PUYO POP FEVER (NINTENDO GAMECUBE NGC)

Accord, a teacher at the local magic school, has lost her magic flying cane. There is a price word, so the students are busy searching for it high and low. Naturally, our heroes Amitie and her school nemesis Raffine head for the dark and distant castle, challenging - and being challenged by - anyone you encounter in a game of Puyo Pop.

Puyo Pop Fever is a falling block type puzzle game, the aim of which is to clear your blocks (Puyos) by combining four or more of the same color, which will then disappear. This will produce Nuisance Puyos. These colorless Puyos will fall onto your opponents' screen, blocking any chains and combos they might create. Those pesky Puyos can only be exterminated by removing neighboring Puyos.

When an opponent sends harmful Puyos onto your screen, you can try to "compensate" by eliminating your own Puyos and limiting the number that would land on your screen. It will also increase your fever meter. When this meter fills up, you will receive a set of pre-arranged Puyos with which you can create giant combos and send tons of harmful Puyos to your opponent. When a player's field becomes so full that he can't let go of any more Puyos, he loses the game.

The game features a two player mode. Some versions allow more people like the DS version which allows up to eight players to compete in either free-for-all or team mode.