Product information

Computer Platform

GameCube

ASIN

B00020BV2O

Release date

July 21, 2004

Customer Reviews

4.2 25 ratings

4.2 out of 5 stars

Best Sellers Rank

#131,738 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
#639 in GameCube Games

Product Dimensions

7.75 x 5.5 x 0.75 inches; 4.8 ounces

Type of item

Video Game

Rated

Everyone

Item model number

010086610307

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer

Yes

Item Weight

4.8 ounces

Manufacturer

"Sega of America, Inc."

Date First Available

May 5, 2004

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Product Description

Get those Puyos popping with Puyo Pop Fever, the latest in the series now available for GameCube. Puyo Pop Fever features multiple new elements including fever mode where the action speeds up. There are also new puzzle-piece types like triple and quadruple sets, a giant Puyo, 13 new characters and a new story line where you can play as Amitie. Go it alone on 3 crazy courses or take on a friend in multiplayer mode.

From the Manufacturer

The Puyos are dropping and you've only got seconds to create crazy combos and dump tons of Nuisance Puyos on your buddy. Things get even hotter in Fever Mode where you throw as many chains together as possible during Fever Time. When the giant Puyo appears, change its color and watch those triple and quadruple Puyo combos pop. You can go it alone with three crazy courses and a brand new Story Mode, or let a friend jump in at any time for total mayhem. This revamped classic Sega puzzler from Sonic Team will scramble your brain and steal your heart. Catch the fever!

Play as any one of 14 kooky new characters.
New puzzle pieces feature triple and quadruple sets.
Eye-popping 3D graphics enhance gameplay.
Practice in the original Puyo POP game without a time limit, opponent, or Nuisance Puyos.
Jump right into the action or learn advanced techniques in Tutorial Mode.

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4.2 out of 5

25 global ratings

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Customers like the ease of use, saying it's a game that casual gamers can enjoy. They also say the gameplay is very solid and the game is fun. Customers also like the different characters with different specialties. They like the voice acting, saying the characters are in English, which they prefer to the original Japanese.

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Customers find the game easy to use. They say it's a great game for puzzle fans, and a fun tetris-like game. They also say the gameplay is very solid, and the game is easy to play one or several in a row. Customers also say it’s intuitive to learn just by playing.

"...I personally found it pretty intuitive to learn just by playing. (Just remember that it's very important to make chains!!)..." Read more

"...These minor distractions aside, the gameplay is very solid. Fever mode is an interesting addition to the Puyo Puyo series...." Read more

"...It's somewhat reminiscent of the puzzle game Tetris, though there's not the same need to fill in spaces...." Read more

"...It's a game that casual gamers can enjoy, and It's a popular party game among my friends...." Read more

3 customers mention3 positive0 negative

Customers like the different characters with different specialties. They also like the style and the English voice overs, which they prefer to the original Japanese.

"I like the characters and style, but the story is a bit bland...." Read more

"...There are different characters with different specialties, though they can get a little irritating with the noises they make...." Read more

"...The character voices are in English, as well, which I prefer to the original Japanese...." Read more

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Excellent, fast-paced game!!!

Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2017

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This game is pretty obscure, at least in the United States. It wouldn't have entered my consciousness at all if it weren't for a cheap MP3 player I used to use having a version of this game on it. After playing it once, I was hooked. I knew that I wanted to play an actual console version of this game, and now I've purchased the GameCube version.

If you're unfamiliar with this game, it's kind of like Tetris as in pieces drop down on the screen in a vertical grid. Except you're not trying to clear a line; when Puyos (that's what they're called) drop down, you have to match up four of each color, then they go away and the ones above it fall. (In that respect, the game is kind of like Dr. Mario.) Chains/combos give you bonus points, and more importantly, they put more garbage pieces into your opponent's playing area. The two columns in the center (which have X's at the top to show this) cannot be filled past the top, and when they are, the game is over. Your goal is to essentially overload your opponent with garbage pieces so that they lose. There's a lot more to the game, like fever mode, but you can look up a gameplay video or tutorial to learn more. I personally found it pretty intuitive to learn just by playing. (Just remember that it's very important to make chains!!)

After seeing videos of other versions of this game, the only thing that surprised me about the GameCube port was that when you do a chain, the game will move the camera in 3D space to look closer to it for added dramatic effect, but that's the only time it's not in the expected 2D perspective. In all other ways, it looks nearly identical to the PC and Dreamcast versions from what I've seen.

As one last note, I am really not a fan of the English voice acting in this game, but the gameplay more than makes up for it. Also, you can switch the voices to the original Japanese, but unfortunately you can't turn the voices off completely. (Maybe I'm just used to having no voices from the MP3 player version of the game.)

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Alex Sterling

Candy Crush is not for me

Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2013

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I am a big fan of Dr. Robotniks Mean Bean Machine from back in the day and I wanted to try something more advanced. This game improves on the old mechanics in every way. You would think that Sega could not be able to improve this puzzle game enough to actually make a successor, but they have achieved it. I just wish this game didn't have such a girly girly/kindergarden/spongebob theme to it. Barf

Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2009

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Puyo Pop Fever is a fun tetris-like game. The objective is to match 4 of the same color puyos together, which eliminates them from your board and simultaneously attacks your opponent by dropping garbage puyos on their side. However, the real challenge is to create chains (combos) to attack your opponent, which grows exponentially in strength. IMO, the best way to preview the game (without buying/renting) is to watch some of the replays on Youtube. They give an authentic view of how the gameplay works.

The English voice-acting is somewhat bad, and the save feature is unintuitive (saving is not automatic, and the save button is found on the options screen). Also, the gamecube controller is not ideally suited for this type of game. Particularly, its analog control stick doesn't allow the precise, yet high-speed movement that Puyo Puyo games require.

These minor distractions aside, the gameplay is very solid. Fever mode is an interesting addition to the Puyo Puyo series. For beginners, Fever is perhaps a fun way to unleash high-chain attacks on your opponent. It's also a way to escape imminent defeat and perhaps counter incoming garbage puyos. For experts though, fever mode is intense; the prebuilt chains steadily rises to a 15-chain combo, and failing one of the chains is tantamount to defeat.

It's a very good game, if this type of gameplay appeals to you. Watch Youtube videos of it to see if you like it, and if you do buy the game, search the internet for some guides. Many of the more advanced game mechanics are not fully explained in the manual, but can easily be found with a quick internet search.

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Mike G

A fighting game in disguise

Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2008

I played this version and preferred it for PSP (though you'd have to import that) but this version is still really good.This game is crazy, you're fighting another person (or computer) in puzzle form. It's all about making combos to send colorless puyos to disrupt player 2's combos but, you can counter this by making your own combos right after building you up to a special mode called "Fever Mode" where stacks are set up for you to break creating huge chain combos to break and send to your opponent. It's fast, it's crazy, and a ton of fun, grab it for any system; PSP, GBA, DS Gamecube.

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M. Sobolewski

poor excuse for tetris

Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2007

this game was pretty lame. it comes off as a tetris wanna be, but very poorly. go for something else.

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A.

I like the characters and style

Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2015

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I like the characters and style, but the story is a bit bland. It's the ultimate version of Puyo Pop, but like the other branded versions, it's kind of hard. You can't take it easy ever because the computer opponent will crush you. It IS a puzzle game, but it still feels a bit light for a Game Cube console game.

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Sunny Sewing Honeybee

Favorite GameCube game!

Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2012

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This is my favorite GameCube game (though I use it with the Nintendo Wii). It's somewhat reminiscent of the puzzle game Tetris, though there's not the same need to fill in spaces. In the game, you try to connect liked-colored blobs, called Puyo. The best thing to do is create chain-reactions, so that dropping some will cause other-colored ones to drop onto and touch their own matching colors, thus popping them. It's a race against time. Once the Puyo reach the top, the game is over.

You can play against a friend and have a race, which is the most fun to do, since your actions will impact their game. Thankfully, it's possible to select different skill levels for each of you to make it more fair. These games are really quick, so it's easy to play one or several in a row. There are different characters with different specialties, though they can get a little irritating with the noises they make. The least annoying to me is Onion, who just utters little statements like, "Onion, onion!" when Puyo pop; another character says a cute little "ribbit." Keeping the volume low helps, and their noises aren't enough to detract from overall game enjoyment.

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