If you're too tight to shell out for Puyo Puyo Tetris, then you might be interested to know that you can get your Puyo Puyo fix within Sonic Mania, any time you want.
Yes it's possible to unlock your own little version of Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine in Sonic Mania. You'll just need to collect 20 silver medals in order to unlock the Mean Bean mode.
Of course getting 20 silver medals isn't as simple as it sounds. You will need to locate and successfully complete a Blue Sphere bonus stage in order to get a silver medal. Should you manage to collect all the rings on the bonus stage then you will be granted with a gold medal. We assume a mixture of silver and gold medals will unlock the Mean Bean mode so long as you manage to grab 20 medals.
Let us know if you've managed to unlock this coveted mode yet with a comment below.
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I kinda want to unlock the AOSTH Robotnik design and music.
You all know why. Dont judge me.
Nice, i am loving this game more and more
@BLP_Software Snooping as usual I see!
This is one of the sickest tracks in the entire sonic series, and it's for a Puyo Puyo style game. This sounds like it should be for the "Final" Final Boss of a game lol
Just wanted to let all of you who said there was no point in the Switch being portable, this game is helping me to prove you wong.
At home, in bed, at work, on the John, even ended up playing split screen 2 player at my daughter's gymnastics practice with random strangers "roof top party style".
Thank you Nintendo
Cripes, there are medals for collecting all the rings? That's a bit nasty, since you have to ensure the last sphere you get doesn't produce any.
It wasn't that hard to get all 32 gold medals for me, but S3&K was one of the first video games I ever played as a young one, so Blue Sphere is like second nature to me.
I love Puyo Puyo, so for me this is an awesome bonus.
This makes me hope that Sega releases more Puyo Puyo Games in the west.
"If you're too tight to shell out for Puyo Puyo Tetris..."
Or have a region-locked 3DS/Wii U.
I unlocked it within the first day of playing. What can I say, I'm really good at Blue Sphere. These last five levels though...
Please could article headlines about secrets/easter eggs be a little more subtle than this? I like to maintain a bit of surprise in my games.
@Ishi There is no such thing in 2017
@Rafx cool, you have got to tell me what happened when you pulled it out at the gymnastics, had they even ever heard of a switch? Where these Gamers? Or were these just random parents that hadn't played since they were kids?
@Danrenfroe2016
It ended up being me and 3 other adults plus their kids as they finished up their lessons. One guy had no clue the others were either gamers or had in the past.
So it was a mix of people and a few on lookers that would stop and ask questions.
I have to admit it was unlike anything I have experienced in 30+ years of gaming.
Got it yesterday. Another great extra to kill some time with.
At least this is something Nintendo had never done before with the Super Mario game. There was never a Dr. Mario boss fight in any Super Mario game.
Thanks for continuing to spoil every hidden detail of Sonic Mania, NintendoLife. I'd hate to be surprised by a game, my heart might not take it.
I'm like super good at Blue Sphere, so this should be no problem.
NL just can't win. If they keep the title vague, readers complain of click bait, and if they make it more specific, readers complain of spoilers...
@ShadJV
Nintendo Life should just make a new category/topic for spoiler related articles.
If we have one for something as specific as Princess Peach, a spoiler topic should be fine.
Beat all the stages, got gold on about half of them. Im just wondering what getting ALL gold will unlock.
@Rafx that's really great.
Did any of them know what it was before you told them? Like did they know it was a switch a Nintendo switch?
Because I have noticed that when I was a kid everyone knew what a Nintendo Game Boy was. Then fast forward 20 years and not even every kid knows what a 3DS is? And I would probably say that was probably the same for the DS the Gameboy Advance they probably did know what it was though.
I guess what I'm wondering and what I'm getting at is is right now we have so many options to waste our time with you no like Facebook on your phone or crappy games on your phone or looking at the internet on your phone and listening to music with your little iPod and all that it's almost like information overload so in a sense there will not be as many people that even know about current handheld gaming devices as there is so many other options to take up your time....
Crazy huh
And in turn, this could help shift some copies of Puyo Puyo Tetris. I wonder if that was the intention? lol
Loved Mean bean machine back in the day, really great extra
I believe this is the only time I've ever seen a game referencing a past spin-off game that was a rebranded localization of a game from an entirely different series.
It would be like if the upcoming Yoshi game on Switch had a boss battle where you played a match of Tetris Attack a.k.a. Panel De Pon.
Or you could just buy Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine on 3ds in the eShop for $2.99 and save yourself the trouble of unlocking it. 👍
@Seanmyster6 actually, in animal crossing new leaf welcome amiibo, you can play Tetris attack (or puzzle league or whatever generic name they called it) just by scoring a 3ds in the game which is super easy, either you can scan in an animal crossing amiibo to get it or get a ticket with coins in the shop that may unlock one.
Unlocked Mean Bean with no effort, not that it matters. I have Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine on various compilations including Sega Mega Drive & Genesis Classics on Steam. It is not hard to find it cheap.
@VR32F1END
You get to play Blue Sphere whenever you like...kind of a lame unlockable if you ask me.
@Ishi not trying to be rude but curious how the words "How To Unlock Mean Bean Mode" wasn't a dead give away that there was a spoiler coming?
@Scotty78 My concern was that just the title "How To Unlock Mean Bean Mode in Sonic Mania" gives away one of the game's cool surprises, even for those who don't click on the article.
@RainbowGazelle … But Sonic Mania isn't available on those platforms, so this isn't an alternative. But if you have a Switch to play Sonic Mania, then you can buy Puyo Puyo Vs Tetris.
@Dazza "We assume a mixture of silver and gold medals will unlock the Mean Bean mode so long as you manage to grab 20 medals."
Annoyingly, I can confirm that this is NOT the case; I just obtained my 20th medal (composed of 11 gold and 9 silver) and no Bean Machine. It seems you really do have to obtain 20 silver. Can't help but wonder if the only exception would be if you ONLY obtain gold medals (meaning, once you have all 36 medal slots filled in with gold, having never grabbed a single silver, would that automatically unlock it?)
Anyway, it's pretty bloody frustrating that I apparently have to "git bad" to unlock something in a video game >_<
@Dazza Er, ok, after playing a bit more just now and getting 3 more silvers (for a total of 23 medals altogether: 11 gold 12 silver) Mean Bean Machine unlocked. I don't know.
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