Every 5 years since 2006, there has been a game released celebrating an anniversary of the Puyo Puyo franchise. This game was released to mark the 20th anniversary of the franchise and featured characters from all 3 generations of the games. The Madou Monogatari era, the Fever era, and lastly the Puyo 7 era. The anniversary games often feature strange and unusual modes, and this game is no different. New modes include windmill, slot, and SUN. (which is the rule set of the 3rd main series Puyo game, Puyo Puyo SUN) The Story mode starts with 1 available character, the protagonist of Puyo Puyo 7. After beating a series of character matches as this character, 3 more scenarios are unlocked and each one offers a unique story. The game play is virtually the same as 15th, but features more modes and lets you choose your game mode before a story match. The controls are very smooth and the game is very high-paced, but still relaxing to play. The 2D art of the game is very charming and gives a lot of personality to the characters. Other visuals such as backgrounds and Puyo skins make the game incredibly pleasing to look at. Because of the story mode variety and many modes, it offers a lot of game play choices. The game features multiplayer with up to 4 players (8 on the DS port.) and can get very frantic especially if everyone can make large chains and know how to play a good match. The animations always leave the player satisfied after that big chain they've been working on the whole match. The game features subtle difficulty ramping but the idea and concept of the game play mechanics are very easy to grasp and make for fun learning experiences (such as learning you can't offset damage in Puyo 1 rules). This game is very addictive, and I would know, considering I got my first Puyo game just 1 year before posting this review, and I still play it to this day.

Mm, I didn't know this game existed. I've only actually played one game in the series, but it was pretty fun.

Thanks for posting the review!