After some intense fighting and shmuping retro weeks, a change of pace is in order: a match-three puzzle game is on the menu for next week's HAMSTER Neo Geo release. Developed by Face, and published in 1994, Gururin sees you trying your best to match at least three people wearing the same colour vestments with a literal 'twist': Instead of rotating said people, you rotate the square container in which they are being stored - which opens up rather unusual matching possibilities. We're still unsure if the game is some sort of society critique to modern office life or just some lighthearted, often psychedelic nonsense fun.
Gururin will be released on 12th April 12th set you back the usual $7.99 / €6.99 / £6.29. It will join up with the likes of Magical Drop III and Puyo Puyo Tetris to bolster the Switch puzzle library. Will you be shuffling people around a rotating square next week? Match your comments below.
[source japanesenintendo.com]
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Huh. Never played this. So I'll definitely grab it and try it out.
Neogeo puzzle game with cute characters who wave their arms in panic and couch multiplayer?
SOLD!
Glad I watched the video,never seen this before. Cheers 😊
Looks cool, but Magical Drop III is still the king of puzzlers IMO.
There you go, a non-fighter NEOGEO game for those burnt out on NEOGEO fighters.
Crazy, I can't find this game on Giant Bomb's wiki! I've never come across a game that isn't on their database. I couldn't even find it by looking at all games published by FACE.
I really hope that this means that HAMSTER will port over FACE's other big Neo Geo puzzler, Money Puzzle Exchanger!
I have never even heard of this... very intrigued now!
Very different choice for this next release.
Never heard of it either but I’m always down for a good 3-match puzzler!
Another for the wishlist 👍
Never heard of this one actually. Looks alright, and I could go for another puzzle game. I’ll wait for a review.
I strongly recommend checking out some of the dedicated Neo Geo youtube sites with reviews of this game. A lot of people actively hate this game. It's also considered too difficult and unfair in it's mechanics. I may still pick it up as an example of when great ideas go wrong, and just because there is literally no other game like it. You may be better served by Magical Drop or the truly rather wonderful Gunbarich.
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