Puyo Puyo TSU

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Puyo Puyo TSU (ぷよぷよ通, also known as Puyo Puyo 2, Puyo Puyo Tsuu or Puyo Puyo 2: Tsuu) is the sequel to Puyo Puyo, made in 1994 by Compile. Compile put more thought into this game after its predecessor became successful, but never knew how much of a turnaround the game would bring. Due to its highly acclaimed success, it became the most predominant game of the series. Though with many of its rules being experimental, the ability of Sousai and Rensa Shibari became a top hit immediately, thus creating longer matches for better gameplay. Also due to its successes, it became the most widely known multiplatform game in Japan, appearing on 12 domestic consoles, and on the PC. It was re-released for the Wii's Virtual Console on March 10, 2008 under the "Import" category, at a cost of 900 Wii Points.

The name of Puyo Puyo TSU comes from an English pun, as "tsu" (as written in its kanji form, means expert), when spoken aloud, sounds similar to the English word "two". Compile continued this pun for Puyo Puyo SUN.

When released in the Arcade in 1994, it became the biggest arcade game to have been played in Japan since the arrival of Street Fighter II. After this massive success, Compile became more confident in releasing domestic versions, all of which were very successful indeed. The most successful of them was Super Puyo Puyo TSU for the Super Famicom, which sold around 10,000 units in the first week of release, even though it was later than that of the Sega Mega Drive version. This was because it was Compile's first attempt at a 4 player game for a domestic console, and it proved to be a huge success.

TSU also first introduced Rule Henka, to send more powerful chains and make the game more challenging.

The PC version of Puyo Puyo TSU was the only version to include a separate Nazo Puyo quest, as the CD versions (more notably, Puyo Puyo TSU CD for the NEC PC-Engine) had a "cut-down" version included into them.

To show the success of Puyo Puyo TSU, in the Sega Ages 2500 series for the PlayStation 2, Sega released a version entitled Puyo Puyo TSU PERFECT SET, which paid tribute to one of the most popular versions, the Sega Saturn version.

It has been integrated into Puyo Puyo Fever as its Classic mode (only available in multiplayer), and still remains to be a firm favourite among many Puyo players, fans, experts, and champions today.

Only one version of Puyo Puyo TSU was internationally released, and that was Puyo Pop for the NeoGeo Pocket, which was the first Puyo Puyo game released outside Japan. Minna de Puyo Puyo for the GBA however, used the same rules as Puyo Puyo TSU, and retained a single and multicart 4 player mode. For Multicart battles, each player could choose which character they wanted to be. It was severely cut for singlecart mode, but still featured the classic side of Puyo Puyo TSU. In addition, the game also featured many of the music themes from Puyo Puyo TSU.

The Mega Drive version was released on the Wii's Virtual Console download service in Japan on April 24, 2007. It was released in North America on the Virtual Console on March 10, 2008. The North American release was not translated, and is identical to the original Japanese version.

Contents 1 Courses 1.1 PSX version 1.2 Other versions 2 Puyo Clearings 3 Bugs

Courses

PSX version

1. Lycanthrope
2. Scylla
3. Incubus
4. Cockatrice
5. Skeleton T
6. Will o Wisp
7. Sukiya Podes
8. Trio the Banshee
9. Nomi
10. Momomo
11. Baromett
12. Mini Zombie
13. Panotty
14. Uroko Sakana Bito
15. Nohoho
16. Cait Sith
17. Fufufu
18. Mummy
19. Owlbear
20. Sasori Man
21. Samurai Mole
22. Harpy
23. Parara
24. Nasu Grave
25. Zombie
26. Suketoudara
27. Mamono
28. Witch
29. Pakista
30. Dragon
31. Minotaur
32. Draco Centaur
33. Zoh Daimaoh
34. Schezo Wegey
35. Rulue
36. Satan

Other versions

Other versions of TSU drop the arcade style gameplay and allow selecting an opponent from a range each level. You advance level when you achieve a certain score.

Level 1

Skeleton-T, Will o Wisp, Sukiya Podes, Trio the Banshee, Nomi, Momomo, Baromett, Mini Zombie (Masked Satan if you don't have enough points to pass the floor and booted out afterward)

Level 2

Panotty, Uroko Sakana Bito, Nohoho, Cait Sith, Fufufu, Mummy (Owlbear if you don't earn enough points to pass the floor)

Level 3

Sasori Man, Samurai Mole, Harpy, Parara, Nasu Grave (Zombie if you don't earn enough points to pass the floor)

Level 4

Suketoudara, Mamono, Witch, Pakista (Dragon if you don't earn enough points to pass the floor)

Level 5

Draco Centauros, Minotauros (Zoh Daimaoh if you don't earn enough points to pass the floor)

Level 6

Schezo Wegey, Rulue, Satan (Masked Satan if you earn 180,000 points and don't use any continues)

Puyo Clearings

Certain characters have special and unique puyo clearing animations.

Nothing: Lycanthrope, Scylla, Incubus, Cockatrice, Skeleton T, Sukiyapodes, Mini Zombie, Zombie

Wisp type: Will o Wisp

Fireworks type: Banshee Trio, Baromett, Draco Centauros (Kodomo Dragon has a similar type in SUN)

Puchitsu type: Nomi

Coin type: Momomo, Fufufu, Parara, Pakista (Nohoho uses exact same type in SUN)

Landslide type: Mummy, Nasu Grave Zoh Daimaoh,

Musical Note type: Panotty, Harpy (Lolo & Lala use exact same in Kirby's Avalanche)

Bubble type: Uroko Sakana Bito, Suketoudara

Ladle type: Nohoho

Carbuncle type: Cait Sith, Minotauros, Satan, Masked Satan

Ching-package type: Owlbear

Tornado type: Sasoriman, Dragon, Schezo Wegey

Slice type: Samurai Mole (Schezo uses exact same in SUN)

Star type: Mamono, Witch

Kanji type: Rulue

Bugs

These were found in the Sega MegaDrive version of the game. They may or may not be in others.

Falling speed bug

In the later levels (level 5 and above), puyo actually fall more slowly if you hold down than if you don't. This is because there are set values for the falling speed in each level, and the speed in levels 5 and 6 happen to be even faster than the fixed speed for holding down. This bug was emulated exactly in Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary for the fight against Satan on "normal" difficulty.

Leftover puyo on winning screen

Sometimes, you will place a puyo at such coincidental timing when the opponent dies that the board is cleared to show the winning screen on the same frame as the placed puyo is burned onto the board and VDP plane. The result is a lone puyo sitting at the bottom of the winning screen after all the others have disappeared.

Games
Madou:	Puyo Puyo • TSU • SUN • YON • Minna
Fever:	Fever • Fever 2 • 15th Anni • 7
Modsets:	Fever Redux
Fangames:	Sinoc's series • Mania • Neo