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Posted: Feb 4th 2011 4:26PM romevi said

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Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine is a rip-off?

Posted: Feb 4th 2011 4:28PM Poifection said

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@romevi That's exactly the first thing I thought when I saw that screenshot. Wow. Learn something new everyday.
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Posted: Feb 4th 2011 4:28PM Epoque said

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Not if you consider that Compile, the creator's of Puyo Puyo, developed it.
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Posted: Feb 4th 2011 4:45PM moro said

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@Epoque

Yeah, they just re-skinned it for the US release.
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Posted: Feb 4th 2011 4:50PM LuigiHann said

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@romevi Yeah it's not a rip-off, just a re-skin. The same developer apparently licensed the game to be released on the Genesis as Mean Bean Machine, on the SNES as Kirby's Avalanche, and on PC as "Qwirks"... Sega adopted the series under its original name after the original developer closed.
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Posted: Feb 4th 2011 4:53PM Flapjackal said

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@romevi Kirby's Avalanche was the same lol, I still have this game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPfYSH0dE_I
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Posted: Feb 4th 2011 4:54PM Flapjackal said

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@LuigiHann This.
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Posted: Feb 4th 2011 4:35PM Ron Burgundy said

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I absolutely loved Dr. Robotnik's when I was younger. Probably because it made me hungry for jelly beans everytime I played it...

Posted: Feb 4th 2011 4:38PM CrashTunoku said

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Once again, Sega does what Nintendon't.

Posted: Feb 4th 2011 4:45PM John Z said

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Will this come to North America?

..................................pffft, hahahahaha, I almost said that with a straight face. Of course we won't get it, because it's far too cool for us to have it.

Posted: Feb 4th 2011 4:58PM Calatia said

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Nintendo wants to add multiplayer to a classic game. That's so cute.

Posted: Feb 4th 2011 5:02PM MV93 said

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Puyo Puyo is awesome. Great puzzler, and online multiplayer for this classic version would be amazing. It's just a shame it's taken this long to make a VC port without WFC support.

Posted: Feb 4th 2011 5:16PM Muu said

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Would be nice if they port PuyoPuyo2 instead. Matches can become pretty one-sided when you can't cancel blocks.

Posted: Feb 4th 2011 5:45PM Fahrbot said

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@Muu They really should port PuyoPuyo 2 to XBLA and PSN. I would buy it day 1.
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Posted: Feb 5th 2011 5:08AM Breakdown said

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I just got the Platinum trophy for the Sega Collection a couple weeks ago. Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine challenge took me FOREVER. Seriously, hours of playing the last freaking level over and over and over... but it was worth it. Quite a good puzzle game, for it's time.

Posted: Feb 5th 2011 2:06PM Peretz said

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I discovered the Puyo franchise with Puyo Puyo 4 for the Dreamcast and later played Puyo Puyo Box for the Playstation. My wife and I love to play Excavation mode (where you have to clear puyos to open a treasure box or, in later versions, activate a star).

Here's an example of Excavation mode gameplay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7BdkCjnl4U

Was the Excavation game mode included in the first Puyo Puyo?

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