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Nontan to Issho: Kuru-kuru Puzzle

Nontan to Issho: Kuru Kuru Puzzle is a game based on a children’s anime and book series telling the story of a young kitten and his animal friends. It is a block puzzle game the likes of Tetris and Baku Baku…

18 April 1994

Nontan to Issho: Kuru-kuru Puzzle is a puzzle developed by Tao Human Systems, released 18 April 1994 on Game Boy.

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What Nontan to Issho: Kuru-kuru Puzzle is

Nontan to Issho: Kuru-kuru Puzzle is a puzzle game developed by Tao Human Systems and released in 1994. It was published by Victor Interactive Software. It is available on Game Boy only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Nontan to Issho: Kuru Kuru Puzzle is a game based on a children’s anime and book series telling the story of a young kitten and his animal friends. It is a block puzzle game the likes of Tetris and Baku Baku Animal, where the goal is to stack blocks in a way that matching ones are connected and therefore disappear. Unlike in Tetris games though, the blocks cannot be rotated – they can instead be flipped around to reveal different blocks on the reverse side. There’s also the usual bonus blocks that remove entire rows, as is common in this genre. A two-player mode is also featured, even though unlike what usually happens in two-player gameplay of puzzle games, the actions of one player will…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Nontan series

Nontan to Issho: Kuru-kuru Puzzle is the first of 5 entries we hold in the Nontan series. The next entry was Nontan to Issho: Nohara de Asobo in 1994.

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What it launched against

Nontan to Issho: Kuru-kuru Puzzle launched on 18 April 1994, within three weeks of Final Fantasy III, FINAL FANTASY VI, Sensible World of Soccer and Magic Carpet.

Released around the same time: Final Fantasy III, FINAL FANTASY VI, Sensible World of Soccer, Magic Carpet.

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Nontan to Issho: Kuru-kuru Puzzle — frequently asked questions

When did Nontan to Issho: Kuru-kuru Puzzle come out?
Nontan to Issho: Kuru-kuru Puzzle was released on 18 April 1994 for Game Boy.
Does Nontan to Issho: Kuru-kuru Puzzle have multiplayer?
Yes. Nontan to Issho: Kuru-kuru Puzzle supports multiplayer.

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