Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary (Nintendo DS)

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It's the fifteenth anniversary of a game where you line up blobs in chains of four, now with more rulesets and some characters from the Compile-era games returning.

Puyo Puyo Sniper#

Watch on YouTubeThere is a game mode in the "Special Price" version called "Puyo Puyo Sniper". It was unused in the original version release, but SEGA added it as an unlockable minigame in the budget re-release. Use this Action Replay code to unlock everything and beat the game. It is the third menu in options.

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Leftover/Test Graphics#

This game is full of unused and leftover files, many of which contain leftover and test graphics in them.

staffroll/staff_puz_bace_g.ntft staffroll/staff_puz_parts00.ntft staffroll/staff_puz_finish00_map_bmp.dat staffroll/staff_puz_white_g.ntft Graphics that depict a slide puzzle. They're found in the staff roll folder, so this puzzle was going to be played during the credits, but was scrapped in the end.

staffroll/test_bmp.a A test graphic of some sorts.

test/TestData.narc/TestData_000 test/TestData.narc/TestData_093 Leftover graphics from the DS version of Puyo Puyo Fever.

test/TestData.narc/TestData_002 A screenshot of a battle using a placeholder background field.

test/TestData.narc/TestData_009 test/TestData.narc/TestData_010 test/TestData.narc/TestData_012 test/TestData.narc/TestData_014 test/TestData.narc/TestData_016 test/TestData.narc/TestData_018 Various test textures.

test/TestData.narc/TestData_074 Placeholder background for a multiplayer menu.

test/TestData.narc/TestData_023 test/TestData.narc/TestData_020 Screenshots of a prototype character select screen. Carbuncle was selectable here, and Amitie oddly has Baldanders' dropset and power type.

ingame/Ingame.narc/Ingame_192 ingame/Ingame.narc/Ingame_193_198 Placeholder field backgrounds. The former is seen in the previous battle screenshot and the graphic for it is present in the other versions of 15th as well, while the latter is used in Sniper Puyo.

mainmenu/LessonMenu/lesson_menu.narc/lesson_menu_01 A screenshot from the Xbox 360 game Dead or Alive Xtreme 2.

mainmenu/LessonMenu/lesson_menu.narc/lesson_menu_04 Photo of Yuji Naka.

objcse/testcse.narc/testcse_0, testcse_1, testcse_2, testcse_3 objcse/testcse.narc/testcse_4, testcse_6 Unused and unique artwork for Ms. Accord during drills and lessons. She seemed to be able to swing her arm. The final game opts to use her cutscene sprites and animations instead.

title/TitleData.narc/TitleData_2 title/TitleData.narc/TitleData_0 Title screen of "Puyo Puyo ABC". This seems to be the original concept of this game.

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_000 inline/Inline.narc/Inline_012 inline/Inline.narc/Inline_015 inline/Inline.narc/Inline_018 Some character selection screens of Puyo Puyo ABC. In the textbox is the name of the character's ability.

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_03 Dongurigaeru's ability description, "Great Spinner", it has the same name as the 15th's mode Spinner, and the description shows that this ability was supposed to work the same way.

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_06 Raffina's ability description, "Treasure Hunt", which is supposed to work like 15th's Excavation, just that instead of a star, it says to dig for the treasure.

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_09 (This graphic has a broken tilemap. Its tiles were assembled manually)

Gogotte's ability description, "Time Bomb", unlike 15th's Bombs mode, it seems to have worked differently than the final mode. Here's its translation:

"Gogotte's Time Bomb"

"Lower the timer by the amount of your chain while clearing the bombs on the field with your Puyo. That will pass it to the next person! If you take too much time, it will explode on your field. Any chain higher than two can lower the timer on a held bomb!"

(credit to Nenilein)

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_21 inline/Inline.narc/Inline_24 inline/Inline.narc/Inline_27 Puyo Puyo ABC textboxes with wireless play-related texts.

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_45 inline/Inline.narc/Inline_48 inline/Inline.narc/Inline_51 (The latter two graphics have broken tilemaps as well. Their tiles were assembled manually)

Puyo Puyo ABC descriptions for Single Puyo, Multi Puyo and a description about selecting the number of players for a match. The game here refers to the mode as Battle Royale.

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_30 Possible Puyo Puyo ABC pause menu graphics.

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_34 inline/Inline.narc/Inline_37 inline/Inline.narc/Inline_38 inline/Inline.narc/Inline_41 inline/Inline.narc/Inline_43 inline/Inline.narc/Inline_54 inline/Inline.narc/Inline_57 inline/Inline.narc/Inline_58 All palettes for this font.

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_60 inline/Inline.narc/Inline_65 inline/Inline.narc/Inline_68 inline/Inline.narc/Inline_71 inline/Inline.narc/Inline_76 Leftovers from the DS versions of Puyo Puyo Fever or Fever 2.

thoroughly/thoroughly_test.narc/thoroughly_test_00 A placeholder background for the Endless modes selection. It says "Tokoton" (endless).

thoroughly/thoroughly_test.narc/thoroughly_test_04 thoroughly/thoroughly_test.narc/thoroughly_test_06 thoroughly/thoroughly_test.narc/thoroughly_test_08 thoroughly/thoroughly_test.narc/thoroughly_test_10 thoroughly/thoroughly_test.narc/thoroughly_test_12 Placeholder buttons for Endless modes, oddly in different colors. They say, respectively: Endless Battle, Endless Puyo, Endless Fever and Endless Mission.

Other Leftovers#

Across the files, several .bat files that were used to build the .narc archives can be found. Some source code related files can also be found, such as strings or text files of repositories.

roulette/bg_puyo_icon.narc/bg_puyo_icon_53

This XML file seems to have information of a developer who uploaded some files to a repository, in this case some .bat files.

Revisional Differences#

The Rev 1 version fixes a bug present in the original revision, where the game would stop saving after 255 times. The "Special Price" version adds the aforementioned unused minigame.