One tile-match puzzle game that arguably hasn't received enough attention on the Switch is Puyo Puyo Champions. Sega released this competitive take on the series earlier this year in May, but even it wasn't affordable enough to keep up with the popularity of Nintendo's online battle-royale game, Tetris 99.
If you did overlook Puyo Puyo Champions previously, now might be the time to check it out. Tomorrow Sega is adding in a Lessons Mode and Challenge Mode, as part of a free update. Yep, it's completely free! Take a look below:
Lessons Mode will sharpen your Puyo Puyo skills and is packed with literally "hundreds" of comprehensive lessons across four difficulties, while the Challenge Mode requires you to work through multiple challenges and earn some high scores.
If you're ready to take the plunge, the game will set you back $9.99 / £7.99. And if you're still not sure if this would be your kind of puzzle game, be sure to read our review, where we awarded it seven out of ten stars.
Will you be trying out this new update? Would you prefer to play Tetris 99? Tell us below.
[source twitter.com]
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I've tried Puyo-Puyo a few times and it's fun but I don't find it as intuitive and as fun as I find Tetris. Something about Tetris just really clicks for me.
I personally got my fix with Puyo Puyo Tetris, that was an awesome game.
Nice! I am a sucker for puzzle games, so I did buy this. This will give me a reason to revisit it.
I love Puyo and i got this on sale for $5!
Personally I don't think Puyo works well as a solo game, you can tell how this game was designed to be played competitively. When I payed the endless mode in Puyo Tetris it truly felt endless, like I just couldn't see any end to it so I had to end it on purpose.
If appreciate any puyo puyo lessons, I just don't get puyo puyo at all
I get Tetris.
I get Panel de Pon.
I get Columns.
I get Lumines.
I cannot, for the life of me, understand how to play Puyo Puyo. Hard pass.
Yes! Finally! I was wondering when the Challenge Mode update will land!
Now, I can safely delete my JP Puyo Puyo eSports game...
Would you prefer to play Tetris 99?
Honestly, as a huge Tetris fan, I gave up on 99 long ago. Sure, I've played it for the themes, but that's about it.
Tetris will always be better even if the game packs modes that poyo poyo champions has. Poyo poyo champtions needs something to bring me back and this is it. Between the Sega collection having a 16 bit game and the old arcade game being released for the switch and the Tetris version of the game there's just so many ways to play poyo poyo on the system which probably doesn't help this version.
I really really wish they would add a colour blind mode
Been playing Puyo Puyo Champions since its launch in May, bring on the update. Think I'm going to be checking out challenge mode myself, it looks like more single player content outside CPU battles.
@Heavyarms55 Same. I CAN play both, but Tetris feels very intuitive and satisfying to me, whereas Puyo-Puyo... it's like I have to spend a few minutes every time just trying to wrap my brain around the way the comboing system works. And I can still never really set up anything more elaborate than a two or three step combo.
@JayJ Of course - that's how Puyo is played. It is first and foremost a competitive game. Endless mode is really only for practicing chains - not really as a fulfilling game in its own right.
Just like Puyo Tetris, Puyo Champions contains Endurance Mode, which is the player versus endless opponents - this is the best way to play endless singleplayer Puyo.
This was totally worth the 500¥ introductory price they offered it for in Japan. The full price? Not so much, but we'll see how this new content pans out.
@EarthboundBenjy Yeah I could see that, like I said it really doesn't work as a solo game. Unlike Tetris you need to have some kind of competitive element.
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