Puyo Puyo BOX is a compilation video game developed by Compile for the Sony PlayStation. It is Compile's last recognised Puyo Puyo title in the series before Sega obtained the rights.
Gameplay
Puyo Puyo BOX has a plethora of game modes available to the user. It houses the Sega Megadrive versions of Puyo Puyo and Puyo Puyo 2, as well as a Madou Monogatari-style quest mode in which the player plays as Arle and battles against members of the other cast in Puyo Puyo matches. It also houses a Stage Clear mode in which you have to face either 10, 20, or 30 opponents, as well as two multiplayer modes which can be played with either other players or AI substitutes.
Stage Clear Mode Opponents
When the player plays the 10-man mode, they'll fight 10 randomly selected characters of the following in the order shown:
- Skeleton-T
- Mini Zombie
- Mummy
- Archan
- Incubus
- Will-o-Wisp
- Lycanthrope
- Nasu Grave
- Panotty
- The Banshee Trio
- Baromett
- Cait Sith
- Fufufu
- Nomi
- Parara
- Draco Centauros
- Sukiyapodes
- Pakista
You'll always fight these characters as the last 3 on this route:
The 20-Man route has the player face 7 of the previous route's opponents (except Satan), as well as adding 13 at random of the following in this order:
- Momomo
- Honey Bee
- Harpy
- Panotty (Yo~n)
- Serilly (Tsu, named Uroko Sakana Bito)
- Cockatrice
- Sasoriman
- Scylla
- Samurai Mole
- Suketoudara
- Kikimora
- Nohoho
- Beast Draco
- Choppun
- Kodomo Dragon
- Zombie
- Dark Witch
- Mamono
- Minotauros
- Dragon
The player will always fight these characters as the last 5 on this route:
The 30-man route pits the player against 10 of the 10-man route (except Satan), 10 of the 20-man route (except the final 5 of the route), and 10 more characters randomly selected from the following in this order:
- Black Kikimora
- Incubus (Yo~n)
- Serilly
- Harpy (Yo~n)
- Nohoho (Yo~n)
- Owlbear
- Draco (Yo~n)
- Kikimora (Yo~n)
- Witch (Yo~n)
- Succubus
- Zoh Daimaoh
- Dragon (Yo~n)
- Minotauros (Yo~n)
- Lagnus (Yo~n)
- Arle Nadja
- Carbuncle
The player will always fight these characters as the last 5 of this route:
- Chico
- Schezo (Yo~n)
- Doppelganger Arle (Yo~n)
- Rulue (Yo~n)
- Masked Satan
Benchmark?
Despite being the last of the series released by Compile, it enjoyed great success, and is a sought after game for any collector and fan of the series. The key point in the Puyo Puyo gameplay of BOX is that the player can choose a ruleset from either Puyo Puyo, Puyo Puyo Tsu (with countering), Puyo Puyo SUN (with countering and SUN puyos dropping after each counter), and Puyo Puyo~n (with countering and a special gauge, with a select number of specials for the player to choose before a game begins). This can effectively lead to four-player battles where each player plays with independent or mixed rules. This game also allowed for team battles to take place. A special multiplayer mode was made available in this game, known as "Treasure Mode", which was adapted in Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary as its Excavation Mode to pay homage to the idea.
For the Quest mode itself, it allowed the player to customise the armoury in ways in which made Arle stronger with a double-edged sword effect. You could remove the Puyo Rings in order to beef up her attack at the expense of being unable to see your next pieces for example, and the amount of experience gained and gold won was relative to how big a chain was scored and how quickly the opponent was defeated. These modes proved to be successful, and allowed Compile to bow out gracefully.
It is attributed by many fans as the ultimate collection in the series, more so than its Sega counterpart.
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