Puyopuyo!! Quest

''Puyopuyo!! Quest'' (ぷよぷよ!!クエスト) and ''Puyopuyo!! Quest Arcade'' (ぷよぷよ!!クエスト アーケード), are two free-to-play puzzle role-playing video games developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the iOS, Android, Kindle Fire and Arcade, released in Japan.

The game features the characters from the ''Puyo Puyo'' series, and also featured guest characters from several Japanese franchises like ''Detective Conan'', '' Sailor Moon'', My Melody, ''Doraemon'', and '' Sonic the Hedgehog''.

''Puyopuyo!! Quest'' can be linked to its companion arcade game, ''Puyopuyo!! Quest Arcade''. It supports ALL.Net system, and uses Sega's Aime Card to store player data and game progress, which adds a new card to the player's inventory.

Gameplay

The game offers an experience similar to several puzzle role-playing games like ''Puzzle & Dragons'', with a playability different from traditional Puyo Puyo games. The player deletes five types of "Puyo" (red, blue, green, yellow and purple) on a 6x8 square matrix puzzle screen by finger swiping. When four or more puyos of the same color are connected vertically or horizontally, they disappear and their actions are linked to make an ally card attack, corresponding to the color of each card. The board is constantly filling as the player deletes Puyos.

Card collection

As a gacha game, the player can collect character and item cards to improve them by combining them. These cards can be obtained by completing matches, or by redeeming them with tickets, or magic stones present in the game (the latter can be purchased with real money).

Board elements

* Coloured Puyos, the main element of the game. When you match four or more adjacent Puyos horizontally or vertically, they disappear, giving attack points.
* Heart Box, which is popped by popping adjacent Puyos, recovering health points to the player's characters.
* Chance Puyos, that appears when making a 6 chain or higher, or popping 16 or more Puyos simultaneously. By cleaning that Puyo, a "large chain chance" similar to Fever mode is activated, with pre-formed chains, in order to get more attack points.
* Nuisance Puyos, which some enemy cards with certain skills can transform the players Puyos into nuisance Puyos. These cannot be cleaned by sliding your finger, but by cleaning adjacent Puyos. A variant is the nuisance Puyos, which the adjacent Puyos must be popped once to clean them.
* Prism ball, which will appear thanks to the abilities of certain characters. These objects can be cleaned by deleting adjacent Puyos, giving attack points to the whole player's team.

Game modes

* One-player quest, where then player can choose between several missions, in which they faces a series of characters controlled by the CPU, in one or more stages. The player must form a team of up to 9 characters, in which the player must strengthen over time in order to win further matches; In most games, the player can choose a guild mate's character, that will be added to the in-game team. Each game is played with up to 5 characters at a time, plus the sixth guild mate character. Certain combinations of members allow to enhance their abilities. Some prizes are given to the player depending on their performance.
* Cooperative multiplayer, where the player plays with up to three more partners (chosen randomly), in a series of missions against the CPU.
* Versus multiplayer, where the player chooses an opponent and plays against the CPU using the selected opponent's team in a limited-time game. The player must form a team of 9 characters, which will play three-on-three at time. The team that beats all the opponent's characters, or the player that has more health points at the time end, wins the game. The player accumulates stars to open a chest with prizes, as well as advancing in the world rankings, depending on their performance.
* Event matches, available during limited-time events. The player chooses the difficulty level, and accumulates points according to their performance, which will result in prizes at the end of those events.

Collab events

The game has been characterized by bringing various Japanese franchises jointly organizing collaborative events with other companies, usually to promote a new anime or video game. Some notable events are:

* , as part of a collaboration program between Sega and Sanrio, featuring My Melody. It took place between January 18 and 24, 2016
* (''Detective Conan''), September 20–27, 2017.
* ( Hatsune Miku), March 12–18, 2018.
* , collaboration to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Snow Miku.
* (Chibiusa from '' Sailor Moon''), March 18–24, 2019.
* (Arale from ''Dr. Slump''), July 15–21, 2019.
* , event to commemorate the 20th anniversary of ''Ojamajo Doremi'' franchise. It took place between November 15 and 24, 2019.
* , event to promote the new video game '' Project Sakura Wars''). It took place between December 6 and 16, 2019.

Reception

Sega Networks claimed that ''Puyopuyo!! Quest'' received over 12 million downloads as of January 2015.

''Puyopuyo!! Quest'' and ''Puyopuyo!! Quest Arcade'' were nominated for a CEDEC Award in 2014 in the Game Design department, citing the ingenious linkage of the smartphone and arcade games creates a fulfilling play cycle for players. The pair did not receive highest accolade award, which was given to ''Kantai Collection''.

Status

While the ''Puyopuyo!! Quest'' servers remain online as of April 2021, it was announced in early 2017 that the ''Puyopuyo!! Quest Arcade'' servers would be terminated on 1 April of that year, 03:59. Since the announcement, playing the game via arcade cabinets was made impossible.

In other media

PuyoQue Cafe

is a limited time concept cafe establishment, featuring decoration and menu items inspired by the game's characters. The first installment was opened in Shibuya from September to November 2014, later extended to December the same year. A second installment opened from February to May 2015 at six locations across Japan, including Osaka, Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Ikebukuro, Nagoya and Miyagi.

References

External links

Official site

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