to a combo of how many?
Ah that's good. Some games have you unlock the ability to buy characters instead of giving them to you outright so I wasn't spending any of my points.
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
I don't think so. There are 46 tracks in total. IIRC the only really old-school Puyo tracks that are unlocked in the later stages are these three:
Sticker of Puyo Puyo / MBM Exercise Mode
Puyo Puyo 2 Area C
Puyo Puyo 2 Final Area
Ahhhhhhh so happy that one made it in
Was my favourite track from Mean Bean Machine, just went to the sound test and found it as no.40Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
Surfin' beats?
Are there any other tracks in the game that are 16-bit-ish? I've been using track 36 just because I like the classic feeling, luckily it's pretty jammin'.
That's been my reading of it.