• An immersive story with full Japanese vocals and English subtitles
• Simple match-three gameplay separated into short stages and quests
• A personalized room that players can decorate and interact with cats in

Sir TapTap said:

So I finished the first 10 levels of Nekoburo: Cats Block, so here's some impressions/info:

• It's a somewhat standard tile matching game a la Puyo Puyo for better or worse.
• You can store powerups to clear horiz/vert lines or clear a 3x3 grid around a cat.
• Cats can also spawn with power ups.
• Story levels all have set objectives like clear this many of this color of cat, get this many chains.
• Levels switch up speed, color count and such to mix things up, good variety so far.
• There's ranks for the level, best I have is SS. Seems based on score not time, I cleared one insanely quickly and got a B.
• Music is pretty good and cute too, new track every 10 levels it seems.
• Story is simple and cute as expected. Fully voice acted...in Japanese. You can skip it if you prefer.
• You can play around with the cats with toys or drag them around at the home menu. Not a full on minigame but a cute distraction
• There's a "survival mode" I haven't unlocked yet but is probably the standard Tetris style endless level.
• There's some minorly awkward english but nothing that's prevented me from playing.
• Insanely adorable.

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Sir TapTap said:

In case anyone wants to score run, I just got 93700 points and rank 54 in 10 minutes on Survival. Pretty good IMO but at the end I got closed in real bad. Still not sure how to use the last 2 power ups (color change and rainbow block). I think if a leaf/apple/bell breaks the rainbow block it's a full clear.

edit: OMG I was 7k points away from a new furniture unlock with that score, arg.

edit 2: Despite no apparent notification and the manual save button in Options, the game does autosave.

Also, press buttons while the game's loading to change the cat's animation.

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Acquiescence said:

Oh cool, you're playing it already. So what do you think, any good? Worth buying at £6.49?

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wilflare said:

how did you get the game so fast SirTapTap! - review code?

and yes #BestOnVita

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Sir TapTap said:

Gets pretty hard in the latter half of Stage 4, my time estimate may have been a bit optimistic.

I feel sorry for them launching on a day where PSN was screwed for half the day in the US

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Start off trying to clear horiz rows of 3 on BOTH sides of the central pillar at the very bottom, this will keep the sand blocks down. Of course use any horiz/3x3 clears trying to remove the pillar if you can. Don't be afraid to use a horiz/3x3 clear if it will keep you alive--bells WILL eventually come down from random cats in this level, not super common but more often than usual. If you can clear the central column somewhat early you should basically have it in the bag since the other columns won't directly kill you.

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Firestorm ZERO said:

Finished and got 100% of trophies. It was an alright game. Nothing really special compared to other puzzle games. Getting some stages with SS rank is sometimes pretty hard and requires some luck.

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