Puyo Puyo Champions
Easy to learn, tough to master! Jump straight into fast-paced puzzle action with features fit for both friendly rivalries and competitive tournaments in Puyo Puyo Champions. Challenge your friends and family…
Puyo Puyo Champions is a puzzle developed by Sonic Team, released 25 October 2018 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Arcade.
What Puyo Puyo Champions is
Puyo Puyo Champions is a puzzle game developed by Sonic Team and released in 2018. It was published by Sega. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Arcade and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Puyo Puyo Champions also features 24 playable characters, complete with their own distinct AI behavior and Fever drop pattern, though some of these characters simply reuse the existing AI of characters not appearing in the game as playable. These characters include fan-favorites from the original Compile game series such as Arle Nadja and Dark Prince, as well as newer characters such as Ally, who debuted in the Japan-only Nintendo 3DS game Puyo Puyo Chronicle. The 2.02 update, released in August 2020, added two hidden characters, Rafisol and Paprisu, each of whom can be selected by inputting a specific button combination while selecting character. The game also allows players to personalize…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Puyo Puyo series
Puyo Puyo Champions is the 95th of 102 entries we hold in the Puyo Puyo series. The next entry was Sega Ages Puyo Puyo in 2019. Its critic score of 72 is 4 points below the series average of 76. The highest-rated entry is Puyo Pop at 84.
How it was received
Puyo Puyo Champions holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 42% of the 2,791 rated puzzle games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 3 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Puyo Puyo Champions launched on 25 October 2018, within three weeks of Red Dead Redemption 2, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Return of the Obra Dinn and Assassin's Creed Odyssey. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Red Dead Redemption 2, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Return of the Obra Dinn, Assassin's Creed Odyssey.
Official trailer
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