Puyo Puyo 4 Dreamcast Version 1.0 ASCII Only Version
Instruction Manual
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Contents
Prologue Page 2
Operation Method Page 3
Game Start Page 4
Rule Explanation Page 5
Mode Explanantion Page 10
Character Introduction Page 18
Page 3 - Operation Method
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This page details the modes and number of players on the top right corner.
In the middle of the screen is the explanation of what the buttons do.
It also has a chart describing the difference between the dreamcast
controller and the arcade stick.
English
Mode Controller Port
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One Player A
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???????? A
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Puzzle Mode A
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Two Player AB
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Three Player ABC
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Four Player ABCD
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Here is chart 2
English Chart
Dreamcast Controller Arcade Stick Corresponding Action
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Start Button Start Button Game Start/Pause
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Directional Button Joystick Item Selection/Puyo
Removal
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A Button A Button Item Decision/Puyo
Rotation
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B Button B Button Item Cancel/Puyo
Rotation
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Y Button C Button Employ Special Skill
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X Button, L Trigger, R Trigger X Button, Y Button, Employ
Z Button
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Page 4 - Game Start
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Really, the only important thing on this page is the the memory card
information.
For saved games, 6 blocks need to be free on the memory card.
Page 5 - Rule Explanantion
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The rules for Puyo Puyo are quite simple. I will briefly explain them here
for first time players.
1) In order to clear the blobs from the screen you must connect 4 of
the same color together vertically, horizontally or a combination of
both. Diagonals do not count.
2) If the blobs reach the top of the screen, you loose.
3) When you clear a certain number of blobs from the screen, the other
player is penalized with neutral blobs that can only be cleared when
colored blobs next to them are cleared.
4) You can neutralize blobs sent to your side of the screen by using
the method described in number 3 above.
5) Chain reactions cause more neutral blobs to be sent to the opponents
side.
Page 8 - Explanation of Symbols
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This small chart shows symbols that will appear at the top of the
screen when the neutral blobs will be dropped. The chart below
goes from left to right, top to bottom which matches the manual.
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Small Puyo Medium Puyo Meteorite Puyo Star Puyo Moon Puyo
1 blob 6 blobs 30 blobs 90 blobs 180 blobs
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Comet Puyo Saturn Puyo
360 blobs 720 blobs
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Page 10 - Mode Explanantion
One player Puyo Puyo
Practice(3 stages)
Story
Free Competition
Page 16 - Option Screen
Option
Button Establishment
Computer Difficulty
Versus Mode Number
Comic Dialogue Demo(yes,no)
Sound Output
Demo ???(Rules,Skeleton T)
Ranking
Backup(save, load)
Mode (return to the mode screen)
Still to come - translations of page 14 and 15 from the manual.
This is my first FAQ. I hope that it is useful. This is a partial manual
and screen translation for the Puyo Puyon(Puyo Puyo 4) for Dreamcast.
I am still learning how to read Japanese, so some of the translations may
not be 100% accurate.
There are 2 versions of the FAQ. 1 will be in ascii w/o the Japanese and the
other will be straight ascii text.
Please send any constructive criticism and corrections to Andrew Livelsberger
at andkiich@hotmail.com
Creation date = March 14, 1999
This FAQ is copyright of the author. It should not be changed, modified, or otherwise diplicated
in whole or in part without the authors express permission. In other words, if you want to post
this somewhere else on the internet other than GameFAQS, ask me first!!
